НАЦІОНАЛЬНА БЕЗПЕКА ТА ДЕРЖАВНА ПОЛІТИКА В СФЕРІ РЕАЛІЗАЦІЇ МОРСЬКОГО ПОТЕНЦІАЛУ УКРАЇНИ.

The geographic potential of Ukraine in the global maritime trade market has not been realized. The maritime potential of Ukraine has been studied and the priority directions for the implementation of national security and state policy have been identified. It has been noted that modern society forms a powerful macroeconomic demand for the development of transport infrastructure, as the most important basic factor for sustainable and dynamic growth of the Ukrainian economy, strengthening its position in the domestic and international arena. In these conditions, the role of maritime security as an element of the political order is growing. This aspect of national security should be taken into account in the strategic planning of state policy, many economic, environmental, social factors. It has been proved that within the framework of international political regulation of activities at sea, international institutions, national stakeholders act as guarantors of maritime security, exerting a regulatory and controlling influence on the behavior of individual states, ship owners in the interests of the international maritime community. The authors have analyzed the main international documents related to the safety of navigation, concluded that Ukraine needs to complete the harmonization of its legislation in accordance with international maritime safety standards. The development of topics for national security problems should not be based on a situational-sectoral approach, but on the use of a systemic-synergetic methodology, which is based on a predictive version of the development of socio-political events. Environmental risks give rise to a certain state of mass public consciousness - environmental stress arising in the process of a gradual or sudden threat to nature and human life. The absence of effective nongovernmental environmental organizations in the Black Sea region leads to the emergence of projects, the environmental consequences of which are difficult to predict. Analysis of Ukraine's maritime potential made it possible to formulate the main priorities: maintaining and further increasing the volume of transit trade through the ports of Ukraine; creation of a network of specialized port complexes for handling transit cargo; ensuring the balance of the port infrastructure. Zones of infrastructure development of ports should become a promising form of organizing free territories. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]