Policy of Ukrainian National Identity: Influence on the Security and Integration Strategy of the State

Abstract

The article examines the process of formation of Ukrainian national identity policy, its content, and the interaction of Ukrainian and European identities in the context of Ukraine's European integration and influence on the integration and security strategy of the state. The study makes it possible to formulate proposals for how political discourse and philosophical reflection on the issue of Ukrainian national identity policy should be based on the history of national state-building, traditions, self-awareness, cultural and national memory, respect for Ukrainian heroes, ideals, patriotism and dignity of the Ukrainian people, and other factors, and is a determining principle of the foreign and domestic policy of the State. It is substantiated that the policy of Ukrainian national identity should be consistent with the basic identification characteristics of the European policy of historical memory, on which the policy of European identity is based. The authors agree with the position of scholars that memory and identity policies require comprehensive approaches, cooperation between stakeholders, civil society, and the participation of volunteer and veteran communities in order to establish and develop a new type of common European memory policy, taking into account national identity policies. We believe that in the process of European integration the risks of national identity erosion have been minimized and no longer threaten national identity policies. The study suggests that the experience of the Ukrainian people will become an important part of the European experience, history and relations based on the principles of respect for national and European values. The authors agree with the position that the policy of Ukrainian national identity is a flexible political category that is updated as challenges and threats grow and respond to them, so the basic, basic provisions will not contradict the substantive characteristics of European identity in the future. National identity policy should be adjusted to security challenges and tasks in the field of national defense.