Intelligence as an instrument of state power and its use in international politics

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https://doi.org/10.18523/kmlpj303156.2023-8-9.59-84

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Foreign Policy, Intelligence, Instruments of Power, Balance of Power, Security, Conflict

Abstract

The article makes an attempt to theoretically substantiate why intelligence is an independent instrument of state power, its common and distinctive features with other instruments of power. The paper also provides historical examples of the use of intelligence by various states to influence the behaviour of other states, as well as various approaches used therein.
Some features of the use of the intelligence instrument of power by states in the conditions of the existence of bipolar and multipolar political systems are also highlighted in the article. It also draws attention to the incentives for the choice of intelligence as an alternative to other instruments of power in the context of the limiting impact of global collective security systems, in particular the United Nations.

Author Biography

Vadym Chernysh, Center for Security Studies “CENSS”, National Technical University of Ukraine “Igor Sikorsky Kyiv Polytechnic Institute”

Vadym Chernysh is a head of the Center for Security Studies “CENSS” and an instructor at the National Technical University of Ukraine “Igor Sikorsky Kyiv Polytechnic Institute”. Dr Chernysh has extensive experience in banking sector (banking security), as well as advocacy. He has also served as a Head of Kirovohrad Regional State Administration in 2006-2007, Head of the State Agency of Ukraine for Donbas Recovery (2015-2016), as well as the Minister for Temporarily Occupied Territories (2016-2019). In 2015-2016 he was a negotiator in the Minsk process for the peaceful settlement of the situation in the East of Ukraine (Trilateral Contact Group).

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2023-12-30

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Chernysh, V. (2023). Intelligence as an instrument of state power and its use in international politics. Kyiv-Mohyla Law and Politics Journal, (8-9), 59–84. https://doi.org/10.18523/kmlpj303156.2023-8-9.59-84

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