Research on the legal principles of foreign policy identity in international relations

In recent years, the rapid development and differentiation of the international community has become not only a driver of progress, but also a cause of imbalance in power, as the foreign policy identity of a state depends not only on the chosen vectors of foreign policy, but also on the correlation between the views of political elites and society. The purpose of this study was to analyse the scientific literature for the coverage of the problems related to the legal principles on which the foreign policy identity of states in international relations is based. The methodological framework of this study included the heuristic method, methods of analysis and synthesis, methods of generalisation and abstraction. The study found that in modern research, the foreign policy identity of a sovereign state in the international arena is understood in the context of its dependence on the specific features of political processes within the state, as well as on the cultural identification of its ethnic group. These categories are the hallmarks of a state’s identity in international politics and ensure the stability of its perception by other actors in international relations. One of the crucial tasks for the establishment and preservation of the foreign policy identity of the state is to reduce the pressure of political elites on the relations between the state and the people, as well as to ensure that the population of the state supports its foreign policy course in the international arena. Today, Ukraine lacks mechanisms to help eliminate such negative political influences, and therefore a system of cause-and-effect relationships was created to transform the priorities of sustainable development of the state’s activities in this area. The practical significance of this study is that recommendations were developed to create conditions and eliminate internal and external threats in the field of international relations to ensure foreign policy identity with the possibility of their further application in the foreign policy of the state