ARCHITECTURE OF NATIONAL RESILIENCE OF UKRAINE IN WARTIME: PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION IN THE CONTEXT OF SECURITY CHALLENGES

Abstract

Introduction. National resilience is becoming key to ensuring the continuity of the functioning of the state, society and critical infrastructure of Ukraine in conditions of full-scale war, hybrid threats and prolonged security instability. This problem is particularly relevant in the context of public administration, which must ensure coordination of actions of state authorities, local self-government, the security and defense sector, civil society and international partners.

The aim of the article is to study the architecture of national resilience of Ukraine in conditions of war through the prism of public administration, security challenges and institutional capacity of the state, as well as to identify key areas for increasing the effectiveness of management mechanisms of crisis response, continuity of governance and social consolidation.

Materials and methods. The materials of the study were the regulatory and legal acts of Ukraine in the field of national security, public administration and ensuring national stability, strategic documents, analytical materials, scientific works of domestic and foreign researchers, as well as modern approaches of NATO and the European Union to understanding the stability of the state and society. The research process used methods of theoretical generalization, system analysis, comparison, synthesis, structural-functional approach and institutional analysis.

Results. It was established that the architecture of national stability of Ukraine in war conditions is a multi-level system that combines strategic, institutional, regional, local and public levels of management. It is substantiated that national stability cannot be considered only as a component of defense policy, since it covers the continuity of state administration, protection of critical infrastructure, digital transformation, economic stability, information security, humanitarian support to the population and the ability of territorial communities to self-organize. The role of public administration as a coordination mechanism that ensures coordination of actions of central authorities, military administrations, local governments, civil society and international partners is analyzed. It is determined that a feature of the Ukrainian model of resilience is the combination of centralized strategic management with a high level of horizontal public self-organization. Key challenges are characterized, including the destruction of infrastructure, cyberattacks, energy crises, information and psychological pressure, migration processes, resource depletion and the need to preserve the democratic nature of governance under martial law. The need to develop scenario planning, human resource capacity of public administration, digital tools for continuity of governance and mechanisms of trust between the state and society is substantiated. Prospects. Further scientific research should be directed towards developing practical models for assessing national and regional resilience, developing indicators of public administration effectiveness in wartime, analyzing mechanisms of interaction between the state and territorial communities, and adapting European and Euro-Atlantic experience to the needs of post-war reconstruction of Ukraine.