МІЖНАРОДНІ ВІДНОСИНИ У СУЧАСНОМУ СОЦІАЛЬНОПОЛІТИЧНОМУ ДИСКУРСІ: ДО ВИЗНА

In the article the results of theoretical research on international relations, presented in foreign and domestic scientific publications on the relevant issues are examined and are systematized. It is substantiated that the problem field of international relations continues to be actively studied from the standpoint of all three traditional versions of their interpretations - as a «scientific discipline», as a «theory of international relations», as a «system of international interactions». For each moment, which in a certain way characterizes the direction and procedure for the implementation of cognitive activity in international relations as a theory and system of interactions of certain subjects, active discussions continue to be observed. The emphasis is on the moment of defining a new effective strategy for studying the interactions of political actors within the framework of the existing international system. It is substantiated that a promising strategy for further research in this direction is the active appeal of international experts to the heuristic potential of those theoretical constructions that most adequately interpret the foundations of the formation and functioning of a modern society («information society», «post-industrial society», «network society», «сommunication society», «risk society», «global society», etc.) as a whole (that is, not as a specific local system, but as a global entity). The following characteristics of these theories are considered as arguments: a) the presence in these concepts of the prospects for the development of the social system in the context of globalization; b) the obligatory determination of the development mechanism of all structural elements of society; c) the existence of relationships between different levels of functioning of state and non-state, political, economic and other institutions and structures