Analysis of Methodological Tools for Financial and Economic Support of Ukraine’s Defense Capability: Challenges and Areas for Improvement
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Purpose. The article highlights the methodological problems of financial and economic support for the armed defense of Ukraine in conditions of full-scale war. The introduction substantiates the evolution of financial and economic support to a key factor of state stability, with an emphasis on Ukrainian realities since 2014. The fragmentation of the methodological apparatus formed in peacetime and the need to adapt foreign methods to hybrid threats are identified.
Method. The problem statement focuses on the lack of a holistic apparatus for substantiating decisions, with the limitations of the budgetary approach in Ukrainian research and the problems of transferring foreign models. The disconnect between science and practice, the lack of a single conceptual field are emphasized. The novelty is the synthesis of practices for a hybrid apparatus with an integrative model that takes into account the effects of aid.
Practical implications. The article analyzes three groups of approaches (financial-budgetary, capacity-based, system-scenario) with a table of advantages and limitations. The combination for Ukraine, the model scheme are substantiated. The inconsistency of the apparatus with realities, the need for integration are revealed. The conclusions confirm the transformation of the apparatus, the relevance of system-scenario approaches, the hypothesis of integration.
Future research. Proposals: consolidation of the integrated apparatus, implementation of the scenario approach, assessment of sustainability, interdisciplinarity, reduction of the science-practice gap.
Paper type. Theoretical, practical.
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