Koval, Ihor M.Коваль, Ігор МиколайовичКоваль, Игорь НиколаевичBrusylovska, Olga I.Брусиловська, Ольга ІллівнаБрусиловская, Ольга ИльиничнаDubovyk, Volodymyr A.Дубовик, Володимир АлімовичДубовик, Владимир АлимовичSinovets, Polina A.Сіновець, Поліна АндріївнаСиновец, Полина АндреевнаGlebov, Sergii V.Maksymenko, Iryna V.Максименко, Ірина ВолодимирівнаМаксименко, Ирина ВладимировнаKuzmin, Denys V.Кузьмін, Денис ВалерійовичКузьмин, Денис ВалерьевичPokas, Mykhailo S.Покась, Михайло СергійовичПокась, Михаил СергеевичTarasiuk, Yuliia M.Тарасюк, Юлія МатвіївнаТарасюк, Юлия МатвеевнаZubarenko, Iryna V.Зубаренко, Ірина ВалеріївнаЗубаренко, Ирина ВалерьевнаPoble, DmytroZadorozhnia, Alina H.Maistrenko, Yuliia I.Майстренко, Юлія ІванівнаМайстренко, Юлия ИвановнаЗадорожня, Аліна Григорівна2020-04-022020-04-022017Strategic culture and foreign policy of Ukraine : monograph / ed.: I. N. Koval [et al.]; Odesa I.I. Mechnykov national univ.. – Odesa : Odesa Mechnikov national university Press, 2017978-617-689-239-7https://dspace.onu.edu.ua/handle/123456789/27802The state’s strategic culture is an integrated system of symbols reflected in language, analogies, myths, metaphors, and daily rituals. This system creates firm strategic goals and/or preferences for the role of power (economic, military, and political) in the interstate relations. Strategic culture relates to shared beliefs and patterns of behaviour, which grew out of common experiences and adopted narratives (oral and written). These change collective identity and relations with other groups, determining the accepted objectives and methods for fulfilling tasks in the realm of security. Contemporary political scientists and scholars of international relations are paying more attention to the study of strategic culture since there are more and more international problems related to the fact that the actors “speak different languages”, meaning that the same phenomenon is interpreted differently in different cultures; one side often cannot comprehend the viewpoint of its opponent. In order to foresee future developments and to conduct strategic planning, the politicians and scholars, who are involved in the decision-making process, must be able to account for sudden changes in cultural symbols and behavioural habits, adjustments which were already made by the political elites of various states. The question of how identity influences the strategic choices of a state is timely for contemporary political scientists. So, the main notions that are most frequently connected to the analysis o f strategic-cultural discourses are the following: history, national character, national memory, culture, religion, faith, customs, ethnicity, multiculturalism, behavioural habits, socialization, political thought, values, morals and law, ceremonies, and myths.enstrategic culturestatecharacter systemstrategic goalspreferencesForeign Policystrategic approachUkrainian statehoodStrategic Culture and Foreign Policy of UkraineBook