Discussion
The results of the studies conducted on the
features of ensuring regional (continental)
security under the influence of challenges and
threats in 2022 make it possible to identify four
groups among the countries of the world,
characterized by common features of social-
economic and social-political development,
mechanisms for ensuring regional (continental)
security and stability of public administration.
These are as follows:
Group 1. Highly developed countries that are
able to ensure a high level of regional
(continental) security; they are characterized by
high indicators of the stability of state
governance and carry out effective management
of regional security (Austria, Belgium, Denmark,
Ireland, Luxembourg, the Netherlands,
Germany, Portugal, Finland, France, Sweden,
Slovenia, Switzerland, Iceland, Japan,
Singapore, South Korea and Canada).
Group 2. Countries with a relatively high level of
development, where high standards of regional
(continental) security are revealed, however,
there are a number of unresolved security issues
related to ensuring defence capability and risks
of post-transformational reconstruction (Estonia,
Spain, Latvia, Lithuania, Malta, Poland,
Slovakia, the Czech Republic, Great Britain,
Qatar, Uruguay and Chile).
Group 3. Countries with an intermediate level of
development, which are significantly influenced
by other countries and are in a state of struggle
for the redistribution of spheres of influence
(Bulgaria, Greece, Italy, Cyprus, Romania,
Hungary, Croatia, Oman, the United Arab
Emirates, Vietnam, the United States and
Panama), where considerable attention is paid to
ensuring regional security, in particular, in the
Black Sea region, which is caused by the
militaristic sentiments of the Russian Federation
towards the countries of the post-Soviet space.
Group 4. Countries with a low level of
development that have not completed the process
of transformational restructuring yet and need
strengthened measures in order to ensure
regional (continental) security (Bosnia and
Herzegovina, Serbia, Ukraine, North Macedonia,
Belarus, Russia, Saudi Arabia, Turkey, Jordan,
India, China, Azerbaijan, Iran, the Philippines,
Indonesia, Sri Lanka, Bangladesh, Mexico,
Venezuela, Peru, South African Republic,
Tunisia, Morocco, Kenya, Egypt and Nigeria).
It is worth noting that ensuring regional
(continental) security requires increased
attention of the entire world community and the
development of a set of security measures that
would take into account the interests and
specifics of the functioning of countries on
different continents.
Conclusions
Therefore, the conducted studies on the features
of ensuring regional (continental) security under
the conditions of influence of challenges and
threats in 2022 provide grounds for the
conclusion that the modern global security
environment is undergoing significant
destructive changes and large-scale
transformations, and it is also characterized by a
high level of turbulence, unpredictability,
instability, growing competition between states,
the emergence of new conflicts, the settlement of
which requires significant efforts and mutual
agreements. The solution of the issues outlined is
possible due to the effective counteraction and
prevention of risks, threats, challenges and
dangers that reduce the level of regional
(continental) security and ensure the optimal
level of regional (continental) security. It has
been proven that highly developed countries,
which are considered the main players in
international relations, provide higher indicators
of state stability and regional security and
increase the level of international security, while
countries with a lower level of sustainable social-
economic and social-political development
position themselves as weak countries and
vulnerable to the influence of destabilizing
factors.
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