Basic approaches to understanding the concept of national security
The article analyzes different approaches to understanding the concept of “national security”. It was found that the concept of “national security” has a large number of dimensions and aspects, the difference between which is including the relevant positions from which this issue is considered. It is established that in a concentrated form the concept of security is a system of officially accepted principled views of the state and society on values and interests, on ways and mechanisms of protection against potential and real threats.