DIGITAL STRATEGIES IN CONTEMPORARY FOREIGN POLICY

The article is devoted to modern trends in foreign policy. Namely, the formulation of so-called digital strategies in the foreign policy activities of countries. Diplomats and foreign ministries are faced with enor- mous changes caused by digitalization. The ability to adequately and effectively respond to these chang- es determines the future prosperity of countries. Foreign policy is already digital in many respects. The au- thor of the article emphasizes that the formation of the information society and the development of infor- mation and communication technologies lead to significant changes in the foreign policy of modern states. Modern approaches to digital strategies of foreign policy of countries of the world are revealed, which can be reduced to four categories. The article discusses the fact that many countries around the world are looking for ways to solve the problem of digitalization of foreign policy. Among the most developed strategies for digitalization of for- eign policy, international experts name the policy approaches developed by Australia, Denmark, France, the Netherlands, Norway and Switzerland. According to international experts, one of the most meaningful is the Swiss Digital Foreign Policy Strategy, which covers more than 30 issues divided into 4 blocks. For ex- ample, the remarks of the developers of the document Cybersecurity Strategy of the Netherlands for 2022- 2028 cannot fail to attract attention, which states that people and businesses should have the full bene- fit of participating in the digital society. It is noted that Denmark wants to position itself as a technological, diplomatic and digital pioneer country. It is emphasized that in 2017, Denmark became the first country in the world to raise technology and digitalization to a cross-cutting priority of foreign and security policy. Researched the Strategy of Foreign Policy Activities of Ukraine.