The legal basis for coordination in the field of national interests

Relevance. Modern challenges in the field of national security require increased coordination between government authorities and other legal entities. In an increasingly complex political and legal environment, coordination acquires the status of a system-forming mechanism in ensuring national interests. The need for a scientific understanding of the legal foundations of coordination is due to both the practical significance and the lack of elaboration of the conceptual and normative aspects of this phenomenon. The purpose. Definition of the essence of coordination activity in the legal dimension and justification of its key role in the system of legal support of national interests. Objectives. To reveal the content of the concepts of "coordination" and "interaction"; to determine the specifics of the legal provision of coordination; to identify and analyze regulations that express the coordination function in the context of national security. The methodological basis of the research consisted of both general scientific methods (analysis, synthesis, deduction, induction) and special legal methods: the formal legal method (analysis of legal norms), comparative legal (comparison of norms governing coordination activities), a systematic approach (identification of interrelations between legal mechanisms in the field of national interests), as well as the interpretative method (interpretation of regulations). Results. The interrelation of coordination activities and national interests is shown through the prism of regulatory regulation. It has been established that coordination in the field of ensuring national interests is mediated by a system of legal means enshrined in the Constitution of the Russian Federation, presidential decrees and sectoral legislation. Conclusion. Coordination activity is a form of coordinated legal interaction between subjects of state power, requiring further regulatory formalization and institutional strengthening for effective legal support of national interests. Key words: legal activity, legal (jurisdictional) process; legal (procedural) principle, legal justice; gaps in legislation; normative consolidation.