Almanac of law. Issue 16 (2025), pages 415–420.

DOI: 10.33663/2524-017X-2025-16-415-420

Liulko S. А.
National state in the conditions of functioning of the global information society: development prospect

This article explores the transformation of the modern nation-state under the influence of the global information society. The research offers a comprehensive analysis of the theoretical and legal dimensions of the nation-state as a political-legal construct, while paying particular attention to the challenges and opportunities brought about by digitalization, globalization, and the rapid expansion of information and communication technologies (ICT).

It is emphasized that the nation-state remains a relevant and functional political unit that ensures sovereignty, legal order, and national identity, despite undergoing significant adaptive changes. The study reveals that the state, civil society, and public life are no longer isolated categories but function as interdependent elements of a complex digital governance model, where informational competence and legal culture play a key role.

Particular attention is devoted to the impact of emerging technologies such as artificial intelligence and automation on public administration and legal processes. The article also discusses the redefinition of sovereignty, the rise of digital government, and the growing demand for the protection of human rights in digital environments.

The role of Ukraine is considered in the context of European integration and legal harmonization. It is noted that national legislation and international commitments, including the Association Agreement with the EU and key domestic policy documents on e-governance and e-democracy, provide a framework for strategic adaptation.

As a result of the research, the following conclusions were made:

1. The nation-state, despite the transformative pressure of the global information society, retains its relevance as a political and legal mechanism for ensuring sovereignty, national identity, and internal legitimacy. Its essence lies not only in the traditional formula of combining nation, territory, and centralized governance, but also in the ability to dynamically adapt to new challenges associated with the digitalization of management processes and changing the logic of legitimization of power discourse.
2. Understanding the nation-state in the modern legal field requires an interdisciplinary approach that combines philosophical-legal, information-legal, and political prisms. The institutional interaction of the state, civil society, and individual citizens is formed as a single system, where digital competence, information culture, and legal control over data circulation become factors of internal stability. Under these conditions, not only the regulation of human rights in the digital reality, but also the formation of a new quality of legal protection adapted to the hybrid risks of the digital age, becomes of particular importance.
3. The transformation of the information landscape in the context of European integration determines the revision of the target guidelines of national state development. Ukraine has a clear regulatory framework that allows for the integration of European standards in the areas of E-democracy and E-governance, but at the same time it needs to consistently strengthen digital institutions to protect the rights and freedoms of citizens. In this context, the nation-state is no longer just a mechanism of legal regulation, but becomes an intellectual space for the formation of civilizational subjectivity in the information age.

Key words: nation-state, information society, globalization, law, electronic democracy (E-Democracy), electronic governance (E-Governance).

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