title: THE ROLE OF PUBLIC DIPLOMACY IN ENSURING NATIONAL SECURITY DURING WARTIME
abstract: The article examines the role of public diplomacy as a tool for ensuring national security in the context of hybrid threats, information-psychological attacks, and armed conflict. Particular emphasis is placed on its military dimension—defense diplomacy—which, in the modern world, serves as a crucial component of a state’s soft power and a means of influencing international audiences without direct military intervention. The study analyzes the transformation of diplomatic practices in response t
journal: Bulletin of Mariupol State University Series History Political Studies