THEORY AND PRACTICE OF ECONOMIC DIPLOMACY IN INTEGRATION PROCESSES OF THE CIS
The article illustrates the essence of economic diplomacy in terms of its impact on integration processes, analyzes the arguments "for" and "against" the involvement of the state diplomatic structures in the process of promoting national interests abroad, and studies the experience of the CIS countries in this sphere.
Keywords: economic diplomacy, national interests, integration, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Ukraine, Russia, Belarus, CIS.
Konstantin A. Flissak, Candidate of Economics, Associate Professor. - Taras Shevchenko Kyiv National University (Ukraine).