THE CATEGORY OF POWER OF POLITICAL ACTORS IN THE CONTEXT OF THE INFORMATION WARFARE OF THE WEST
The key factor in studying the dynamics of world political processes is to determine the «balance of power» of the main actors, which determines the stability of the system of political relations. The purpose of the study is to consider the category and phenomenon of «power» as a function of the main resources that the nation-state and its agents in the global society have at their disposal, in the context of modern information-ideological and hybrid wars. The research methodology consists of comparative political analysis of various types and forms of «power» of a political actor. Relationships and connections of «hard power», «soft power», «sharp power», and «smart power» with «politics of interests» and «politics of values» are considered. As a result the author identified the main tendencies in the manifestation of the policy of «power» that has developed in world processes at the end of the «cold war», as well as substantiated the idea of «information warfare» as a technology of «sharp power», and «hybrid war» as a «smart power» technology.