Lecture by ANDRIY KARAKUTSYA on ‘ANALYTICAL SUPPORT OF FOREIGN POLITICAL AND DIPLOMATIC ACTIVITIES’

On 26 May 2025, with the assistance of the Department of International Organisations and Diplomatic Service, a meeting was held with Andrii KARAKUTS, Head of the Analytical Support Division of the Political Department of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine. The lecture was held with the 1st year students of the Master's degree programme ‘Diplomacy and International Cooperation’ in the format of the discipline ‘Diplomatic Service and Law of Foreign Relations’ (Prof. Viktor MATVIENKO, Associate Professor Viacheslav Tsivatyi).

The topic of this lecture: ‘Analytical support of foreign policy activities’. Andrii Karakuts told the students that at the present stage, the diplomatic service of Ukraine is actively building an updated model of its activities and is actively working on the information, analytical and prognostic component in the context of the Russian-Ukrainian war. He drew attention to practical cases on these issues and the updating of the regulatory framework in the field of practical diplomacy. The career diplomat shared his own practical experience and answered numerous questions from the audience on the organisation of the work of the Analytical Support Unit of the Political Department of the MFA of Ukraine, as well as focused on the peculiarities of preparing and structuring analytical documents according to their classification and types. The discussion on important foreign policy and diplomatic topics for Ukraine ended with a round of applause and words of gratitude!