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O.I. Tumanova
It is indicated that today the development of states and their policies are not under the auspices of the prospects for mutually beneficial long-term cooperation, but under the active influence of the current conjuncture dictated by the desire to establish rules that are advantageous for individual countries and nations. It is noted that this not only harms society, but also in some cases threatens world development. It is concluded that in the current political conditions, when there is a change in the world order, the key circumstance that allows the state to remain not only a strong player on the world map, but also to protect the interests of its own citizens, is ensuring sovereignty, and this in turn means the rule of law, which forms the basis of policy, that the priority of the law and compliance with the norms, in particular including of an international nature, it is the most important task facing the authorities.
state, law, sovereignty, legitimacy.