Home  Journals  National Interests: Priorities and Security  9(462) - 2026 September

Comparative analysis of the general and the private in the national interests of the countries of the world

Received: 10 April 2026

Accepted: 20 May 2026

Available online: 30 September 2026

Subject Heading: NATIONAL INTERESTS

JEL Classification: F52

Pages: 32-44

https://doi.org/10.24891/fcbeiv

Subject. This article discusses national interests of the Russian Federation, United States of America, Republic of Turkey, and Canada as a reflection of the strategic priorities of states in the modern world.
Objectives. The study aims to conduct a comparative analysis of the national interests of these countries, and identify the degree of their overlap and divergence in key areas.
Methods. For the study, we used methods of content-functional and contextual semantic analyses, Venn diagrams and a heat map built using Python, system analysis and comparative characteristics.
Results. The article reveals that the greatest overlap in the value-ideological and social spheres occurs between Russia and Turkey. Canada and the United States of America show similarities in their approaches to social policy. Russia and the United States have the least overlap. In the foreign policy sphere, all four States demonstrate moderate overlap.
Conclusions. The content of national interests contains the civilizational identity, historical experience and geo-economic power. The proposed methods of comparative analysis make it possible to predict potential areas of cooperation and conflict in international.

Keywords: national interests, Russia, USA, Canada, Turkey

References:

1. Gusakov N.P., Andronova I.V. [Conceptual approaches to development of a new strategy of economic security]. Natsional'nye interesy: prioritety i bezopasnost', 2014, vol. 10, iss. 46, pp. 2–14. (In Russ.) EDN: TAHGUH
2. Petrov A.V., Kukovskii A.A. [National security in the system of national interests and values]. Yuridicheskii vestnik Dagestanskogo gosudarstvennogo universiteta, 2014, no. 3, pp. 36–39. (In Russ.) EDN: SNOSKV
3. Saraf A.Ya. [National interest and national security]. Vestnik MGUKI, 2016, no. 5, pp. 24–31. (In Russ.) EDN: XSBXVN
4. Kuznetsov A.A. [National security as a way to protect national interests]. Obrazovanie i pravo, 2023, no. 5, pp. 49–52. (In Russ.) DOI: 10.24412/2076-1503-2023-5-49-52 EDN: EYIYWK
5. Nezamaikin V.N. [Globalization and Russia's national interests]. Natsional'nye interesy: prioritety i bezopasnost', 2010, vol. 6, iss. 24, pp. 21–25. (In Russ.) EDN: MUGCXV
6. Chesnokov A.S. [Ideas-centered approaches in contemporary studies of international relations. (Review)]. Politicheskaya nauka, 2009, no. 4, pp. 115–125. (In Russ.) EDN: KXOWVJ
7. Bashuk O.N. [National interests in the foreign policy of modern states]. Sotsial'no-gumanitarnye znaniya, 2019, pp. 205–212. (In Russ.) URL: Link
8. Blokhin K.V. [NATIONAL PRIORITIES OF RUSSIA IN A CHANGING WORLD]. Vestnik Rossiiskogo universiteta druzhby narodov. Seriya: Gosudarstvennoe i munitsipal'noe upravlenie, 2024, vol. 11, iss. 1, pp. 7–18. (In Russ.) DOI: 10.22363/2312-8313-2024-11-1-7-18 EDN: ZMESPR
9. Khizhnyak V.S., Lyadashcheva-Il'icheva M.N. [National interests in international affairs and universal international interests in the political and legal thought in Russia of 19th – early 20th centuries]. Istoriya gosudarstva i prava, 2015, no. 6, pp. 29–38. (In Russ.) EDN: VHLGQN
10. Drobot G.A. [Liberalism in international relations theory: History, foreign and domestic schools]. Sotsial'no-gumanitarnye znaniya, 2014, no. 5, pp. 1–10. (In Russ.) URL: Link
11. Malinova O.Yu. [Problems of national identity and national rights in liberal political theory]. Politicheskaya nauka, 2002, no. 4, pp. 65–88. (In Russ.) EDN: BDRGPH
12. Trukhachev V.V. [National interests: Theoretical discourse of the problem]. Vestnik RUDN. Seriya: Politologiya, 2010, no. 1, pp. 53–65. (In Russ.) EDN: MBHOOV
13. Kochetkov V.V. [Theory of constructivism in international relations]. Vestnik Moskovskogo universiteta. Seriya 27: Globalistika i geopolitika, 2024, no. 3, pp. 3–18. (In Russ.) DOI: 10.56429/2414-4894-2024-49-3-03-18 EDN: YUSOPL
14. Kazantsev A.A. ["Constructivist revolution", or about the role of cultural and civilizational factors in the modern theory of international relations]. Politicheskaya nauka, 2009, no. 4, pp. 88–114. (In Russ.) EDN: KXOWUZ
15. Telin K.O. [The conceptualization of national interest in contemporary international studies]. Vestnik Sankt-Peterburgskogo universiteta. Seriya 6: Politologiya. Mezhdunarodnye otnosheniya, 2016, no. 4, pp. 78–88. (In Russ.) DOI: 10.21638/11701/spbu06.2016.408 EDN: YFYIYJ
16. Belyaev V.P., Bidova B.B. [The essence of national interests: General theoretical aspect]. Aktual'nye problemy rossiiskogo prava, 2020, vol. 15, iss. 7, pp. 11–21. (In Russ.) DOI: 10.17803/1994-1471.2020.116.7.011-021 EDN: HREEDJ
17. Gorbuleva E.V. [The concept of national interests Russian Federation]. Teoriya i praktika sovremennoi nauki, 2025, no. 4, pp. 73–76. (In Russ.) URL: Link
18. Nazarov V.P. [National interests in Russia's foreign policy]. Vestnik MGIMO-Universiteta, 2024, vol. 17, iss. 1, pp. 7–21. (In Russ.) DOI: 10.24833/2071-8160-2024-1-94-7-21 EDN: ZYTMZG
19. Buchakova M.A., Batalov D.E. [National interests in the system of ensuring the national security of the Russian Federation]. Vestnik Omskogo universiteta, 2025, no. 1, pp. 11–16. (In Russ.) EDN: NZKRKC
20. Petrov N.D. [Turkey as a conductor of national and international interests in Central Asia]. Postsovetskii materik, 2024, no. 3, pp. 191–201. (In Russ.) DOI: 10.48137/23116412_2024_3_191

View all articles of issue

ISSN 2311-875X (Online)
ISSN 2073-2872 (Print)

Journal current issue

ISSUE 9 SEPTEMBER 2026

Archive