The Information and Analytical Component of the Activities of Diplomatic Institutions

The purpose of the article is to reveal the essence of the information and analytical component of the activities of diplomatic institutions. The research methodology is based on a set of general scientific methods of analysis and synthesis, generalisation and systematisation, which made it possible to achieve the goal of the article. The scientific novelty of the findings consists in focusing on the areas of information and analytical activities of diplomatic institutions: collecting and analysing information in the interests of the foreign and domestic policy of the state, which will guarantee it a worthy position in the international arena; providing information support for the country’s foreign and domestic policy. It is noted that a significant increase in the volume of information, in its content diversity, and a large-scale spread of advanced technologies that allow not only transmitting information over vast distances but also quickly processing large amounts of data, require diplomatic institutions to give special treatment to the forms and methods of information and analytical activities. The matter concerns the need to acquire skills in working with information and communication technologies, along with the use of traditional channels for receiving and transmitting information, as well as direct human communication. Each of these channels for obtaining information has its characteristics, which, in turn, highlights the need to choose the optimal possible number of different sources of information, taking into account the essence and nature of the tasks undertaken by a diplomatic institution. Providing the state leadership with high-quality analytical materials requires their compliance with such characteristics as objectivity, reliability, completeness, etc., while proposals and recommendations made by a diplomatic institution should contain a forecast of the further development of the event or situation in the host country and worldwide.