Non-state actors in international relations: features and role

The purpose of this article is to analyze the concept, features and the role of nonstate actors in international relations. Through analyzed non-state actors are international intergovernmental and non-governmental organizations, transnational companies, terrorist groups etc. It is an analytical study that is based on an interdisciplinary approach. The methods used in this research paper are literature review and systemic method of analysis that, has provided the necessary framework for outlining the process of repositioning of non-state actors in contemporary international system. The study highlights in which way non-state actors contribute to the international agenda setting, resolution of international community's issues, as well as the ways of their influence on world political processes and challenges that may appear in the relation of traditional and non-state actors.