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It is proposed using certain indicators to assess the sustainable development of the EU countries and Ukraine: for the economic measuring - the global competitiveness index, the global innovation index and the index of economic freedom; for the social measuring - the social progress index, the human development index, quality of life index; for the environmental measuring - environmental performance index. The analysis of each selected indices of the EU countries and Ukraine is carried out. The methodology for calculating the ratio of the economic, social and environmental components of sustainable development for each EU country and Ukraine is presented. Attention is focused on the significant regional diversification of sustainable development and its components in the EU countries and Ukraine; the highest, middle and lowest levels of sustainable development of counties are identified. Impact: the methodology for the study of sustainable development, proposed by the authors on the example of the EU countries and Ukraine, is based on objective international ratings that have a transparent calculation methodology. These international ratings are constantly updated and cover most of the countries of the world. Therefore, the proposed methodology makes it possible to identify countries with the highest level of economic, social and environmental development; calculate the index of sustainable development of any country in the world.

Research background: The article explicates the approach of assessing the factors of innovation cooperation of Ukraine and Scandinavian countries in the face of the new industrial revolution.Purpose of the article: The paper aims to assess the current state of cooperation between Ukraine and Scandinavian countries and define the most critical factors for its further development in the new industrial revolution.Methods: The article presents the research scheme of cooperation between Ukraine and Scandinavian countries based on qualitative and economic-statistical analysis, comparative advantages analysis, correlation-regression analysis.Findings & value added: As a result of the research, it was revealed that the main directions of innovation cooperation between Ukraine and Scandinavian countries are investment projects, technical assistance initiatives, experience and technologies transfer. The cooperation is mainly implemented in energy, information technologies, education, science and high-tech trade. Based on the eco-nomic-diplomatic component analysis, a forecast and the dynamics of trade turnover of Ukraine and Scandinavian countries are presented, including the critical for Ukrainian economy time-frame of 2013-2014. It has been revealed that economic diplomacy plays a vital role in establishing and expanding trade relations. To deepen the innovation cooperation between Ukraine and Scandinavian countries, the authors see the need for: (1) expanding spheres of cooperation through joint projects in infrastructure, energy, aerospace and pharmaceutical industries, and the production of components for automobiles; (2) conducting joint research on biotechnology and nanotechnology; (3) signing of agreements in order to establish partnerships between the universities of Scandinavian countries and Ukraine; (4) the introduction of state support for the aerospace industry, the creation of scientific and production clusters in this field; (5) further development and diversification of the Ukrainian IT services market and interaction with Scandinavian countries in this field.

The article examines the peculiarities of the development of the world liquefied gas market in the conditions of global challenges of today. The historical prerequisites for the formation of the market are briefly presented, it is noted that the liquefied gas market has become an alternative to pipeline transport. Attention is drawn to the fact that in recent years, it is liquefied natural gas that occupies a leading role in the global energy balance. Attention was drawn to the fact that in the long term until 2040, the increase in LNG exports will primarily be due to supplies from the USA, the countries of the Middle East and Africa. Qatar and Australia have been the leading countries in the production of liquefied gas for a long time. The role of the USA as one of the largest exporters of liquefied gas at the current stage and the rapid growth of its share in the structure of exporting countries are highlighted. It is stated that Qatar and the USA are exporters whose supply geography has global differentiation, as for Australia – almost all Australian LNG goes to the Asian (India, China) and Asia-Pacific (Japan, South Korea, Taiwan) regions. Significant changes, mainly in the countries of the European Union, that the geography of American LNG exports underwent in 2022 after the start of full-scale military events in Ukraine were noted. The structure of natural gas imports by types of supplies was analyzed. It was established that the increase in import volumes is mainly due to LNG, the volume of which has increased by more than 3.5 times since the beginning of 2000. The dynamics of changes in the volumes of pipeline transport and LNG imports to European countries during 2017-2022 were analyzed. The main countries – importers, Japan, South Korea, China, the USA, India, Spain, Great Britain, Brazil, France, and Mexico – were identified. It is noted that the annual volumes of LNG import capacities of the three countries of the Asia-Pacific region (Japan, South Korea, and China) exceed the combined LNG import capacities of all other countries of the world by 1.7 times.