Abstract: in the context of the transformation of globalization processes, special attention is drawn to the change in crises, their acquisition of a truly global nature. The pandemic of a new coronavirus infection, numerous natural disasters and cases of genocide have shown the need for more consistent and systemic cooperation between countries through global and regional institutions and organizations. Nevertheless, there is a need to form a theoretical framework for ensuring international humanitarian cooperation for the prompt resolution of crises and minimizing their impact on political, economic, legal, social and other systems, as well as relations between states and their blocs.
The presented article presents approaches to the classification of global humanitarian crises, which can be used as an element of the theoretical framework for studying modern international relations. Objective: to develop the author’s classification of global humanitarian crises based on domestic and foreign experience. In preparing the article, a systems approach was used, which made it possible to identify the types of crises, assess the relevance of existing classifications of global humanitarian crises, and identify their characteristics that are important for the coordinated interaction of political entities to resolve the crisis situation. A comparative approach was also used, which made it possible to determine the advantages and disadvantages of existing classifications of crises. An analytical method and logical analysis were used to distribute global humanitarian crises into categories. Results: an analysis of theoretical approaches to the classification of global humanitarian crises was carried out, characteristics were determined that allow the most effective and objective identification of the types and kinds of such crises. Conclusion: based on the results of a comparative analysis of the classifications of global humanitarian crises, the author’s criteria and characteristics of their division into types and kinds are proposed.
Key words: global crises, humanitarian crises, globalization, competition, classification.