Izvestiya of Saratov University.
ISSN 1818-9601 (Print)
ISSN 2541-8998 (Online)


regional security

State and regional security: The role of integration to ensuring security on the example of the SCO

This article examines the interdependence of state and regional security in the modern globalized world, characterized by a combination of classical realist and liberal views on international relations and the conduct of international politics. The work analyzes the role of regional cooperation for ensuring the security of the state and both the regional and global systems using the example of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) and its member states: Russia, China, Kazakhstan, Tajikistan, Kyrgyzstan and Uzbekistan.

Value orientations of youth and regional security

The article analyzes results of an online survey (N = 2021) of young people (aged from 14 to 35 years) living in the Saratov region. The author summarizes answers related to the respondents’ value orientation. It is concluded that the value identifi cation and orientation of young people are infl uenced by the safe conditions of functioning of regional society, as well as global political events.

Institutional Framework Ensure the Territorial Security Concerns of Russian Federation Subjects and Municipal Levels

The paper analyzes the legal framework and practical aspects of the formation of the institutional framework to ensure territorial security in the Russian Federation and municipalities. As a key institutional framework to ensure territorial security discussed regional and municipal legal acts primarily targeted programs approved by them on security issues, as well as functioning in the regions and local governments territorial security, subordinate organizations and appropriate coordination structures.

Ценностные ориентации молодежи и региональная безопасность

The article analyzes results of an online survey (N = 2021) of young people (aged from 14 to 35 years) living in the Saratov region. The author summarizes answers related to the respondents’ value orientation. It is concluded that the value identifi cation and orientation of young people are infl uenced by the safe conditions of functioning of regional society, as well as global political events.