Abstract: The article is devoted to the studies in the sphere of social administration of migration processes in the isle region. The author refers to perspective directions for the improvement of social administration of labor migration, including the need to develop and adopt the Migration Policy Concept of the Sakhalin Region and the Event Plan for the Implementation of the Migration Policy of the Sakhalin Region. The perspective spheres for the improvement of social administration f migration processes in the Sakhalin region is directed at guaranteeing high quality markers in human capital, which according to the Strategy for Social and Economic Development of the Sakhalin region till 2025 is the main competitive resource of the Sakhalin region. The author considers it necessary to form a specific subject for the development and implementation of the regional migration policy — the Ministry of Migration Relations of the Sakhalin region. Implementation of perspective directions for the improvement of the administration of labor migration processes in the Sakhalin region are necessary to guarantee optimization of the regional migration processes. It is necessary to strengthen the connections between state interests and regional migration policy interests based upon a complex approach with due regard to internal and external factors in order to facilitate the formation of the migration policy aimed at the efficient resolution of the development of the Sakhalin society.

Keywords: social studies, Sakhalin region, migration policy, migration processes, social administration, perspective direction, migration policy concept, efficiency, society, optimization.

Abstract: The definition apparatus within the general security theory is not completely formed, which is unfortunate. The legislatively recognized definition of security as “condition of protection of vital interests of person, society and state from internal and external threats’ does not seem appropriate, since the term “condition” characterizes the changes in the matters, and does not allow to establish their common substantial features. Defining security as “protection” seems overly direct and simplified, since it presupposes the possibility of achieving an ideal situation, which is actually impossible to achieve. Defining security threats as “combination of conditions and factors, forming danger to vital interests of person, society and state” is tautological, and it also causes many researchers to generate a maximum number of negative factors, leading to formation of a overly large specter of causes, having negative influence on the process of development, making it hard to specify and evaluate them. The author of this article attempts to uncover the contents of key elements of general security theory from the standpoint of systemic analysis.

Keywords: general security theory, security of social systems, sustainable development, security threats, conf licts, social evolution factors, needs, social interests, coordination of interests, interaction of interests.

Abstract: The article concerns the military element of the Arctic strategy of Russia. The author describes the basic instruments regarding the strategy and actions of Russia in the Arctic region. The author also analyzes the statements of the Russian officials and experts regarding the military policy in the Arctic region, noting some discrepancies between statements and acts of the Russian government in this region. In particular, he notes that while Russia has always been in favor of non-militarization of the region, its military presence in the region is growing. At the same time there is general growth of military presence in the Arctic region. The author makes a conclusion that in order to stabilize the situation in the Arctic region the states need to follow military parity, and to resolve any problems in the region solely by diplomatic means. The article may be of interest to the researchers in the sphere of Arctic policy of Russia and geopolitical situation in the Arctic region, as well as to those studying the military aspect of the Northern policy.

Keywords: the Arctic region, military policy, strategy, militarization, presence, potential, parity, the NATO, geopolitics, security.

Abstract: The article concerns topical aspects of social and political doctrine regarding intercultural dialog. The author concentrates on the problem of inter-cultural dialog and its efficiency in various spheres of life, such as migration processes, communications, science, culture, education, sports, etc., which is quite topical for the USA and the European states. Special attention is paid to the inter-religious dialog, as a leading element in inter-cultural social and political dialog. The author also provides criticism of the practical applicability of the basic European documents in the sphere of inter-cultural dialog, such as the White Book of the Council of Europe. The basis for the scientific methodology of work is formed by the specialized research methods: political legal method, systemic method, comparative legal method, formal logical method, cluster method, etc., as well as some general scientific methods. While working with the topical issues, the author based his work upon the works of foreign scholars on the issues in question. The article contains a conclusion on the need to actualize some aspects of inter-cultural dialog, to institutionalize some aspects of inter-religious dialog via a special forum for the formation of uniform views on the topical problems of development of international relations within the framework of globalization. The article may be of interest for a wide range of professionals, interested in the problems of interaction of cultures, peoples and religions.

Keywords: intercultural dialog, globalization, national security, European civilization, interconfessional relations, threats to international security, migration processes, conflicts among the nations, stability, sustainable development.

Abstract: Cloud services, which are currently regarded as one of the most attractive modern infor mation technologies, are capable of both optimizing the information security management processes, and complicating control over critical data and counter-measures for security incidents in an organization. Solution to the problem of timely and goodquality outsourcing and information security risks analysis for the cloud architecture systems shall allow to solve numerous problems related to protection from threats of use of information and telecommunication technology for illegal purposes. The wide spread and application of cloud computing requires the need for adaptation and development of the existing risk evaluation models for information systems. The approach presented in this article may be used for evaluation of risks in information systems, functioning on the basis of cloud computing technology and for the evaluation of efficiency of current security measures. At the same time, risk evaluation includes the stages of analysis and evaluation, and the risk analysis includes identification and quality evaluation of risk. Evaluation guarantees are provided based upon defining the risk context (choice of risk criteria and defining the scope of analysis). The quantity evaluation of risks is understood as a modeling process, including development and analysis of alternative risk scenarios and the formation of risk functions, defining the possibility for the risk situation taking place.

Keywords: i n for mat ion secu r it y, cloud computing, public cloud, private cloud, hybrid cloud, risk evaluation, risk model, influence matrix, loss matrix, dependency matrix.

Abstract: The ar ticle includes analysis of development of the legal regulation in the sphere of secret intelligence operation in the USA. From the very first years of its existence as an independent state, the intelligence service of the USA traditionally held secret operations. However, the issue of legal regulation of secret operations was raised only after the 2nd World war. Based upon the historic analysis the author reveals the patterns of development of the legal regulation of secret intelligence operations of the USA from the very first bylaws by the President and the National Security Council of the USA, which were mostly secret, to the current legislation in this sphere. The article contains detailed analysis of the term “secret operation “ from the position of the American legislation, as well as the modern legislative standards, regulating the procedure for secret operation. The article shows the role of the President and Congress in implementing control over organization and implementation of secret operations. Special attention is paid to the legislative limitations regarding secret operations, and, more specifically, to the fact that the American legislation does not limit the range of actions, which may be taken by the intelligence service as secret operations. The legislative limitations mostly concern the prohibition to hold secret operations in the US territory or for the purpose of influencing the political processes in the USA.

Keywords: secret operation, the US intelligence service, legal regulation, Congressional control, the NSC Directive, legislative limitations, the Central Intelligence Agency, intelligence committees of the Congress, executive order of the President, National Intelligence Director.

Abstract: The article concerns the role of the Constitutional Court of the Russian Federation and the Constitutional (Ustav) Courts of the constituent subjects of the Russian Federation in the guarantees of national security. The author analyzes the legal fundamentals for the national security guarantees, and, first of all, the provisions of the Constitution of the Russian Federation, enshrining the modern complex perception of security as a complicated multibranch term. The author also provides examples of decisions of the constitutional justice bodies, reflecting the issues of security of the Russian state and society.

Keywords: jur ispr udence, constit utional justice, justice, national security, constitutional provisions, security doc trine, final decision, legal position, doctrine, justice.

Abstract: The article concerns the typology of the Russian regions based on the crime level in the sphere of unlawful turnover of narcotics with the use of classification method. In order to classify the regions based on this marker the authors for the first time used the statistical method, which is based upon the standard deviation of the marker based on 3 Sigma rule (3σ). In particular, all of the constituent subjects of the Russian Federation were divided into five typological groups based upon the deviation in the group of crimes regarding unlawful turnover of narcotic substances from the medium level in Russia with the standard deviation shares. The authors provided comparative criminological characteristics of these groups based upon some level markers of this type of crime. Based upon the study of correlation between the level of crimes in the sphere of unlawful turnover of narcotic substances and other criminological markers, the authors revealed certain correlation dependencies. Taking into account the specific regional differences of the crimes in the sphere of unlawful turnover of narcotic substances, the law-enforcement bodies may efficiently use their resources and methods against this type of crimes. The article will be useful for scholars and legal practitioners, students and postgraduate students, as well as to all those interested in the sphere of fighting narcotic crime, and those caring for the future of Russia.

Keywords: jur ispr udence, constit utional justice, justice, national security, constitutional provisions, security doctrine, final decision, legal position, doctrine, justice.

Abstract: The article includes analysis of the studies performed by the Institute for Economics and Peace in order to define the Global Terrorism Index (GTI) in different states. The goal of the studies was to provide comparative analysis of global tendencies in the development of ter rorism movement and situation in the Northern Caucasian region, which for a long time has been the range for terrorist attacks in Russia. The analysis allows to state that the processes in the Northern Caucasus are global in their nature. That is why, in the nearest future the possibility of terrorist acts shall remain both in Russia and globally. At the current stage one may only state the lessening the number of violent incidents. However, if one is to take into account the cyclical character of the processes, the stabilization is temporary and it is a short-term matter. The main goal for any state is to provide the access to political decision-making to all of the members of the society, and for that purpose it is necessary to totally review the concept of interaction between government and society. The absence of dialog with the government, the prohibition of political actions are the tendencies typical of the Northern Caucasian region, Russia, and they are also present at the global level, leading to total radicalization of protest and its position outside the legal sphere. If such a situation remains, it shall not be possible to uproot the terrorism.

Keywords: terrorism, the Global Terrorism Index, terrorism level, instability, the Northern Caucasus, the time and place database, criminal and terrorist acts, Imarat Kavkaz, bandit groups, Wahabiism.

Abstract: The modern specificities of the foreign political relations of the global leaders (such as the USA) and the rest of the world are defined by the growing value of the former “Third World” states, wishing to play an independent role in the international arena. These category of states includes the young states in Africa, Asia and Latin America, which quite recently were the colonies of the leading European states. Venezuela, being at the peak of its passionarity and having the right to claim the role of the leader of the Latin American world, attracts most of the global attention today. While being behind their former metropolitan countries in economic and social development, these states have always tried to get outside the narrow limits, imposed on them by the Great Powers, denying the Third World countries the full amount of rights of participants of international relations. While purposefully limiting the participation of the young post-colonial states in the global political process and the peacebuilding, the Great States (and first of all, the USA) gave them the role of the political periphery, regional states (with the immature systems of political government institutions), and that of the raw-material appendages to the economies of the industrially developed states.

Keywords: international relations, foreign policy, the USA, Venezuela, conf licts, diplomacy, interests, values, security, cooperation.

Abstract: The article concerns the current situation and perspectives of resolution of the Syrian crisis. Special attention is paid to the problem of chemical weapons, the fact of use of which on August 21, 2013 near Damask could have been used by the USA and its allies for the armed intervention into the domestic affairs of a sovereign state. The author shows the implementation of the Russian — American plan for the destruction of Syrian chemical weapons. It is established that the procedure of taking chemical weapons out of Syria and their destruction is very complicated. In order to implement it, there has to be will of the leading states in the Global Patnership program and in the renewed Nunn-Lugar Cooperative Threat Reduction Program. Based upon the analysis the author evaluates the influence of the Syrian crisis on the situation in the Russian-American relations. It is noted that Washington D. C. is ready for the equal partnership with Moscow in the rather narrow spheres, one of which relates to the problem of Syrian chemical weapons.

Keywords: Syria, foreign policy, the USA, geopolitics, conf licts, diplomacy, interests, values, security, the UN.

Abstract: The article concerns the existing situation in the institutional system of management of insolvency of economic subjects of Ukraine. The author analyzes the legislative and methodological problems, analyzes the experience of formation and development of an institutional management system in the insolvency sphere from the moment when the institution of bankruptcy was formed in Ukraine. Based upon the analysis from the global experience, the author clarifies the approach towards the development of institutional support of the state functions in the sphere of insolvency, which would have due regard for the situation in the state. It is established that the choice of model depends on the goal to form the necessary institutional conditions for the efficient performance of regulating functions by the state. It is also noted that there is need to revise the functions of the Bankruptcy Department, which serves as a special agency in this sphere. The analysis of specialized institutional systems in different states also allows to point out the approaches, which may be used in Ukraine for the development of its own institutional system aimed against unlawful (purposeful and fictitious) bankruptcies in the national economy.

Keywords: global experience, institution of bankruptcy, insolvency, unlawful bankruptcy, enter prise ban k r uptcy, insolvency, state regulation, institutional system, market economy, anti-crisis management

Abstract: The object of study is social anomia. The goal of the study is to understand and present the mechanism of social anomia from the multiaspect standpoint. It shall allow to manage various forms of anomia and regulate socialization of a person. While the deviant behavior to an extent provides for evolutionary development of a society, still it needs to be corrected in order to keep it within certain limits. The studies of the works of renowned scholars, various approaches, definitions and classifications allowed the author to present the mechanism of social anomia formation as a linear structural — logical schemes with some commentary. The sphere of application of the results of the study include relations in any group of persons (from small to large groups, including the state-large scale), where the conflicts among persons, groups, etc. inevitably appear. It also may be of use for the specialists dealing with various internal personal conflicts. As a conclusion, one may state that the process of formation and manifestation of the social anomia should be regulated. Taking into account the multi-aspect character of this matter, the linear scheme of mechanism for its formation may serve as the basis for the structure in several dimensions. Formation of a dimensional form of social anomia structure shall allow to develop the types of anomia behavior in any specific aspect.

Keywords: social anomia, identification, suicide, alienation, conformism, deviant behavior, socialization, retreatism, ritualism, riot.

Abstract: The article concerns the phenomenon of ethnical discrimination based on appearance. The author provides theoretical and experimental works of foreign researchers concerning the lookism problem on one hand, and on the other hand its reflection in inter-ethnic groups. In its classic form lookism is discrimination of beautiful/non-beautiful people, however, in this case lookism is understood as discrimination of persons with certain appearance. The author takes into account the role of skin color and physiognomic specificities for the categorization pu r poses of “other” and expressions of discriminatory attitude. The author raises the issue of lack of studies of this topic in the modern Russia, noting that the problem of discrimination of ethnical groups is usually regarded from the standpoint of jurisprudence and social studies, while it is hardly viewed from the standpoints of ethno-lookism and specific features of categorization of others based on their appearance, and their ethnical specificities in particular. The author also noted topicality of this problem and the need for a more detailed study of the role of appearance in the categorization and discrimination processes (ethno-lookism).

Keywords: lookism, ethnic discrimination, discrimination, ethnic lookism, skin color, physiognomic characteristics, appearance, immigration, the person of Transcaucasian nationality, expression of attitude.

Abstract: The problem of establishing the rating of a scientist has both scientific and practical dimensions. This approach is used to establish (mostly in other states, but lately in Russia as well) the level of journals, quality of article published in them, funding for the research, employee evaluation, their hiring in monitoring. Taking into account these criteria, the activities of the higher education institutions and scientific research institutes is evaluated, and decisions are made of whether specific institutions should exist or not. The article contains critical analysis of the negative features of the method used for establishing the rating by the author of the monograph and also by some scientific electronic resources, and some practical examples are provided. The author proposes to take measures in order to improve the method for rating calculation by involving some additional markers. The author substantiates the need to include correcting coefficients, and provides a new formula for rating calculation. Since currently the rating is mostly based upon a single criterion — citedness, the author offers a number of additional markers, such as number of publication (with the corrective coefficients offered by the author), the edition size, impact-factor, presence of works of the author in the Internet, number of views and downloads of his works. It may be considered that the use of the above-mentioned calculation methods shall considerably improve the authenticity of ratings.

Keywords: rating, marker, coefficient, impactfactor, Hirsch index, Internet, list of journals indexed, Russian Science Citation Index, scientific electronic library, Dissernet.