Abstract: The subject of this article is the so-called plurilateral agreements, i.e. multilateral agreements with a limited number of participants, open for accession by other countries of the World Trade Organization (WTO). These agreements are discussed in the context of the further development of the WTO. The authors deal with both positive and negative sides of plurilateral agreements within and outside the WTO. The study assesses the possible ways of development of the process of plurilateral agreements use within the WTO. This process is analyzed within the framework and the methodology of comparative and structural-functional approaches. The article discusses two types of plurilateral agreements (agreements within the WTO and agreements outside the WTO, i.e. regional or preferential trade agreements), which are currently used on international trading platforms. The novelty of this research lies in the fact that the potential and the prospects of the plurilateral process have significantly changed and expanded since the Uruguay Round. The article states the sustainable growth of regional or preferential trade agreements. The authors note that institutional reforming of the WTO, in practice, will face significant obstacles, but the gradual inclusion of plurilateral agreements into the multilateral trading system should strengthen and improve it in future. 

Abstract: The subject of this research is the key moments of the establishment of the state mechanism for international relations and presents the most important aspects of the development of the system of preparation and decision making for the strategic administration of the country with the assessment of the promptness of the solution of the problem of utmost complexity, preemption of the reaction to threat with evaluation of the risk, modeling and forming of scenarios of possible developments of global situation. Under the current conditions of geopolitical instability, the leaders of the branches of government administration of any country are experiencing a great need for improvement of the efficiency of the political decisions with the use of creative potential of the experts in both, hierarchic states, as well as in non-governmental structures. The proposed general classification principles of the establishment of the state foreign policy mechanism and their information, logical and mathematical interpretation, in authors’ opinion allows expanding the current methodological base of the assessment of the condition and development of the system of the government administration on the issues of foreign policy, and contribute to the increase of quality of the forecasting research under the conditions of geopolitical and geoeconomic instability.

Abstract: The research subject includes the key international aspects of Russia’s economic security. The authors consider the problem of security provision which is very important in the modern conditions of geopolitical and geoeconomic instability. The article presents multidirectional aspects of both national and international issues of economic security of the states-participants of economic processes, first of all, in the segments of finances and energy. The authors touch upon three major international aspects of economic security: the import of “essential” goods – food, energy resources, and “strategic raw materials”; the import of advanced technology products and progressive technologies; military goods and armaments. The methodology is based on the comparative analysis of different approaches towards the provision of external economic security, including the satellite, autonomous, and situational approaches. The authors use the range of key figures, including competitiveness and economic sovereignty. The authors conclude that the solution of the problems of the financial and energy sectors of Russia’s economy depends on a system work of the state and a permanent interaction with the main participants of these segments of market. It is noted that the existing problem of economic security provision remains unsolved from the viewpoints of multidirectional trends of both national and international aspects of economic security of the states-participants of economic processes. The authors note that the influence of the Western actions on the economic security of Russia is the hardest in the spheres of finances and energy. The authors emphasize the urgency of development and interrelation of the economics of different countries and regions evaluation.