Assessment of personnel risks and threats in the context of state security: a neo-instutional perspective

Abstract

This paper focuses on the problems of analysis and assessment of personnel risks and threats to personnel security as well to the security of the state from the point of view of the new-institutional theory. Organizational structures adapt and structure themselves based on the behaviour of their participants and on the factors of the external environment. Thence, personnel security might be influenced and distorted by the geopolitical, social and economic factors of all kinds. It is in the best interest of the state to impose a certain degree of regulation on these processes and to take control into its hands for the greater good and benefits of its citizens. Institutions of personnel security in Russian Federation are undergoing profound changes in the recent years. Many events that take place in the institutional environment might cause personnel risks and threats and thence effect the state security. Therefore, it seems important to focus on the volatile factors that might cause issue for the personnel security and cause negative effects for the state security. The paper analyses the indicators and performance indicators of the state apparatus and the quality of public administration, corruption risks, the effectiveness of the implementation of human resource requirements, the risks of demographic development, the level of migration, the scientific and educational system and educational risks using the example of the Russian Federation