Review of the book by V.I.Pantin and V.V.Lapkin “Historical forecasting in the XXI century: Kondratiev cycles, evolutionary cycles and prospects of global development”, published by “Phoenix +” publishing house in 2014.

The world is now experiencing a lack of spirituality. The most important aspect of this period is decline of ideologies that have been the main history drivers in the XIX–XX centuries. They require serious updating. In place of the unipolar world and globalization ideology should come an era of multipolar world. Each of the strengthening civilization poles will seek ideological support for their own state (or union of states). Most likely, the poles’ ideologies will represent a kind of synthesis of traditional spirituality and the elements of socialist ideology.

There are two approaches to estimating lost profit: the traditional accounting approach (“full costs accounting”) and the one based on direct costing logic (“incomplete costs accounting”). The article demonstrates that the second approach takes into account additional benefits and costs, that’s why it is economically correct. It shows lameness of legal practice applying “Temporal methodology for determining damage (losses) caused by economic agreements violations”. It proposes to develop methodology for calculating losses in case of client’s refusal to purchase part of customs under a long-term contract.

The article discusses the mechanism of food resources strategic management in the region as an integral part of its economic security. The paper presents the dynamics of forming the main food resources in the Republic of Mordovia.

Opening address of editor-in-chief.

The article regards fundamental matters of governance of Russian economy development.

One of the US most important competitive advantages is the ability to carry out multi-way strategic financial transactions allowing to export arising crisis phenomena out of the US economy, providing the stability of proper development. Institutional mechanisms of financial and economic balancing of the US economy form the basis for these operations. With their help logical chain of managerial global iterations is implemented: “formation of the money supply in the US dollars currency” → “manipulating financial flows volumes and directions in the form of real dollars (cash and non-cash) and in the form of derived financial instruments (derivatives etc.)” → “the US possibility to transfer world crises into the format of phased strategic financial transactions in the US interests”.

Sanctions confrontation between the West and Russia is the central theme of our country’s strategic development. The article presents an attempt to examine sanctions in the light of network warfare.

The Eurozone problem is something of a koan; full of paradoxes and contradictions that cannot be understood in terms the prevailing orgrammar (organizational grammar).

The paper cites forecast data on the dynamics of nuclear power engineering development in the world and Russia, on the NPP needs for operational personnel with regard to the rate of launching new reactors and of old reactors decommissioning. It shows regulatory requirements for NPP personnel, peculiarities of NPP operating personnel training for the position and of maintaining their qualification. The paper analyses possible risks associated with preparation and staffing of operational personnel and their consequences, as well as measures of risks prevention. It describes participation of operating organization in developing new regulatory documents establishing qualification requirements for NPP employees. It also substantiates the idea of forming a centralized unit for NPP staff training.