The purpose of this article is to review the experience of the Novosibirsk Region in improving the quality of public administration by centralizing the powers and reorganizing state bodies for the provision of public services. One of the priorities of the public sector is currently ensuring accessibility and mobility in the provision of public services and their quality. The sphere of rendering public services by state bodies is developing, high-quality platform solutions are emerging, which include all socially significant structures involved in the process of providing services. Services such as the public services portal and the taxpayer’s personal account are available to almost every citizen. The research method is a description of the process of reorganization of territorial bodies of state bodies of the Ministry of Labor and Social Development of the Novosibirsk region. There are always people behind information systems, so employees also participate in the provision of public services. In order to improve public administration, centralization and automation of typical functions allows not only optimal use of available resources, but also to increase the efficiency and quality of services. The results of the work are the creation of centralized structures for the provision of public services by reorganizing territorial bodies in two stages — 35 population support centers and 10 client centers. The conclusions of the study are to identify the positive effects of the reorganization of the territorial public authorities of the Ministry of Labor and Social Development of the Novosibirsk region, which consist in reducing the number of payment documents, the cost of maintaining and servicing centers, reducing corruption risks by separating the procedures for assigning benefits and their payments, optimizing personnel and increasing the level of satisfaction with the quality of public services to the beneficiaries.

For a long time, Russia has seen itself as a significant, specific part of European civilization. This was refused to Russia at the turn of 2008–2009. Further development took place in the context of regionalization, a systemic world crisis and an increase in contradictions between Russia and Europe. As a result, today Russia is ready to recognize its historical relationship with Europe, without any systemic obligations on this basis.

Thus, firstly, it was not Russia that left Europe, but Russia that decided to “exclude” from Europe. Secondly, for us, Shakespeare, who is forgotten in Britain, and Remarque, who was forgotten in Germany, will remain part of our identity. The lack of culture of “cancellation” has become a symbol of modern Europe, but for us this is a path to nowhere. Last. Russian civilization is larger and more complex than European: it is Eurasian civilization.

As a state-of-the-art technology, artificial intelligence (AI) claims a key role in improving the well-being and living conditions of human society, as well as in the sustainable development of the global economy, increasing productivity and effectively solving universal problems. Increasingly, questions are also being discussed about the influence of AI — as a new determinant of the balance of power — on the conditions for achieving and maintaining peace in individual regions and around the world. Therefore, the study of modern trends in the use of AI for military purposes (in particular, in the system of military command), as well as the discussion of issues about the possibilities, features and problems of its prospective use, are of great importance in terms of specifying the main guidelines for the preservation and development of the military potential of the state in modern conditions.

The purpose of the article is to discuss the application of AI technologies in military control as in terms of possible advantages, and in the aspect of the significant risks associated with the use of AI in the military sphere, and which are universal existential in nature and can have a direct impact on the long-term future of human society — world war between major powers, the possibility of nuclear conflict, and the likelihood of AI spiralling out of control.

The theoretical basis for the study was the scientific works of both Armenian and Russian and Western authors.

The main research methods are comparative analysis based on observations of various examples of the use of AI in military control and the method of scientific induction, updated taking into account the pragmatic factor (the method of logical inference confirmed by facts).

As the results of the study, the article presents the main risks that are possible when using AI for military purposes. In particular, we are talking about a world war between major powers, the likelihood of a nuclear conflict and the withdrawal of AI from control. All these risks are universal existential in nature and can have a direct impact on the long-term future of human society. Some important circumstances and factors are also presented that force more attention to policies to neutralize the risks of using AI in the field of military administration.

The conclusions justify the need to comply with the “safety rule” for the use of AI. The formation of a legal framework and relevant infrastructures for this should take place much earlier than the actual use of AI; otherwise, the consequences can be negative rather than positive.

The practice of building strategies for the development of modern Russian municipalities is filled with both new methodological content and the content of the strategies themselves. So, for example, the release of the law on strategic planning in the Russian Federation was followed by the Decree of the President of Russia, which determined the strategy of economic security in the country and was reflected in the strategies of the regions and municipalities. However, in the methodological plan, there are no recommendations for determining the content of the elements of the economic security strategy both at the regional and municipal levels of government. Traditionally, the results of the analysis of factors of the external and internal environment serve as the basis for determining the content of strategies, but if we analyze the content of the results of the analysis and the content of the strategies, it is easy to see that these two subsystems of the strategy (the results of the analysis and the content of the strategy itself) are largely not interconnected. The purpose of this study is the desire to find tools that allow the transition from the results of the traditional SWOT analysis (but in terms of the non-traditional sphere of analysis — economic security) to the content of the economic security strategy of the municipality. Among the research methods used are content analysis of documents, the method of constructing morphological matrices, methods of grouping and generalization, as well as methods of logical analysis and synthesis of information within the subject area of the study. In this paper, on the example of one of the leading districts of the Vladimir region, an algorithm for the formation of an economic security strategy is shown, based on the application of ESG principles of sustainable development and economic security tasks limited by the powers of municipalities, the combination of which is filled with the content of the results of a modified SWOT analysis with subsequent aggregation of the formulated solutions in the strategy of economic security of the municipality. The result obtained in the study indicates that the economic security of the municipality in the form of interconnected projects and programs can be formed in three main directions that ensure security in the field of ecology, economy and society of the municipality. In the future, it is necessary to study the aspect related to the distribution of these projects and programs in the areas recommended by the Ministry of Economic Development of the Russian Federation in terms of implementing the law on strategic planning in the Russian Federation.

Modern conditions of development dictate the need for cooperation. Today, Russia participates in the common market and the common economic space, the economic sphere, the activities of customs organizations, concludes agreements on international obligations and customs cooperation, and also actively cooperates with states and organizations in the field of customs operations and customs activities. The article considers the process of international customs cooperation of the customs authorities of the Russian Federation. The development of international customs cooperation in the context of digitalization is considered. The influence of digitalization on the regulatory framework of international customs cooperation, customs diplomacy and on the organizational and protocol basis is determined. The problems arising in the conditions of digitalization in the implementation of international activities in the customs authorities of the Russian Federation with the help of digital information and technical means are presented. The interaction of the Federal Customs Service of the Russian Federation with the customs administrations of foreign states in the conditions of digitalization is analyzed. The positive practice of using digital technologies in the interaction of the customs authorities of the Russian Federation with the customs administrations of foreign states, as well as their problematic issues, is considered. The process of negotiations and practical experience of interaction between the Russian Federation and the People’s Republic of China on cooperation of their customs services in the field of preliminary information exchange are analyzed. Based on the results of the study, the authors propose to further develop international customs cooperation on the example of successful projects, as well as use a digital platform to improve the quality and efficiency of international cooperation to solve emerging problematic issues.

The article deals with the issue of increasing the efficiency of spending local budgets. Such a study is relevant in modern conditions, when the own budget revenues of the vast majority of municipalities do not cover the costs, and many local budgets receive more than half of the funds from higher budgets. Given the difficult socio-economic situation that has developed in recent years, the search for tools, methods and directions for optimizing local budget expenditures is becoming a priority.

The purpose of the study is to determine the areas of spending budget funds, measures aimed at optimizing which could bring the greatest effect. The result of the work was the identification of the most “typical” (classical) municipalities (in the context of each of their main types), the structure of expenditures of which is similar to the average structure of municipal budgets, determined on the basis of an analysis of the entire sample. Based on the subsequent analysis, the main elements of the budget costs were identified, the work on which could bring the greatest savings. All this is supplemented by optimization measures and proposals for the main areas of spending, determined on the basis of the results of scientific literature analysis, the use of which will significantly increase the efficiency of budget expenditures.

Inclusive tourism is a way of looking at tourism activities and services, involving all people, visitors and residents, in the same activities and creating dialogue, peace and human development. In turn, the dynamics of inclusive tourism is likely to depend on an economic model that reflects current trends in the personalization of the tourism offer. The aim of the research: to consider the issues of the conceptual apparatus of inclusive tourism, aspects of the formation of inclusive tourism. Research objective: to analyze the works of domestic and foreign scientists and specialists in the field of inclusive tourism, to offer the author’s definition of inclusive tourism. Research methods: analysis of normative legal documents, the method of comparative analysis and generalization, construction of own hypotheses. As a result of the study it was concluded that the analysis of the regulatory framework governing the development of tourism shows its insufficient perfection, as so far it does not reflect the development of inclusive tourism, also during the study of scientific research on this topic the author’s definition of “inclusive tourism” is given.

To assess the state of the regional vocational education system, the authors developed an open five-level assessment model, on the basis of which a set of studies was performed, including cluster and factor analysis. Based on the use of the main components method, a methodology for reducing the dimension of an array of indicators for subsequent clustering of regions is proposed.

For the first time, the joint use of regression analysis and the method of main components for obtaining a stable set of indicators for assessing the regional vocational education system was proposed and tested.

A relationship was found between the stability of the assessment model of the vocational education system and the directions of action of indicators, both within one indicator group and in different indicator groups.

Corporate culture as it exists today is a cast of the Western European matrix, in which the ideology of the state is replaced by the values of the corporation. But modern realities form a new demand of society, moral principles and traditions develop modern legal relations.

The purpose of the article (in the form of confirmation or refutation of a scientific hypothesis) is to analyze the value system of youth, legal realities and ideological features of the formation of the Russian state around the factors of Russian identity: family, society, country, state, person, to describe the possibility of their inclusion in the corporate culture (employer) as the basic principles of corporate governance.

The group interview method and the content analysis method were chosen as the research method. The method of group interview allows each of the participants of the discussion to speak freely and the participants of the debate to form a unified representation of the group on the problems of corporate culture, which are based on the factors of Russian identity: family, person, society, country, state. The content analysis method allows, based on recorded discussions, to identify the key values of young people that can be included in the corporate culture of Russian companies.

This paper aims to offer insights into academic and research challenges confronting Vietnamese students. This paper also indicates need analysis for designing a blended-learning set of materials for improvement of academic writing skill. Using a mixed-method approach, a survey of of 1,026 respondents was conducted with students and 10 in-depth semi-structured interviews were carried out with teachers to obtain a through understanding of the issue investigated. Findings reveal that there is an urgent need for a set of writing skill materials in a blended-learning format. The research also unveils writing difficulties being faced by students of English when it comes to academic and research writing. Major challenges centred around vocabulary, grammar, structure and lack of writing practice materials. Future research concerning the examination of the effectiveness of the blended learning practice materials for enhancement of writing skills is also mentioned in this paper.

The paper analyzes the main causes and outlines of a human-sized turn in the evolution of the concept of smart cities, one of the characteristic features of which is the transition from centralized approaches (“top-down”) in political decision-making to approaches that involve community participation, diffuse interaction and orientation towards joint decisions, consideration of citizens not only as voters, but rather as equal subjects, partners of the government, the use of whose potential in making political decisions ensures the effectiveness and “human dimension” of the latter. The “human dimension” turn leads to the conceptualization of smart cities through categories such as “happiness”, “well-being”, “collaboration”, “inclusion”. There is a shift in emphasis from explicit knowledge to the so-called. Implicit knowledge, i. e. knowledge of citizens. At the same time, the paper highlights the existing gap (and in many respects the declarative nature of the goals of smart cities) between the ideal human-centric and “human-sized” model of smart cities and the existing real decision-making practice, which the researchers pay attention to. The paper concludes that a promising direction in the study of smart city in this context is the study and search for effective forms of participation of civil society actors in decision-making, mechanisms for ensuring inclusive and transparent participation of citizens, ways to achieve meaningful civic participation and adjust decisions through real “exchange” of knowledge, modern smart city models that consider the participation of civil society actors as a key part of the decision-making process.

The authors consider the economic and political situation around Russia and Belarus in 2022–2023 as new conditions, as well as its influence on relations within the Union State of Russia and Belarus. Border area as a territory adjacent to other states is inevitably involved in international trade and cooperation, but its role can be both contact and barrier, and development is both dynamic and becoming depressed. The article describes the factors of global processes affecting the border and its features on the territory of the Russian Federation and justifies the use of the theory of “center — periphery” for further analysis of the border space between Russia and Belarus. The two states are obliged to build a system of border interaction. This system should be part of a system of supranational governance built to solve the problems of two sovereign states. Cross-border cooperation is not only a managerial, but also an economic resource that will deepen union integration.