Sustainable Development of Human Potential as Strategic Priority of Providing National Security

Abstract

   The article acts as an answer to the request of students of higher education institutions in specialization ‘Economic security’, who face the necessity to estimate the impact of sustainable development of human potential on providing national security of the country. In this context the article studies theoretical aspects of human potential in the system of national security of Russia in the present geopolitical and finance and economic situation in the world. The authors work out the system of key indicators having indentified those, which characterize the level of education and science development as well as public health service and put forward methods to estimate the level of human potential development and its impact on national economic security of the country. Having analyzed threats in the field of education, science and public health service the authors propose ways of their minimization. Special attention is paid to elaboration of forecasts concerning selected indicators, which can help assess the development of human potential in the medium-term perspective and arrange necessary steps aimed at cutting threats and improving economic security in this field.