The Use of Trigger Components in the Assessment of the Economic Security of Meso-Economic System

The article includes analytical material, reflecting the author's interpretation of the trigger approach for revealing potential threats to the economic security of meso-economic systems. The term “trigger of economic security” is defined, the attempt is made to single out the main factors that form the trigger vulnerability in the economic systems of the meso-level of the border type. In the work there are results of the assessment of the aspects of the economic security on the example of meso-economics of the border territories with the Republic of Kazakhstan: the results of the comparative analysis of the economic efficiency, the level of the innovation activity, the effective use of the labor resources on the border and remote territories of the Russian Federation are presented. The conclusions of the conducted analytical work have made it possible to form a tactical set of trigger components for the preventive analysis of the threats to the economic security. The method of the analysis, used by the author, is suitable for assessing the perspectives and consequences of the cooperation, for forecasting problematic phenomena while developing the projects of the interaction of the economic entities of neighboring states. Keywords—trigger, system of indicators, economic security, meso-economic system.