Intellectual Security as the Leading Factor of Economic Development

Our paper discusses the problem of intellectual security within the concept of economic development represented by the regional development. We argue that in today’s complex world, intellectual security is becoming the leading factor of economic development. The paper discusses such issues as human capital, innovations, as well as intellectual potential. Moreover, we focus on the issue of intellectual security as a type of state security and contemplate on the problems of cyber security and cyber threats as those targeted against the individuals and often resulting in personal data breaches of the personnel. Our paper also mentiones the trends in intellectual security in the Russian Federation. Specifically, we look into the problem of brain drain from Russia, specifically the migration of leading highly qualiied researchers and scientists abroad. We discuss the impact of migration in general and intellectual migration in particular on the regional economic growth and development. Our results clearly show that the effects of the outflow of intellectual capital on economic development are fundamentally versatile and that under favorable economic and political conditions intellectual migration might play a positive role in the development of regions of origin and countries.