Котова Нина Сергеевна

This article examines the meaning and role of the Russian people unity, the role of communication in society in the state language, which is the fundamental basis of the civil self-identity of Russians. The article also substantiates the role of Russian language policy in four aspects (educational, scientific, cultural and legal) in order to preserve language as the cultural heritage of the nation in the formation of Russian civilization. The article emphasizes that the ability of the language to preserve the history, culture, and identity of the people for a long time ensures and maintains the state of national security and its spiritual unity at a high level.

This article examines the representation of the cultural identity of political science students within the discipline “Intercultural Communication” in several aspects (“I” - “Other”, group culture, discourse and pragmatics). The article emphasizes the need to rethink such concepts as “group culture”, “identity”, “political discourse” and “intercultural competence” for the development of cultural identity and the formation of intercultural communicative competence of future political scientists in accordance with modern realities. The article examines how a written text (essay) represents the cultural identity of students in situations of intercultural interaction, what markers activate cultural identity in intercultural communication, and determines the extent to which the intercultural communication of interlocutors depends on the influence of their cultural identity. The research data were collected from 25 students of the Political Science major studying in 2023-2024. Although the results of the study are not conclusive, they indicate that cultural identity dominates students' ethnocentric views and that stereotypes continue to influence the negotiation of identities in intercultural communication.

In the 21st century, the issue of national security in relation to the actions of terrorist organizations remains relevant. With the development of digital and information and communication technologies, traditional hierarchical approaches in the fight against the enemy are not effective. New strategies and tools are needed that can identify decentralized structures, consisting of a number of loosely connected individuals, that allow modeling the structure and connections of a terrorist organization. Such a modern analytical tool is the analysis of social networks, as it allows you to establish social connections between people. The article provides an overview of the history of social network analysis and its use in understanding the organization of terrorist networks and establishing existing and potential connections of terrorist organizations.

The article deals with the problem of the formation of personal and corporate responsibility of future managers and leaders. The ability to carry out the decision-making process taking into account the social consequences of companies' activities, the role of personal responsibility of the head of a department and organization is defined as an essential element of the competence of modern graduates of management and economics faculties (skills of daily professional activities; knowledge, experience and understanding, on the basis of which the head makes a decision (critical thinking); personal qualities (values and attitudes) that the leader shows in his activities). A survey of students of the Faculty of Economics and Management of the Law Institute of the Russian Presidential Academy of National Economy and Public Administration: the beliefs that are fundamental for responsible behavior were studied, 70 students, 30 leaders and managers of large companies in Rostov-on-Don were analyzed, revealed the need to include in the educational process such an element of competence as the ability to integrate professional activities new ways of working (for example, the experience gained during the Covid-19 pandemic).

The formation and development of critical skills in management personnel and government officials ,using the interdisciplinary approach ,is considered to be the main task in organizing the educational process on the level of the master`s degree program. The lack of specialized courses and a comprehensive approach to forming the criteria of critical thinking leads to making inefficient professional decisions and perceiving the reality just on the basis of the past experience , using an elementary linear way of problem analysis. The authors have developed the course “Professional English“, which, by means of reading professional texts and writing activities in English , helps to develop critical thinking skills in master students, studying the training program for management personnel and government officials ,using the interdisciplinary approach. 70 master students of URIU RANEPA participated in the experiment. The developed course had been tested for 16 weeks , i.e. 1 semester 2019-2020. The findings showed that the experimental group had higher average marks in terms of critical thinking ability and academic achievements in the course “Professional English”

Forming and developing critical thinking skill is a fundamental requirement to education in the modern world. This skill is essential for training managers with outofthe -box thinking, who are capable of acting promptly, analyzing, predicting problems and taking correct decisions. It’s critical thinking , which helps employees to be in demand on the labour market. The authors look at the need of Russian higher educational institutions in systematic, interdisciplinary approach to the formation and development of critical thinking on the example of RANEPA students and teachers.

Social responsibility is presented as a necessary and unconditional phenomenon of society, due to the dynamics of the historical development of mankind, civilizational breakthroughs, the development of societies, the formation of new ideas about society's goals and needs: social responsibility of organizations, enterprises, social and economic institutions, individual and his personal social responsibility as the highest side of his life and search for his "I" in harmony with others. The main theoretical aspects of a new model of social responsibility in the trinity of man, organization and society are presented. The integral role of education in the formation of the social responsibility of the individual is substantiated.

Modern magistracy programs should comprise is now widely used in the world. Cognitive, metacognitive, affective strategies assist the development of design-thinking their aim is creation of a product is capable to exist by itself.

The article considers the phenomenon of "fake" in political discourse and its role in shaping public opinion. The concept of the term and its meaning in contemporary media space are analyzed. The reasons for the growth of "fake" information in political discourse are given. As evidence of the assumptions made in the article, authrs provide data from foreign studies of the content of statements by political leaders of America and Europe about the amount of their use of "fake" information.

The article is devoted to the research of the phenomenon when people become ambivalent about politics. It also reveals that the roots of ambivalence lie within the individual, with differences in political knowledge and attitudes. Alternately, these attitudes could result the way political choices are presented ambivalently in the wider political environment. We find that campaign environments can induce candidate ambivalence. For example in presidential elections, campaign efforts promote ambivalence most when competition be-tween candidates and parties is high.

The article analyses the language personality of a drug-user (in particular the so-called light drugs). Author notes terminological diffuseness of the concepts of “drug addiction” (narcotism), “drug user”, “self-controlled use of psychotropic substances”, and “light drugs”, which let a presenter with reference to informal knowledge formulate his/her own way of understanding the problem and manifest it in his/her statements.

The article gives the foreign experience of the adaptation of business education to modern practices. It also analyses the elements of the structural convergence in the process of graduates’ education? Which involves labour market, formation and development of qualified competences and cognitive abilities of graduates, structure of curricular, educational programs, and results of final exams.

The article considers the problem of educational security in Russia under the circumstances of given domestic and foreign challenges and threats, Russia faces today. The article analyses the current state of education security as a generator of sectoral personnel of national security in Russia.

In this paper on case studies method in educational courses authors provide a brief review of methodology of case-study, its nature and the ways in which they can be used. On the basis of the positive results of using this method in the South-Russian institute of the Russian Presidential academy of national economy and public administration we propose to consider case study as a stimulus which encourages the acquisition of such skills as the development of critical thinking, dealing with real problems, the importance of presentation skills, active cooperative learning.