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<article xmlns:ali="http://www.niso.org/schemas/ali/1.0/" xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" article-type="research-article" dtd-version="1.2" xml:lang="ru"><front><journal-meta><journal-id journal-id-type="publisher-id">kaspy</journal-id><journal-title-group><journal-title xml:lang="ru">THE CASPIAN REGION: politics, economics, culture</journal-title></journal-title-group><issn publication-format="electronic" /><issn publication-format="print">1818-510X</issn><publisher><publisher-name xml:lang="ru">Астраханский государственный университет им. В. Н. Татищева</publisher-name></publisher></journal-meta><article-meta><article-id pub-id-type="publisher-id">1541</article-id><title-group xml:lang="ru"><article-title>The issues of national security contemporary political elite</article-title></title-group><title-group xml:lang="en"><article-title>The issues of national security contemporary political elite</article-title></title-group><contrib-group><contrib contrib-type="author"><name-alternatives><name xml:lang="ru"><surname>Polkhovsky</surname><given-names>D.V.</given-names></name><name xml:lang="en"><surname>Polkhovsky</surname><given-names>D.V.</given-names></name></name-alternatives><email>GavrilinaN.E@mail.ru</email><xref ref-type="aff" rid="aff2577" /></contrib></contrib-group><aff-alternatives id="aff2577"><aff><institution xml:lang="ru">Astrakhan State Technical University</institution></aff><aff><institution xml:lang="en">Astrakhan State Technical University</institution></aff></aff-alternatives><pub-date date-type="pub"><year>2017</year></pub-date><issue>1</issue><fpage>171</fpage><lpage>176</lpage><history /><self-uri xlink:href="https://kaspy.asu-edu.ru/en/archive/2017/issue/1/article/1541">https://kaspy.asu-edu.ru/en/archive/2017/issue/1/article/1541</self-uri><self-uri xlink:href="https://kaspy.asu-edu.ru/storage/kaspy/archive/1(50)/171-176.pdf" content-type="pdf">https://kaspy.asu-edu.ru/storage/kaspy/archive/1(50)/171-176.pdf</self-uri><abstract xml:lang="ru"><p>The subject of national security is of particular importance in a managed / unmanaged chaos and constant power capacity of the information war. World political elites are increasingly resorting to manipulative techniques making impact on the public consciousness. There is also an increasing requirement to ensure the reliability of policy information of strategic importance. Namely here lies the main threat to national security. In this paper, the problem of national security is considered in connection with the professional activities of the ruling political elites and their leaders. The consciousness of the political elites is sandwiched by real challenges and threats on the one hand, and the sophisticated phobias on the other. It manifests their complexes indicating their inferiority and professional incompetence.</p></abstract><abstract xml:lang="en"><p>The subject of national security is of particular importance in a managed / unmanaged chaos and constant power capacity of the information war. World political elites are increasingly resorting to manipulative techniques making impact on the public consciousness. There is also an increasing requirement to ensure the reliability of policy information of strategic importance. Namely here lies the main threat to national security. In this paper, the problem of national security is considered in connection with the professional activities of the ruling political elites and their leaders. The consciousness of the political elites is sandwiched by real challenges and threats on the one hand, and the sophisticated phobias on the other. It manifests their complexes indicating their inferiority and professional incompetence.</p></abstract><kwd-group xml:lang="ru"><kwd>элита</kwd><kwd>власть</kwd><kwd>безопасность</kwd><kwd>манипуляция</kwd><kwd>верификация</kwd><kwd>фальсификация</kwd><kwd>угрозы</kwd><kwd>вызовы</kwd><kwd>конфликт</kwd><kwd>информационные войны</kwd><kwd>elite</kwd><kwd>power</kwd><kwd>security</kwd><kwd>manipulation</kwd><kwd>verification</kwd><kwd>falsification</kwd><kwd>threats</kwd><kwd>challenges</kwd><kwd>conflicts</kwd><kwd>information wars</kwd></kwd-group><kwd-group xml:lang="en"><kwd>элита</kwd><kwd>власть</kwd><kwd>безопасность</kwd><kwd>манипуляция</kwd><kwd>верификация</kwd><kwd>фальсификация</kwd><kwd>угрозы</kwd><kwd>вызовы</kwd><kwd>конфликт</kwd><kwd>информационные войны</kwd><kwd>elite</kwd><kwd>power</kwd><kwd>security</kwd><kwd>manipulation</kwd><kwd>verification</kwd><kwd>falsification</kwd><kwd>threats</kwd><kwd>challenges</kwd><kwd>conflicts</kwd><kwd>information wars</kwd></kwd-group><funding-group xml:lang="ru"><funding-statement /></funding-group><funding-group xml:lang="en"><funding-statement /></funding-group></article-meta></front><body /><back><ref-list /></back></article>