Goal of the research is to develop an approach for a system-value study of endogenous links between the economic behavior of business entities and ethic-cultural values and institutions. Objectives are to develop an approach for a systematic and comprehensive interpretation of dynamic and endogenous relationships of behavioral, cultural-value and institutional variables; to clarify the specifics of the systemic relationships of culture and institutions; to determine the specifics of system-endogenous influence of ethic-cultural values and institutions on the economic efficiency of entrepreneurship; to study shifts in the distribution of personal incomes and contemporary problems caused by disfunctions related to culture, values and national specifics. Central hypothesis of the research deals with the assumption that it is impossible to study the systemic links in the economic behavior emerging between business entities, culture and institutions at the required level using traditional approaches, mechanisms and methods in the dramatically changing economic reality. Research methods: theoretical and methodological approach combining the methods of the interdisciplinary research theory: synergetic, complex systems, social constructivism, metaethics, multicultural modernization and structurally active methodology, as well as methods of theoretical and empirical research. The institutional basis of the empirical part of the analysis was comprised by the statistical data of many international organizations and the main findings of cross-cultural research on this topic published in scientific journals over 2001-2016. The authors developed a theoretical and methodological approach that allows a systemholistic study of the endogenous links between behavioral, cultural-value and institutional variables, combining the individualistic and holistic methodology, as well as positive and normative approaches. The article proposes an approach for systematic study of endogenous links between the efficiency of business entities' economic activity and cultural-value

This article attempts to make a comprehensive analysis of the impact of "geopolitical competition" policy on the state and future development of national security of the Russian Federation. We believe that geopolitical competition is caused not only by the need to protect national interests, but also acts as the condition that generates threats (challenges) to national security. The article deals with external factors, such as the transformation of geopolitical competition, changes in the post-Soviet space, and the development of the Arctic, as well as two internal factors, which concern the attainment of national identity and the militarization of public life, because we believe that these factors have the most negative impact on the state of national security in the Russian Federation. Geopolitical competition is currently increasing because of the aggravation of relations between states because of the distribution of spheres of influence.