THE THEORY OF EXISTENTIAL STABILITY AS A NEW DIRECTION OF ECONOMIC SECURITY STUDIES
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https://doi.org/10.31471/2409-0948-2026-1(33)-167-180Keywords:
Economic security, existential stability, economic existence, economic security, economic security of the state, stability of economic systems, war economy.Abstract
The article provides a theoretical and methodological substantiation for the development of economic security studies under conditions of military conflicts, systemic crises, and global polycrisis transformations. It is argued that traditional approaches of economic theory and classical concepts of economic security, focused primarily on stabilization or post-crisis recovery, are insufficient for explaining the functioning of economic systems under prolonged disequilibrium and existential threats. The necessity of establishing a new sub-direction within economic security studies — the theory of existential stability of economic systems — is substantiated. The economic system is ontologically interpreted as a system of economic existence capable of preserving functional integrity and reproductive capacity under critical resource losses and structural destabilization. The category of the limit of economic existence is introduced as a threshold state of system viability. A categorical framework and methodological principles of existential stability are systematized. A conceptual model describing the interaction between structural subsystems, functional states, and the critical threshold of existence is developed. A formalized representation of existential stability as a functional dependence of key structural components is proposed. The results form a coherent theoretical and methodological framework for a new direction in economic security studies and provide a foundation for further development of a scientific and methodological apparatus for measuring existential stability at the enterprise, sectoral, and national levels.
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