Conceptual framework for economic integration in a globalised and sustainable regional economy
The evolution of integration processes and the results of the application of interstate, interregional and intraregional agreements and unions testifies to the versatility and manageability on the part of executive authorities, political elites and large economic entities of economic systems of interaction processes on the platform of economic integration. The theoretical foundations of the formation and development of integration processes, the accompanying regulatory framework, infrastructure and conditions for achieving overall efficiency have their own historical features and influence modern diverse, multi-stage integration processes both between individual states and between individual territories within one country. The presented assessment of historical and modern trends relevant to Russia in the content and consequences of integration processes for national interests and ensuring an acceptable level of economic security allowed to conclude that the interpretation of economic integration is relevant as a reaction to the negative consequences of globalization and the requirements of sustainable development for national and regional economic systems (ESG factors of corporate governance, principles of responsible investment and etc.), as well as for developing countries and territories. The article suggests the author's approach to the implementation of the multidimensional nature of economic integration by stages and phases of implementation (from basic to complex and multilevel). The characteristic of methods and forms of interregional integration within one state is presented on the example of a number of subjects of the Russian Federation.