Influence of Risk Delegitimize the Territory on the Processes of Modernization and Cooperation: Opportunity for Management

In the article the dependence of the process of modernization from the risks of territory delegitimization. Conducted rough estimates of the risk of delegitimization of the territory for the United Nations Member States and the former Soviet republics. It's analyzed the possibilities of risk management. Among the methods considered: risk avoidance, risk reduction, risk allocation, risk taking. Among management levels: territorial, economic and individual. The main conclusions: (1) The authorities ignored the risks; (2) the greatest opportunity to control the risk on the individual level.