ECONOMIC SECURITY STRATEGY AS A COMPONENT OF THE NATIONAL SECURITY STRATEGY: OBJECTIVES, INDICATORS AND INSTRUMENTS OF IMPLEMENTATION

Abstract This article examines economic security as a component of national security through the cases of Latvia, Lithuania, Estonia, Finland and Poland. Using system and comparative analysis of strategic documents, the study identifies how strategic goals, indicator frameworks and implementation mechanisms are harmonised. The findings show that the Baltic states mainly emphasise protective and preventive priorities, whereas Finland and Poland demonstrate a stronger development-oriented approach. Economic security indicators are systematised into energy dependence, foreign trade, investment activity, financial stability, regional value chains and digital and cybersecurity resilience. The article concludes that economic security becomes effective only when goals, indicators and instruments function as one system.