Resilience in contemporary governance discourses

The notion of resilience has become firmly embedded in the contemporary discourse of a number of international organizations and states. In the UN system, resilience supplemented a glossary of sustainable development. In the UK, USA, France and other countries, it is actively used by national bureaucracies in security sphere. This article analyzes the articulation of this notion in the discourses of three interrelated levels - global governance (exemplified by the United Nations), supranational regional governance (EU) and national governance (United Kingdom and United States). The author draws conclusions concerning the specifics of the articulation of the concept at different levels, and about the reasons for its dissemination in the discourses of governance and security in the last decade. The article pays special attention to the relevance of the discourse of resilience to Russian practice.