The article examines some aspects of the complex and controversial development process of the world, which increasingly affect the interests of the younger generation and determine the prospects for its future in the system of new emerging social relations. Transformations serve as an indicator of a change in society and forming a system of social relations. The author made attempts to analyze the impact of socio-political transformations, complex and contradictory international relations on the state of the youth environment and the formation of new elements of the behavioral model in it. These trends reflect the objective need to consider the special role of the identity of a new type of person and the components of behavior inherent in such a subject in the system of emerging social relations. Is the new generation able to create a stable and safe environment of human existence, adequate to complex challenges and crisis phenomena? In this regard, it is proposed to expand the scope of this very relevant topic in modern discourse.