USA * Canada
ECONOMICS - POLITICS - CULTURE
Published by the Institute of USA and Canada Studies Russian Academy of Sciences 2/3 Khlebny per., Moscow, Russia,
121814
MONTHLY JOURNAL Acting Editor-in-Chief Vladimir A. Spichkin
CONTENTS No. 10 (526), October 2013
Essays
Kremenyuk V.A. Georgiy Arbatov, Academician................................................... 3
The article is written in commemoration of the Arbatov 90th Anniversary. It covers all significant landmarks of Georgiy Arbatov scientific and political life including foundation of the U.S.A. and Canada Institute as the Russian Academy of Science subsidiary. It also evaluates his impact on creation of such a new branch of scientific research as "American Studies" or "Americanistics". Keywords: U.S. - Russian relations, scientific approach to political decision-making, impact of American studies on political process.
Samuylov S.V. Presidents, Congress and NASA: Controversies
on Human Space Exploration .............................................................................. 19
In the article a comparison of the NASA's perspectives on strategic vision for America's human space program under the Bush Republican and the Obama Democratic administrations is undertaken. It is stressed that Democrats' cancellation of "return to the Moon" by 2020 has broken up forming consensus on the strategy of crew space flights within U.S. political elite and experts' community. This decision influenced the U.S. aerospace manufacturing industry extremely negatively. But on the other hand favorable domestic situation in the USA is pushing Washington to conduct joint human exploration of the Moon in cooperation with Russia. Keywords: human space exploration, NASA, ISS, Constellation program, return to the Moon, cancellation, Orion new multi-purpose crew spacecraft, heavy lift rocket, flight to an asteroid, U.S. - Russian joint exploration of the Moon.
Marusenko M.A. U.S. Domestic Language Imperialism:
From Melting Pot to Salad Bowl ......................................................................... 35
Political, historical and demographic features of the language evolution in the U.S. during the last centuries have revealed the clear shift from the ideology of Melting Pot to that of Salad Bowl. Keywords: language policy, multiculturalism, multilingualism, language ideology, indigenous peoples, immigrants' communities, language diversity, official language.
Retrospection
Zolotova L.G. The Year of Europe (1973) and Transatlantic Relations............... 49
Forty years ago the Nixon Administration in cooperation with their NATO allies declared the Year of Europe project. The article analyses the outcome of the initiative: whether it actually failed or led to a higher level of integration within the alliance, and became a starting point of New World order creation. Keywords: Trans-Atlantic relations, The Year of Europe, The Ottoman Declaration, Trilateral Committee, G-6/G-7.
Notes, Comments
Kurbanov M.A. The United States and the Middle East:
Disguise of Old Ideas or New Course?............................................................... 67
The article analyzes the U.S. role in recent developments in the Arab World. Tragic events of 9/11, «war on terror», and the subsequent American invasion into Afghanistan and then into Iraq marked a new stage in the history of the Middle East, brought radical changes of power balance in the region. Keywords: the U.S.A., the Middle East, President Obama, geopolitics.
Book Review
The Challenge of Piracy off the Horn of Africa: U.S. Policy in Dealing with Criminal Elements and Dangerous Non-State Actors.
Task Force Report, reviewed by L.V. Gladchenko.................................................79
About the book of E.V. I s r a e l i a n and N.S. Yevtikhevich
Canadian Foreign Policy: Humanitarian Dimensions...........................................84
Science and Technologies
Emelianov S.V., Lebedeva L.F. R & D Policy of B. Obama's Administration ........ 85
The article provides analysis of R&D policy during B. Obama's administration, budget priorities, the role of government, key fields of financing. Keywords: R&D policy, government role, R&D, budget priorities, B. Obama's administration.
FrolovA.V. U.S. Innovative Economy on the Road
to New Technologies Development..................................................................... 93
The article dwells upon the role of NBIC-technologies in U.S. economic growth, analyzes the latest government initiatives aimed at innovative development. Keywords: NBIC-technologies, state-private partnerships, commercialization of innovations, STEM-education, stimulation of innovations, National Network for Manufacturing Innovation, Network of industrial Innovation Institutions, additive technologies.
Background Material
Tsurkan A.A. Islam in the USA: Distinctive Features
of American Attitude Towards Muslims After 9/11 ..........................................111
Terrorist attacks of 9/11 and the war on terror declared by U.S. after them had a great impact on the attitudes towards Muslims in America. Keywords: Islam, islamophobia, USA, 9/11, immigration, terrorism.
U.S. States
Colorado, CO...................................................................................................... 119
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_Отделения глобальных проблем и международных отношений РАЛ_
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