Published by the Institute of USA and Canada Studies Russian Academy of Sciences 2/3 Khlebny per., Moscow, Russia,
ECONOMICS - POLITICS - CULTURE 121814
USA * Canada
MONTHLY JOURNAL Acting Editor-in-Chief Vladimir A. Spichkin
CONTENTS No. 9 (525), September 2013
Essays
Panov A.N. U.S. Approach to the Multilateral Structures
on Security Problems in the Asia-Pacific Area.................................................. 3
After the Second World War the U.S. utilized various means and methods to guarantee American strategic interests in Asia-Pacific Region. Among them are creation of bilateral military-political alliances, and regional military-political formations, participation in military conflicts. After the cold war the U.S. continued to make an accent on strengthening bilateral alliances. At the same time Washington gradually started to pay growing attention to using regional multilateral agreements and structures — ASEAN, ARF, meetings of the ASEAN plus ministers of defense, East-Asia summits - in its interests. Keywords: strategic interests in Asia-Pacific area, bilateral military-political alliances, regional multilateral agreements and structures.
Kondratov D.I. Contemporary World Monetary System
and Its Prospects................................................................................................. 15
The article comprises an attempt to outline the conceptual approaches to reformation of the world monetary system which determines the principles of its functioning and intergovernmental regulation with due regard to the lessons of the world financial and economic crises. Keywords: world monetary system, multicurrency standard, supranational world money, gold, exchange rate regime, International Monetary Fund, world financial and economic crises, regional currencies.
Theory
Nogayev I.V. Crisis of Economic Theory and the Concept
of Dispersed Knowledge of F. Hyek (Part 2)....................................................... 38
As in the 1' part of the article the author explorers the Friedrich von Hayek's concept of dispersed knowledge - one of the cornerstones of economic pragmatism - and taking as a base its refutation by W. James argues that it is untenable. Keywords: dispersed knowledge, economic pragmatism, Friedrich von Hayek, W. James.
Economic Survey
Gromova A.V. The United States Participation
in Economic Renaissance of Tajikistan............................................................... 51
The post-Soviet period of social, economic and trade cooperation between the U.S. and Tajikistan is analyzed. Since 1992, the United States is one of the major donors in Tajikistan. Despite the non-significant volume of foreign trade between the countries and U.S. direct investment, Washington plays the role of one of the major international actors in Tajikistan. Keywords: USA, Tajikistan, official development assistance, foreign direct investment, the Millennium Development Goals.
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Culture
Vasina V. S. «Rolling Stone»: from the Counterculture
to the Mainstream ............................................................................................... 63
This article is devoted to the cult American musical magazine «Rolling Stone» («RS»), its role in the American media history and the transformation of the iconic counter-cultural press to glossy mass kyanol. Keywords: Rolling Stone magazine, Jan Wenner, Hunter S. Thompson, Annie Leibovitz, Gonzo.
Book Review
V.A. Fedorovich, V.B. M u r a v n i k, O.I. Bochkarev. Organisation and Management of the U.S. Military Economy
is reviewed by A.A. Porokhovsky...........................................................................81
Peter Andreas. Smuggler Nation: Illicit Trade Made America
is reviewed by V.S. Guseva....................................................................................88
Management
Ovchinnikov O.G. Municipal Governing in Rural Areas:
Russian and American Experience Comparative Analysis................................... 91
The article provides the comparative analysis of Russian and American practices in municipal governing. Two towns in Russia and the United States are taken as an example. The article describes social and economic infrastructure of the municipalities, its major functions, activity in community empowerment, etc. Keywords: Municipal government, local government, rural areas, rural communities, municipal budget, community empowering.
Facts and Statistics
Komkova E.G. Canada: International Comparisons..............................................112
This article compares Canada's performance with its UN and OECD partners in three domains — socio-economic, military-political and «other factors of influence». Keywords: International comparison, Canada.
U.S. States
Kentucky, KY..................................................................................................... 119
V.A. Fedorovich 126
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