ECONOMICS - POLITICS - CULTURE
USA * Canada
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. 9 (537), September 2014
Essays
DavydovA.Yu. B. Obama Administration Monetary Policy
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This article covers key problems of U.S. modern monetary system. Major Federal Reserve System functions are being discussed. Money market's demand and supply factors are being analyzed. Keywords: monetary system, money market, Federal Reserve System, Treasure debt securities, mortgage-backed securities, savings and investments.
Samuylov S.M., Grafov D.B. Congress, Lobbyists, Interest Groups
and Corruption Issue____________________________________________________________________________________________21
The article shows that despite considerable de-jure reduction of chances to bribe lawmakers directly, corruptive nature of the American statehood persists. It runs in the structural organization of the Washington political-bureaucratic elite as solid tripartite alliances of high ranking bureaucrats of government executive departments, members of Congress and lobbyists. Keywords: registered lobbyists, laws, ethics rules, Congress, tripartite alliances, the Washington elite, corruption, direct bribery, investigation, FBI, imprisonment.
Kusnetsov A.V. Institutional Monopolies in the Global Division of Labor__________37
The article analyses institutional bases and reasons — whether fact or fallacy — for the U.S. privileged position in the global division of labor. It points out some real steps aimed at overcoming the stalemate of AngloSaxon domination in the world economic system. Keywords: the USA, monopolies, multinational companies, international vision of labor, globalization, Great Britain, unequal exchange.
The article deals with the results of financial reform initiated by the Obama administration. Assessment of prospects of financial regulation in the USA is presented. Peculiarities of normative base creation in the USA are explained. This reform is studied in connection with financial regulation on international level. Keywords: financial regulation, financial reform, Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act of 2010.
Economic Survey
Kulakova V.K. Financial Reform in the USA: Results and Opportunities...........................
Retrospection
Evseenko A.S. George Bush Administration Policy in Iraq:
Counterterrorism and Counterinsurgency Component________________________________________59
This article considers the problem of security in the context of U.S. policy in Iraq. The aim of this work is to determine the reasons of the US-led coalition forces failure to achieve civil peace in Iraq in the short term. Keywords: U.S. foreign policy, «nation-building», war on terrorism, Iraqi war.
Book Review
Kozlov K.V. reviews The Future of Power by Joseph S. NYE ____________________________75
The review summarizes the conceptual and structural vision of the J. Nye's Smart Power Strategy which is considered to be an intellectual tool of the future of American power. Keywords: American smart power; types of forces; hard power, soft power; smart power strategy; globalization, polarization of forces, the information revolution, the system of international relations.
World of Business
Raspopov D.T. Strategic Directions
of the U.S. Pharmaceutical Companies Development ________________________________________83
The article gives an overview of the major trends on the global pharmaceutical market as well as key factors that have strong effect on it. International competitiveness of U.S. pharmaceutical firms is analyzed and their major strategic directions are defined. Keywords: pharmaceutical market, strategy, mergers and acquisitions, patent cliff, generics, biosimi-lars, blockbuster.
People and Politics
Shenin S.Yu. Long Way to the Pentagon:
Chuck Hagel's Views and Interests______________________________________________________________________95
The article is devoted to the study of the foreign policy views and interests of the Secretary of Defense Chuck Hagel. His place in the policymaking mechanism in Washington is defined and analyzed, as well as the reasons that allowed President B. Obama to appoint him to one of the key positions in the Democratic administration. Keywords: Chuck Hagel, U.S. Foreign Policy, U.S. Department of Defense, Atlantic Council, Kazakhstan, Chevron Corporation.
Background Material
Komkova E.G. G.A. Arbatov, and Institute of the USA and Canada Studies in Canadian Diplomats' Memoirs
and Sovietologists' Writings ______________________________________________________________________________107
The article describes the Canadian perception by the founding director of the Institute of USA and Canada Studies academician Georgiy Arbatov and this Institute staff members. Keywords: Russian-Canadian relations, G.A. Arbatov, Institute of USA and Canada studies, Canadian Studies in Russia.
Akimov Yu.G., Shiriaev B.A. American and Canadian Studies at the School of International Relations,
St. Petersburg State University_________________________________________________________________________113
The article is devoted to the development of American and Canadian Studies at the School of International Relations, St. Petersburg State University since its foundation in 1994 till to date. Special attention is payed to the results of the research work in such fields as U.S. and Canadian history and politics, American and Canadian foreign policy. Keywords: School of International Relations of the St. Petersburg State University, American studies, Canadian Studies.
U.S. States
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