Izvestiya of Saratov University.
ISSN 1819-4907 (Print)
ISSN 2542-1913 (Online)


B. CLINTON

The American vector of Russia’s foreign policy in the period of Boris Yeltsin’s first presidency

The article considers Russia’s foreign policy towards the United States in 1991–1996. The desire of the Russian leadership to achieve the level of strategic partnership with the United States is shown in the conditions of the formation of a new Russian statehood and the weakening of the country’s international positions. The conclusion ismade about the collapse of Moscow’s unjustified hopes and illusions for equal cooperation with Washington.

From the «Containment» Doctrine to the «Expansion» Strategy : the American Foreign Aid and New Epoch Challenges (1992–1994)

The article is devoted to the study of the changes in the American foreign policy and essence of new global challenges after the end of the Cold War. Besides the role of the American foreign аid to underdeveloped countries in the context of the Clinton administration’s National Security Strategy is also analyzed.

THE USAID ACTIVITIES IN THE CENTRAL ASIAN REGION DURING THE CLINTON’S ADMINISTRATION

Given article is devoted to the study of the U. S. Agency for International Development in the Central Asian republics of the former Soviet Union during the 1990s in the context of the geopolitical interests of the United States in the region.