Table of Contents

Editorial board  


Articles

US FOREIGN POLICY HISTORY
Iryna Gabro «Think tanks» and the process of making foreign policy decisions by administration of US president Ps. Bush 9
Dmytro Lakishyk Evolution of US foreign policy: from George Bush to Barack Obama 14
Yulia Panchenko Neoconservatism and foreign policy of president R. Reagan 22
Mykola Fesenko Prospects of US global leadership preservation in the post bipolar international system 31
Natalya Yakovenko, Galyna Piskorska Priorities of international political activities in US national security strategies 38

US EUROPEN POLICY

Oleksandr Lozovytskyi French-American rivalry as a factor US foreign policy in Europe during the second half of XX century 48
Oksana Mitrofanova The American foreign policy: the peripeteias of relations with the most ancient strategic partner France 56
Viacheslav Masniy Doctrinal background and legal basis of US military presence in Europe mid 1940’s – early 1950’s 62

UKRAINE AND USA

Nataliya Gorodnia Why should America support Ukraine? 69
Natalia Kovalchuk The phenomenon of democracy in the context of boundary civilization of Ukraine and the USA  77
Oksana Osadcha Priorities of Ukraine’s partnership with the United States in the context of strengthening the defense capabilities of Ukraine 84
Sergey Pron’ John F. Kennedy president management style, preferably lessons for modern Ukraine 92
USA AND EASTERN COUNTRIES
Vitalii Buzan The impact of the cold war on US policy toward the Arab-Israeli conflict 99
Igor Gorobets US policy towards India at 2000–2010 106
Iryna Zubarenko American factor in «The Arab spring» of Maghreb countries: illusions and realities 111
Oleg Mashevskiy American policy in Black and Mediterranean sea basins during the World War I 118
Olena Koppel, Argam Gasparian The U.S. role in transformation of the Middle East 128
Alexander Naboka The beginning of the formation of the conceptual foundations of the US foreign policy: the Washington diplomacy in Japan in 50 – 60th of the XIX century 134
Inna Podbereznykh Realization of foreign-policy strategy of the United States of America is in countries of south-east Asia 141
Olena Parkhomchuk, Mariya Kononenko Effects of the energy factor with regard to the US-China international relations within the Persian gulf region 148
Yuriy Skorokhod Middle East foreign policy of the Barack Obama administration 157
Nataliia Slobodian The energy factor as an element of US foreign policy in the Persian gulf 163
Iryna Tykhonenko Afghan factor in Pakistan-US relations 170
ACTUAL ISSUES OF US HISTORY
Mariia Kravchenko The Employment Act of 1946 in the USA and its role in the development of American society 178
Tetiana Perga Preservation of historic and natural heritage in USA: new accents 184
LATIN AMERICA
Ekaterina Kasatkina Cuba’s place among the US foreign policy interests (XIX – middle of the XX centuries) 191
Natalia Pasichnyk US policy on Cuba during the presidency of Barack Obama 197
Anastasia Khmel Relations of Spain and the United States in Latin American region at the beginning of the XXI century 205
CANADA
Mariia Burtseva Official online resources for studying Canadian immigration policy from 1976 to 2012 214
Tatyana Tsymbal Ukrainian emigration in western Canada: an experience of philosophical reflection 220

INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS: HISTORY AND PRESENCE

Stanislav Kovalskyi The Republic of Texas’ (1836–1848) foreign policy in the context of international relations in the 1st half of the XIX century 228
Sergiy Tolstov Structural and political features of multipolarity 236
Viacheslav Tsivatyi Foreign policy and diplomacy of the USA of the 21st century: the institutional and personnel aspect 244
Oleg Tkach, Anatoly Tkach Smart power as a constituent of modern political processes 252