Kochegurov Dmitry Aleksandrovich – Ph.D. in Political Sciences, Senior Researcher ISK RAS
Over the past six years, both under the administration of D. Trump and under the current administration of J. Biden, one important trend has been traced in US foreign policy. The United States moved from spreading its own model of democracy through costly military interventions and regime change to promoting democracy by its own example. This was the basis for D. Trump’s presidential campaign in 2016. And the same thing was declared by Secretary of State A. Blinken in his first speech in March 2021. In other words, the United States decided «to take care of itself» and concentrate on the problems of its democracy, which already have accumulated enough systemic contradictions that raise questions from outside observers. In this regard, the focus of analysis is on the current state of American democracy, as well as the negative changes affecting its image abroad. The author wonders if there is a democracy in the United States today, and if so, of what type. What are the causes of the current decline of democracy in the United States, are they related to systemic impasse or caused by changes within American society and elites?
USA, American democracy, elections, D. Trump, J. Biden, Republicans, Democrats, crisis, society
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