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<article article-type="research-article" dtd-version="1.3" xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xml:lang="ru"><front><journal-meta><journal-id journal-id-type="publisher-id">politicalscience</journal-id><journal-title-group><journal-title xml:lang="ru">Вестник РГГУ. Серия “Политология. История. Международные отношения.”</journal-title><trans-title-group xml:lang="en"><trans-title>RSUH/RGGU Bulletin Series "Political Science. History. International Relations"</trans-title></trans-title-group></journal-title-group><issn pub-type="ppub">2073-6339</issn><publisher><publisher-name>Издательский центр Российского государственного гуманитарного университета</publisher-name></publisher></journal-meta><article-meta><article-id pub-id-type="doi">10.28995/2073-6339-2024-2-100-115</article-id><article-id custom-type="elpub" pub-id-type="custom">politicalscience-589</article-id><article-categories><subj-group subj-group-type="heading"><subject>Research Article</subject></subj-group><subj-group subj-group-type="section-heading" xml:lang="ru"><subject>СТРАНЫ И РЕГИОНЫ МИРА: ДИНАМИКА РАЗВИТИЯ И МОДЕЛИ ВЗАИМОДЕЙСТВИЯ</subject></subj-group><subj-group subj-group-type="section-heading" xml:lang="en"><subject>COUNTRIES AND REGIONS OF THE WORLD: DEVELOPMENT DYNAMICS AND MODELS OF COOPERATION</subject></subj-group></article-categories><title-group><article-title>Место Грузии на шкале современных внешнеполитических приоритетов США</article-title><trans-title-group xml:lang="en"><trans-title>Georgia’s	place	on	the 	scale of modern U.S. foreign policy priorities</trans-title></trans-title-group></title-group><contrib-group><contrib contrib-type="author" corresp="yes"><name-alternatives><name name-style="eastern" xml:lang="ru"><surname>Голава</surname><given-names>Г. Г.</given-names></name><name name-style="western" xml:lang="en"><surname>Golava</surname><given-names>G. G.</given-names></name></name-alternatives><bio xml:lang="ru"><p>Гия Г. Голава</p><p>620050, Екатеринбург, ул. Минометчиков, д. 48</p></bio><bio xml:lang="en"><p>Gia G. Golava</p><p>48 MinometchikovSt.,Ekaterinburg, 620050</p></bio><email xlink:type="simple">giaforever1@mail.ru</email><xref ref-type="aff" rid="aff-1"/></contrib></contrib-group><aff-alternatives id="aff-1"><aff xml:lang="ru">Средняя общеобразовательная школа № 50<country>Россия</country></aff><aff xml:lang="en">Secondary school no. 50<country>Russian Federation</country></aff></aff-alternatives><pub-date pub-type="collection"><year>2024</year></pub-date><pub-date pub-type="epub"><day>19</day><month>05</month><year>2024</year></pub-date><volume>0</volume><issue>2</issue><fpage>100</fpage><lpage>115</lpage><permissions><copyright-statement>Copyright &amp;#x00A9; Голава Г.Г., 2024</copyright-statement><copyright-year>2024</copyright-year><copyright-holder xml:lang="ru">Голава Г.Г.</copyright-holder><copyright-holder xml:lang="en">Golava G.G.</copyright-holder><license license-type="creative-commons-attribution" xlink:href="https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/" xlink:type="simple"><license-p>This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.</license-p></license></permissions><self-uri xlink:href="https://politicalscience.rsuh.ru/jour/article/view/589">https://politicalscience.rsuh.ru/jour/article/view/589</self-uri><abstract><p>Статья посвящена анализу эволюцию роли Грузии во внешнеполитической стратегии США в   2012–2022   гг. Статья нацелена на осмысление значимости Грузии во внешней политике США, а также на выявление зон сотрудничества и конфликта, установление характера отношений Грузии и США. Методология исследования построена на основе системного подхода, благодаря которому удалось установить наиболее значимые факторы, оказывающие влияние на двусторонние отношения. Научная новизна исследования заключается в проведении комплексного анализа логики и динамики грузино-американских отношений 2012–2022  гг., исследовании антизападной риторики современного грузинского правительства, а также в привлечении актуальных групп источников, которые ранее не были использованы в отечественных исследованиях по грузино-американским отношениям (американские отчеты о состоянии демократии в Грузии, полный список законодательных материалов Конгресса США по Грузии, данные по внешней торговле Грузии с 2014 по 2022 г., заявления официальных лиц США с критикой «Грузинской мечты» и  др.). Автор приходит к выводу, что правительство Байдена, в отличие от предыдущих администраций, столкнулось с дополнительной проблемой в связи с определением значимости Грузии: с момента окончания президентских полномочий Буша у американской стороны не было четкой стратегической региональной политики, к которой Тбилиси мог бы иметь отношение. Таким образом, предпринятое исследование актуально для формирования внешнеполитической стратегии России в контексте ужесточившейся геополитической конкуренции на Южном Кавказе с целью эффективной защиты собственной национальной безопасности.</p></abstract><trans-abstract xml:lang="en"><p>The  article  analyzes  the  evolution of  Georgia’s role  in  the  US foreign policy strategy in 2012–2022. The article is aimed at understanding the degree of importance of Georgia in the U.S. foreign policy, identifying the areas of cooperation and conflict, and establishing the nature of the relations between Georgia and the United States. The methodology of the study is based on a systematic  approach, thanks  to  which it  was possible to  determine the most significant factors influencing the bilateral relations. The scientific novelty of the research consists in conducting a comprehensive analysis of the logic and dynamics of the 2012–2022 Georgian-American relations, the study of the anti-Western rhetoric of the modern Georgian government, as well as in attracting the relevant groups of sources that have not been used previously in the domestic studies on the Georgian-American relations (the U.S. reports on the state of democracy in Georgia, a complete list of the legislative materials of  the  U.S.  Congress  for Georgia, the  data on the  Georgia’s foreign trade from2014 to  2022, the  U.S.  officials’ statements  criticizing the “Georgian Dream”, etc.).The author comes to the conclusion that the Biden administration, unlike the previous administrations, faced an additional problem in determining the significance of Georgia: since the end of Bush’s presidential term, the American side had not had a clear strategic regional policy to which Tbilisi could have related. Thus, the  under taken  research  is relevant  for the  formation of  Russia’s foreign policy strategy in the context of the toughened geopolitical competition in the South Caucasus in order to effectively protect its own national security.</p></trans-abstract><kwd-group xml:lang="ru"><kwd>грузино-американские отношения</kwd><kwd>«Грузинская меч та»</kwd><kwd>Грузия</kwd><kwd>стратегическое партнерство</kwd><kwd>США</kwd><kwd>USAID</kwd></kwd-group><kwd-group xml:lang="en"><kwd>Georgian-American relations</kwd><kwd>“Georgian dream”</kwd><kwd>Georgia</kwd><kwd>strategic partnership</kwd><kwd>USA</kwd><kwd>USAID</kwd></kwd-group></article-meta></front><back><ref-list><title>References</title><ref id="cit1"><label>1</label><citation-alternatives><mixed-citation xml:lang="ru">Avdaliani 2022 – ავდალიანი ე. საქართველო ახალი როლის ძიებაში [ Авдалиани Э. Грузия в поисках новой роли] // Geocase. 2022. 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