Pragmatic idealism. Promotion of democracy in US foreign policy. Davydov A.A.

In the foreign policy of the United States, the “Promotion of Democracy” has become one of the most important directions over the past decades. From the end of the Cold War, the United States made active efforts to influence the political structure of the countries of Eastern Europe and the former USSR, the Middle and Far East. The comprehensive nature of the policy of “promotion of democracy”, which affects the wide range of problems, from protecting human rights in the world to strengthening the American -centric world order, makes it difficult to understand the ratio of ideological imperatives and national interests in American foreign policy.

in the present work for the first time in the domestic The scientific literature presents a systematic study of the ideological foundations, mechanisms and specific practices of the US policy to “promote democracy” in the world. The book provides a comprehensive analysis of large data on the basis of texts of state documents and speeches, statistics on foreign investment and trade, for arms supplies, for the provision of economic, military and technical assistance, as well as grants through the National Fund of Democracy.