Abstract
In recent decades, since the collapse of bipolarity, relations between Russia and the United States have been constantly moving back and forth between limited cooperation and limited conflict. The logic of this movement and its trajectory are determined by cultural–psychological, internal political, and international factors. All three levels of factors are examined, along with the conflictual nature of Russian–American relations and prospects for their further development. Apparently, competing messianic concepts, radically different internal political processes, a lack of firm economic ties, and rivalry at the international level are preventing both countries from changing the existing trajectory of relations.
Notes
1. This article does not aim to study the national identity of the two countries. In her analysis, the author relies fully on the works of the outstanding Russian American studies specialist Eduard Yakolevich Batalov.