Экономическая дипломатия США. План Маршалла и доктрина как элементы одной стратегии

Abstract

The article deals with one of current issues of contemporary international relations, that is, US economic diplomacy. It explores its historical roots through the prism of the Truman Doctrine and the Marshall Plan, which represented the elements of the US strategy of leadership. The article demonstrates strategic significance of the economic diplomacy in the Cold War and its influence on US leadership. The author emphasizes close interconnection between American economic interests and foreign policy programmes, and points out that the major achievements of US foreign affairs are based on the economic basis. In this context, the US dollar is viewed as the key to the position of a world leader. The article shows that the fundamental feature of American economic diplomacy is an extension and consolidation of the US sphere of vital interests around the globe in pursuit of world leadership. Therefore, in the light of the Cold War the author examines the Marshall Plan and the Truman Doctrine as the two sides of a single strategy. The ideological schemes of the strategy implementation and its geopolitical factors are also explored. In this connection the author argues that American predominance in the world arena is a result of the US strategy of leadership.