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INTERNAL INSTABILITY FACTORS IN THE MENA REGION AND THEIRUSE BY THE USA FOR ITS GEOPOLITICAL ENDS

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Absract. The article analyses the use of internal factors associated with the instability in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region in the US foreign policy on the eve of and during the Arab Spring; as well as shows the evolution of the US foreign policy from its onset to the present time. The author determines the instability factors in the region; analyses their interrelations and examples of their use in the American foreign policy at the beginning of the 21st century; as well as provides the assessment of these actions by US regional allies. Conclusions are made about the transformation of regional relations under the influence of internal and external factors, the decline in US influence and their desire to overcome this decline using traditional diplomatic and economic methods. The scientific merit of the article lies in the fact that it comprehensively assesses a number of internal problems of the region, their interconnection and use in the US foreign policy.

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D. O. Voronkova
Moscow Region State University
Russian Federation


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