Vestnik RUDN. International RelationsVestnik RUDN. International Relations2313-06602313-0679федеральное государственное автономное образовательное учреждение высшего образования «Российский университет дружбы народов имени Патриса Лумумбы» (РУДН)10789Research ArticleThe Energy Dialogue Russia - the United States and Gulf CountriesSlobodianN VResearch department of military and international humanitarian law of the Military Instituteladynatali03@gmail.comTaras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv15032014310110909092016Copyright © 2014, Slobodian N.V.2014The article covers the basic mechanisms of Russian-American cooperation in the Gulf region, as well as the factors contributing to the aggravation of competitive struggle between two superstates are distinguished. The role of the region’s Gulf states in the energy policy of the United States and the Russian Federation was defined. The sense of the energy factor was considered as an instrument of «hard power» in foreign policy.energy securityenergy policyexporting statesimporting statesthe pricing of oil market«energy superstate»«hard power»«soft power»энергетическая безопасностьэнергетическая политикагосударства-экспортерыгосударства-импортерыценообразование на рынке нефти«энергетическая сверхдержава»«жесткая сила»«мягкая сила»