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<article xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xmlns:ali="http://www.niso.org/schemas/ali/1.0/" article-type="research-article" dtd-version="1.2" xml:lang="en"><front><journal-meta><journal-id journal-id-type="publisher-id">Vestnik RUDN. International Relations</journal-id><journal-title-group><journal-title xml:lang="en">Vestnik RUDN. International Relations</journal-title><trans-title-group xml:lang="ru"><trans-title>Вестник Российского университета дружбы народов. Серия: Международные отношения</trans-title></trans-title-group></journal-title-group><issn publication-format="print">2313-0660</issn><issn publication-format="electronic">2313-0679</issn><publisher><publisher-name xml:lang="en">федеральное государственное автономное образовательное учреждение высшего образования «Российский университет дружбы народов имени Патриса Лумумбы» (РУДН)</publisher-name></publisher></journal-meta><article-meta><article-id pub-id-type="publisher-id">24622</article-id><article-id pub-id-type="doi">10.22363/2313-0660-2020-20-3-476-490</article-id><article-categories><subj-group subj-group-type="toc-heading" xml:lang="en"><subject>THEMATIC DOSSIER</subject></subj-group><subj-group subj-group-type="toc-heading" xml:lang="ru"><subject>ТЕМАТИЧЕСКОЕ ДОСЬЕ</subject></subj-group><subj-group subj-group-type="article-type"><subject>Research Article</subject></subj-group></article-categories><title-group><article-title xml:lang="en">Russophobia in the Obama Era Foreign Policy Discourse (2009-2017)</article-title><trans-title-group xml:lang="ru"><trans-title>Русофобия в дискуссии по вопросам внешней политики во время президентства Б. Обамы (2009-2017 гг.)</trans-title></trans-title-group></title-group><contrib-group><contrib contrib-type="author"><name-alternatives><name xml:lang="en"><surname>Roberts</surname><given-names>Kari</given-names></name><name xml:lang="ru"><surname>Робертс</surname><given-names>Кари</given-names></name></name-alternatives><bio xml:lang="en">Associate Professor and Department Chair, the Department of Economics, Justice, and Policy Studies</bio><bio xml:lang="ru">доцент, заведующий кафедрой экономики, юстиции и политических исследований</bio><email>kroberts@mtroyal.ca</email><xref ref-type="aff" rid="aff1"/></contrib></contrib-group><aff-alternatives id="aff1"><aff><institution xml:lang="en">Mount Royal University</institution></aff><aff><institution xml:lang="ru">Университет Маунт-Ройал</institution></aff></aff-alternatives><pub-date date-type="pub" iso-8601-date="2020-12-15" publication-format="electronic"><day>15</day><month>12</month><year>2020</year></pub-date><volume>20</volume><issue>3</issue><issue-title xml:lang="en">Russia’s Foreign Policy in the 21st Century: Views from Inside and Outside</issue-title><issue-title xml:lang="ru">Внешняя политика России в XXI веке в оценках российских и зарубежных экспертов</issue-title><fpage>476</fpage><lpage>490</lpage><history><date date-type="received" iso-8601-date="2020-09-20"><day>20</day><month>09</month><year>2020</year></date></history><permissions><copyright-statement xml:lang="en">Copyright ©; 2020, Roberts K.</copyright-statement><copyright-statement xml:lang="ru">Copyright ©; 2020, Робертс К.</copyright-statement><copyright-year>2020</copyright-year><copyright-holder xml:lang="en">Roberts K.</copyright-holder><copyright-holder xml:lang="ru">Робертс К.</copyright-holder><ali:free_to_read xmlns:ali="http://www.niso.org/schemas/ali/1.0/"/><license><ali:license_ref xmlns:ali="http://www.niso.org/schemas/ali/1.0/">https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0</ali:license_ref></license></permissions><self-uri xlink:href="https://journals.rudn.ru/international-relations/article/view/24622">https://journals.rudn.ru/international-relations/article/view/24622</self-uri><abstract xml:lang="en">Anti-Russian sentiment - what some call “Russophobia” - is subtle, but visible in the American foreign policy discourse since the end of the Cold War. Most recently, it can be found in the Obama-era discourse about Russia, despite the positive bump in relations after the so-called “reset” of 2009. This paper contends that, among the many irritants in Russia - U.S. relations, anti-Russian sentiment among the American foreign policy leadership is an understudied phenomenon. Russophobia matters because it is present even at times of promise in the relationship; it impedes striking a “normal” relationship with Russia, and it influences policy decisions. This paper conceptualizes Russophobia, considers the source of its persistence in the American foreign policy discourse, and identifies examples of anti-Russian sentiment among key members of Barack Obama’s foreign policy team through an examination of memoirs and personal reflections about Russia. The paper asserts that anti-Russian attitudes in the American foreign policy discourse throughout the post-Cold War era must be identified and understood in order to gain a better understanding of why forging stronger, mutually beneficial relations with Russia continues to evade American policy makers. Anti-Russian sentiment undermined the Obama - Medvedev reset and, while it is certainly not alone responsible for deteriorating relations with Russia, it helped to perpetuate the downturn in relations and must be identified and better understood. The arguments made in this paper and in the selected citations herein, are based upon non-partisan scholarly inquiry and are not a consequence of the author’s personal or political views.</abstract><trans-abstract xml:lang="ru">Статья посвящена осмыслению такого явления, как русофобия, рассматриваются причины ее сохранения в контексте внешней политики США, приводятся примеры антироссийских настроений среди ключевых фигур внешнеполитической «команды» Б. Обамы на основе анализа мемуаров и личных размышлений о России. Основной тезис статьи заключается в том, что, хотя русофобские умонастроения в риторике американских политиков и не имеют под собой серьезных оснований, тем не менее, они оказывают существенное влияние на международные отношения со времени окончания холодной войны. Чтобы лучше понять, почему до сих пор установление прочных, взаимовыгодных отношений с Россией является серьезной проблемой для американских политиков, необходимо провести тщательный анализ их антироссийских высказываний. Это является важным еще и потому, что данная тенденция подорвала «перезагрузку» взаимоотношений между Б. Обамой и Д.А. Медведевым. И хотя в этом виновата не только и не столько русофобия Б. Обамы и его администрации - она вместе с тем является одним из серьезных камней преткновения во внешнеполитическом дискурсе. Аргументы, приводимые в настоящей статье и в избранных цитатах из нее, основаны на беспристрастном научном исследовании и не являются следствием личных или политических взглядов автора.</trans-abstract><kwd-group xml:lang="en"><kwd>International relations</kwd><kwd>Barack Obama’s policy</kwd><kwd>post-Cold War</kwd><kwd>U.S. presidencies</kwd><kwd>Russophobia</kwd></kwd-group><kwd-group xml:lang="ru"><kwd>международные отношения</kwd><kwd>политика Барака Обамы</kwd><kwd>эпоха после холодной войны</kwd><kwd>русофобия</kwd></kwd-group></article-meta></front><body></body><back><ref-list><ref id="B1"><label>1.</label><mixed-citation>Benn, D.W. (2014). On Re-examining Western Attitudes to Russia. International Affairs, 90 (6), 1319-1328. DOI: 10.1111/1468-2346.12172</mixed-citation></ref><ref id="B2"><label>2.</label><mixed-citation>Campbell, D. (1992). Writing Security: United States Foreign Policy and the Politics of Identity. 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