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<article article-type="research-article" dtd-version="1.3" 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" xml:lang="ru"><front><journal-meta><journal-id journal-id-type="publisher-id">comparativepolitics</journal-id><journal-title-group><journal-title xml:lang="ru">Сравнительная политика</journal-title><trans-title-group xml:lang="en"><trans-title>Comparative Politics Russia</trans-title></trans-title-group></journal-title-group><issn pub-type="ppub">2221-3279</issn><issn pub-type="epub">2412-4990</issn><publisher><publisher-name>Издательская группа «Юрист»</publisher-name></publisher></journal-meta><article-meta><article-id pub-id-type="doi">10.18611/2221-3279-2015-6-2(19)-66-72</article-id><article-id custom-type="elpub" pub-id-type="custom">comparativepolitics-181</article-id><article-categories><subj-group subj-group-type="heading"><subject>Research Article</subject></subj-group><subj-group subj-group-type="section-heading" xml:lang="ru"><subject>СРАВНИТЕЛЬНЫЙ АНАЛИЗ ЛОКАЛЬНОГО ОПЫТА</subject></subj-group><subj-group subj-group-type="section-heading" xml:lang="en"><subject>COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS OF LOCAL CASES</subject></subj-group></article-categories><title-group><article-title>СТРАТЕГИЧЕСКОЕ ЗНАЧЕНИЕ ЗАПАДНОГО ПОЛУШАРИЯ: ИНТЕРЕСЫ США В РЕГИОНЕ</article-title><trans-title-group xml:lang="en"><trans-title>THE STRATEGIC IMPORTANCE OF THE WESTERN HEMISPHERE: DEFI NING U.S. INTERESTS IN THE REGION</trans-title></trans-title-group></title-group><contrib-group><contrib contrib-type="author" corresp="yes"><name-alternatives><name name-style="eastern" xml:lang="ru"><surname>Эллис</surname><given-names>Р. Э.</given-names></name><name name-style="western" xml:lang="en"><surname>Ellis</surname><given-names>R. E.</given-names></name></name-alternatives><bio xml:lang="ru"><p>PhD, профессор</p></bio><bio xml:lang="en"><p>PhD, Research Professor of Latin American Studies, Carlisle Barracks, PА</p></bio><xref ref-type="aff" rid="aff-1"/></contrib></contrib-group><aff-alternatives id="aff-1"><aff xml:lang="ru"><institution>Институт стратегических исследований Военного колледжа Армии США (Карлайсл Барракс, Пенсильвания)</institution><country>Соединённые Штаты Америки</country></aff><aff xml:lang="en"><institution>U.S. Army War College Strategic Studies Institute</institution><country>United States</country></aff></aff-alternatives><pub-date pub-type="collection"><year>2015</year></pub-date><pub-date pub-type="epub"><day>10</day><month>07</month><year>2015</year></pub-date><volume>6</volume><issue>2(19)</issue><issue-title>К 5-летию журнала «Сравнительная политика»</issue-title><fpage>66</fpage><lpage>72</lpage><permissions><copyright-statement>Copyright &amp;#x00A9; Эллис Р.Э., 2015</copyright-statement><copyright-year>2015</copyright-year><copyright-holder xml:lang="ru">Эллис Р.Э.</copyright-holder><copyright-holder xml:lang="en">Ellis R.E.</copyright-holder><license xml:lang="ru" license-type="creative-commons-attribution" xlink:href="https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/" xlink:type="simple"><license-p>Данная работа распространяется под лицензией Creative Commons Attribution 4.0.</license-p></license><license xml:lang="en" license-type="creative-commons-attribution" xlink:href="https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/" xlink:type="simple"><license-p>This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.</license-p></license></permissions><self-uri xlink:href="https://www.sravpol.ru/jour/article/view/181">https://www.sravpol.ru/jour/article/view/181</self-uri><abstract><p>В статье анализируется значение Латинской Америки и Карибского бассейна относительно безопасности США. Автор подчеркивает, что взаимоотношения США с данным регионом связано не только с инвестициями США, но и с рядом проблем, таких как террористическая деятельность, преступность, беженцы. В статье выделяются четыре основные угрозы: организованная преступность, исламский радикализм, Россия и Китай. Автор детально рассматривает данные угрозы и анализирует их влияние в регионе на США. Также делаются выводы о дальнейшей стратегии и необходимых мерах Соединенных Штатов Америки по отношению к странам латиноамериканского региона.</p></abstract><trans-abstract xml:lang="en"><p>Testimony analyses the emerging importance of Latin America and the Caribbean relative to the security of the United States. Author highlights that relations between the United States and the region of Latin America are related to the USA’s investments and trade as well as to a whole range of problems such as terrorists, crime and refugees. According to the author there are four fundamental challenges in Latin America and the Caribbean: organized crime, Islamic radicalism, Russia and China. The author examines in detail these challenges and analyses their infl uence in the region on the United States. Furthermore, the author stresses that the USA should take necessary measures and develop further strategy to improve the relations with Latin-American countries.</p></trans-abstract><kwd-group xml:lang="ru"><kwd>США</kwd><kwd>Латинская Америка</kwd><kwd>Карибский бассейн</kwd><kwd>организованная преступность</kwd><kwd>исламский радикализм</kwd><kwd>Иран</kwd><kwd>Китай</kwd><kwd>Россия</kwd></kwd-group><kwd-group xml:lang="en"><kwd>the USA</kwd><kwd>Latin America</kwd><kwd>the Caribbean</kwd><kwd>organized crime</kwd><kwd>Islamic radicalism</kwd><kwd>Iran</kwd><kwd>China</kwd><kwd>Russia</kwd></kwd-group></article-meta></front><back><ref-list><title>References</title><ref id="cit1"><label>1</label><citation-alternatives><mixed-citation xml:lang="ru">“75% de municipios tienen infi ltracion del crimen organizado: Segob,” Cronica, January 21, 2015, http://www.cronica.com.mx/notas/2015/879412.html. 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