The authors’ attention is focused on the most crucial issues that determine U.S. global position in the long-run perspective, as well as in the aftermath of the 2008-2009 global systemic financial and economic crisis. The subject of the research is the complex interdependence between national and global development. A book examines factors and conditions upon which American social and economic leadership is built. A number of chapters is devoted to the analysis transformation of the U.S. institutional entities’ activities, including that of government, banks, new financial institutions and corporate sector. Special emphasis is placed on the U.S. “responses” to the global challenges faced at the beginning of the 21 century: the research covers the USA’s role and place in global financial system, national approaches to energy and ecological security, migration processes’ impact on social and economic development. The evolution of the American elite’s view on outside world is also examined.

The study is recommended for Russian political and scientific community, as well as for the wider public.