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Nowadays the world is living through the tough times of economic crises, political tension and social unrest. The article aims to define the key features of the foreign policy pursued by the United States of America. The paper specifies various approaches and methods of political pressure and manipulation used by the United States, depending on its foreign policy goals. The cold-blooded pragmatism proves to be a domineering feature in modern American approaches to other counties often shifting to indirect or even direct aggression towards hostile-perceived countries-opponents.