No 3 (2024)

Climate change, the shale revolution, which allowed the United States to become a key exporter in international oil and gas markets, along with the introduction of renewable energy sources to replace traditional energy resources, are new integral factors in U.S. energy policy and influence its changes. The introduction of new technologies in the energy sector has given the United States the opportunity to increase oil and gas production, reduce its dependence on imports of hydrocarbon resources, and increase their exports. D. Trump's energy policy aimed for global energy dominance of the United States by increasing oil and gas production and exporting hydrocarbon resources to the EU and other regions of the world. On the one hand, allows us to conclude about the energy independence of the United States. However, on the other hand, the analysis of the debate about U.S. energy independence shows two different approaches to understanding the concept. The first approach follows from the fact that a state is energy independent if its energy system produces more than enough energy for its needs. The second suggests that the state does not import any energy at all. The author concludes that, today, the United States has technological and financial advantages that allow it to influence the global energy market. However, in the near future, the United States will not be able to become an energy independent state – that is to abandon oil and gas, despite the use of renewable energy sources. The U.S. energy industry is closely interconnected with the rest of the world: some energy resources still come from external international markets, and America is deeply integrated into the global economy, where the price of hydrocarbon resources is set on the international market. In conditions of mutual dependence, trade links many countries together and no single oil supplier can easily ensure compliance with their own interests or dictate the terms of trade. Nevertheless, interdependence and mutual interests of all actors in the energy market are able to help strengthen the energy security of a state.

The article examines the policies of the United States and the EU regarding Georgian domestic policies. It identifies reasons for Georgia's deviations from its democratic path, a country whose regional importance to the United States has significantly increased amidst severe confrontations with Russia. The article analyzes the current situation in Georgia before its parliamentary elections, scheduled for the fall of 2024. It discusses the assertive and proactive policies of both Washington and the European Union acting together within the Transatlantic Partnership format. However, we can see a consistency of Washington’s policy in the region, particularly evident in its approach toward Georgia in the context of the United States' growing interest in the region, underscored by the strategic importance of Black Sea coastal countries amidst the current tensions between the Russian Federation and the West.

This study examines the indicators of increased activity within the United States military-industrial complex. It identifies key markers that reflect both the state of the military production industry and its potential reforms. The paper highlights the factors that signify the growth of industrial production in the American defense industry: social, demographic, economic, political, and personal. Separately, it explores the conditions under which the US military industry can become more prominent within the national economy.

The article analyzes the economic state of the Mexican automotive industry at the beginning of the third decade of the 21st century, with a special emphasis on the obstacles preventing the further successful development of the industry. Due to the significant changes in the structure of the global automotive market that have occurred in the last decade, the Mexican automotive industry, which is one of the key manufacturing sectors in the country's GDP, requires deep technological transformation, as well as access to new promising markets in developing countries. Based on the results of an analysis of modern economic indicators and factors that significantly influence the situation in the country's automotive industry, the article proposes various opportunities for solving existing problems, which in the future will reveal the potential of the industry and bring the existing business processes within it into line with the goals of achieving a zero-emission balance CO2 and sustainable development of the world economy.