Una competizione inevitabile? Le relazioni Stati Uniti-Russia 2009-2018

According to the National Security Strategy 2017, Russia – together with the People's Republic of China – represents the main challenger for theAmerica-led international order. Assuming the preservation of the status quo as the primary goal of Washington after the end of the Cold War, thearticle investigates about the American approach to the Russian “problem” in the period 2009-2018. After all, both the Obama and TrumpAdministrations faced a growing challenge to the American global leadership. The research hypothesizes that, despite the political and personaldifferences, both Presidents have tried to integrate Moscow into the international order, preferring engagement to containment. However, the result oftheir efforts was the inexorable return to a close competition that, in the case of the Trump Administration, underwent an acceleration due to theRussiagate scandal.