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The article is devoted to the overview of the main features of contemporary anti-Americanism with the special focus on its regional dimensions. This issue has theoretical and practical value: it is important for better understanding of the current developments in the sphere of international relations and world’s attitudes towards American foreign policy. Comparatively to foreign researches – in Ukrainian political and historical studies anti-Americanism is not a popular issue. The research methodology within proposed article is mainly based on a comparative analysis. It is found that each country has its own specifics of the perception of the United States, which depends on history, relationship with the USA, traditions of political culture etc. There are also identified mutual features for the negative sentiments towards the USA in the different regions of the world. It is concluded that contemporary anti-Americanism can be qualified as a comprehensive (is interpreted by different scholars as ideology, philosophy, attitudes, tendency, outlook, etc.), a large-scale (covers all social levels, wide-spread due to mass-media), a universal (is present in rhetoric of right and left political forces), a global (can be found all over the globe, both among American allies as well as opponents), a wave-shaped (periods of rise and fall of the negative attitudes towards the USA are clearly determined by world public opinion polls), and a manipulative (is used by politicians and business to attract attention of the public, to explain fails in foreign or domestic policy, to mobilize voters, to advertize goods) phenomenon. |