US features of the scientific and technological development in the context of the global crisis

Abstract

The article discusses the features of the scientific and technological development of the United States in the context of the ongoing global economic crisis and growing instability that have gripped the world in recent decades. Research interest in this topic is due to the fact that against the backdrop of the rapid development of science and technology, respectively, the increase in their pressure on all levels of international relations, the United States continues to be the world's scientific and technological leader. Conceptually, the article's methodology is based on a neoliberal approach that promotes a democratic and free world in shaping the digital future. Empirical methods are based on the collection of information and interpretation of data presented in original author's articles, official sources of the State Department, the US Congress, and national agencies, as well as big data displayed on the SCImago platform, which analyzes publications indexed in Scopus. The main results boil down to the fact that the US science and technology development model, being highly branched and decentralized, focused on public-private partnerships, is currently being transformed into a vertically managed one. The main focus of scientific and technological development is to preserve and retain scientific and technological leadership, one of which is monitoring critical indicators of S&T such as funding, scientific potential, technology transfer to the external environment, etc. The US scientific and technological model can be taken as a successful example and adapted by catching-up countries.