Russia is a state of medium power, and this status is not likely to be modified during a life-time. The new American administration wants the relationships between USA and Russia to reflect the economic and political ratio between these two countries in a very objective way. The nuclear blackmail can not hold America in check any longer; president Bush Junior wants to get the dividends USA deserves for its involvement in the Cold War. According to the new philosophy of the White House, Pentagon and the State Department, the Clinton administration suffered from a Russian complex subsequent to the Cold War, which perceived Russia as "an important state in itself". Bush Junior wants to "see reality", according to which Russia is nothing but a power which declined to a regional status, deprived of any opportunity of recovery. He also wants to act pragmatically and trenchantly, according to this reality. In a study published in 1997, Zbigniew Brzezinski, one of the most outstanding external affairs analysts in Washington, appreciated that Russia's dream of being a great power was nothing but a "geostrategic phantasmagoria", as Moscow's pretensions could not go beyond those of a regional power. If what I have discussed with the Washington and Congress officials up to now comes true, I can say that Russia is no longer a priority on the American agenda, and that it has become "one of the regional problems". On the contrary, a priority can be said to be Asia, where America is trying to prevent the appearance of a competitor (i.e. China) and to ensure its domination over a space meant to facilitate the expansion of the global economy during the decades to come. Another priority is the Middle East, where Israel's security is of "major importance", together with the protection of the oil resources; a third priority of this region is the peace process. Then come Europe and the NA