Comprehensive exercises

I. Suggest the Ukrainian (Russian) equivalents to the following words and wordcombinations and remember them:

1. to be related to;

2. to be confused with;

3. to be publicly enunciated;

4. to adjust the policy to external conditions;

5. to further the state's interests;

6. to apply to;

7. documents lapsed;

8. to grant favours;

9. to confer a privilege;

10. supranational and subnational entities;

11. to cover summit meetings and other international conferences;

II. Discuss the following notions & answer some questions offered below:

1. Give the definition of the term 'diplomacy' basing on the text.

2. What is the origin of the term 'diplomacy'?

3. Speak on the distinctive features and main differences between diplomacy & foreign policy.

4. What are the main bodies that devise foreign policy?

5. "Diplomacy is the art of managing international relations." Dwell on this statement. Explain what methods are involved in this art for managing international relations and achieving nation's goals.

III. Choose the correct variant:

Diplomacy is the conduct of _____________________

a) negotiations

b) discussions

between accredited persons (the diploma of the diplomat) representing groups, or nations. Used formally, it usually refers to international diplomacy, the conduct of international relations through the intercession of (usually) professional diplomats. Once concerned most prominently with royal dynastic marriage-alliances and questions of war and peace, diplomacy now concerns itself more with issues of______________ .

a) trade and culture.

b) business and education.

International_________________ are usually negotiated by diplomats prior to endorsement by national politicians.

a) treaties

b) meetings

In an informal or social sense, diplomacy is the employment of tact to gain ________________

a) strategic advantage

b) money ,

one set of tools being the phrasing of statements in a non-confrontational, or social manner.

There are two major forms of diplomacy. The simplest and the oldest is __________________

a) bilateral diplomacy

b) multilateral diplomacy

between two states. Bilateral diplomacy is still common with many treaties between two states (e.g. the Canadian-American Free Trade Agreement), and it is the main concern of___________

a) embassies and state visits

b) representatives and private visits. The other form of diplomacy is _______________________

a) multilateral diplomacy

b) bilateral diplomacy involving many states. Formal multilateral diplomacy is normally dated to the Congress of Vienna in the nineteenth century. Since then, multilateralism has grown in importance. Today most trade treaties, such as the WTO and FTAA, arms control agreements, such as the Partial Test Ban Treaty and Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty, and environmental agreements, such as the Kyoto Accord, are multilateral. The ____________________________

a) United Nations

b) European Union

is the most important institution of multilateral diplomacy.