- •Пособие по теории и истории международных отношений
- •Содержание
- •Unit 1 continuity, change, and cycles in world politics
- •1 Answer the following questions:
- •2 Give Russian equivalents for the following word-combinations:
- •7 Translate from Russian into English:
- •8 Questions for discussions:
- •Unit 2 the emergence of the modern state system
- •Geopolitics
- •1 Answer the following questions:
- •2 Give Russian equivalents for the following word-combinations:
- •3 Give English equivalents for the following words and word-combinations:
- •4 Make up nouns from the following verbs and adjectives using suffixes:
- •9 Translate from Russian into English:
- •10 Questions for discussions:
- •Unit 3 how states make foreign policy decisions to cope with international circumstances Military Capabilities
- •Economic Characteristics
- •Type of Government
- •1 Answer the following questions:
- •2 Give Russian equivalents for the following word-combinations:
- •3 Give English equivalents for the following words and word-combinations:
- •4 Make up nouns from the following verbs and adjectives using suffixes:
- •5 Give as many synonyms as possible to the following words:
- •6 Give antonyms adding negative affixes, if necessary:
- •7 Explain the meaning of the following adverbs and make up sentences with them:
- •8 Insert prepositions where necessary:
- •9 Translate from Russian into English:
- •10 Questions for discussions:
- •Unit 4 the role of leaders in foreign policy decision making
- •Factors Affecting the Capacity to Lead
- •1 Answer the following questions:
- •2 Give Russian equivalents for the following word-combinations:
- •3 Give English equivalents for the following words and word-combinations:
- •4 Make up nouns from the following verbs and adjectives using suffixes:
- •5 Give as many synonyms as possible to the following words:
- •6 Give antonyms adding negative affixes if necessary:
- •7 Explain the meaning of the following adverbs and make up sentences with them:
- •8 Insert prepositions where necessary:
- •9 Translate from Russian into English:
- •10 Questions for discussions:
- •Unit 5 great-power rivalries and relations
- •The quest for great-power hegemony
- •The First World war
- •The Consequences of World War I
- •The Second World war
- •The Consequences of World War II
- •The Cold war
- •Consequences of the Cold War
- •The future of great-power politics: a cold peace?
- •Scenarios for the Twenty-First Century
- •1 Answer the following questions:
- •2 Give Russian equivalents for the following word-combinations:
- •3 Give English equivalents for the following words and word-combinations:
- •4 Make up nouns from the following verbs and adjectives using suffixes:
- •5 Give as many synonyms as possible to the following words:
- •6 Give antonyms adding negative affixes if necessary:
- •7 Explain the meaning of the following adverbs and make up sentences with them:
- •8 Insert prepositions where necessary:
- •9 Translate from Russian into English:
- •10 Questions for discussions:
- •Unit 6 the plight and policy posture of the less developed global south
- •1 Answer the following questions:
- •2 Give Russian equivalents for the following word-combinations:
- •9 Translate from Russian into English:
- •10 Questions for discussions:
- •Unit 7 foreign aid to the global south
- •The Global South in the new millennium
- •1 Answer the following questions:
- •2 Give Russian equivalents for the following word-combinations:
- •3 Give English equivalents for the following words and word-combinations:
- •4 Make up nouns from the following verbs using suffixes:
- •5 Give as many synonyms as possible to the following words:
- •6 Give antonyms adding negative affixes if necessary:
- •7 Explain the meaning of the following adverbs and make up sentences with them:
- •8 Insert prepositions where necessary:
- •9 Translate from Russian into English:
- •10 Questions for discussions:
- •Unit 8 universal and regional intergovernmental organizations (igOs)
- •1 Answer the following questions:
- •2 Give Russian equivalents for the following word-combinations:
- •3 Give English equivalents for the following words and word-combinations:
- •4 Make up nouns from the following verbs and adjectives using suffixes:
- •5 Make up adjectives using suffixes:
- •10 Translate from Russian into English:
- •11 Questions for discussions:
- •Unit 9 nongovernmental actors on the world stage
- •Politically active minority groups: ethnopolitical nationalists and indigenous peoples in the fourth world
- •1 Answer the following questions:
- •2 Give Russian equivalents for the following word-combinations:
- •3 Give English equivalents for the following words and word-combinations:
- •4 Make up nouns from the following verbs and adjectives using suffixes:
- •5 Make up adjectives using suffixes:
- •6 Give as many synonyms as possible to the following words:
- •7 Give antonyms adding negative affixes if necessary:
- •8 Explain the meaning of the following adverbs and make up sentences with them:
- •9 Insert prepositions where necessary:
- •10 Translate from Russian into English:
- •11 Questions for discussions:
- •1 The most active ngOs and their role in the world politics.
- •Unit 10 religious movements
- •1 Answer the following questions:
- •1 What was the goal of the Crusades?
- •2 Give Russian equivalents for the following word-combinations:
- •3 Give English equivalents for the following words and word-combinations:
- •4 Make up nouns from the following verbs and adjectives using suffixes:
- •5 Make up adjectives using suffixes:
- •6 Give as many synonyms as possible to the following words:
- •7 Give antonyms adding negative affixes if necessary:
- •8 Explain the meaning of the following adverbs and make up sentences with them:
- •9 Insert prepositions where necessary:
- •10 Translate from Russian into English:
- •11 Questions for discussions:
- •12 Read the following passage, give literary translation, express your opinion. Religious Movements
- •Unit 11 trade and monetary issues in a globalized political economy
- •The Global context for interpreting contemporary world economic change
- •1 Answer the following questions:
- •2 Give Russian equivalents for the following word-combinations:
- •3 Give English equivalents for the following words and word-combinations:
- •4 Make up nouns from the following verbs and adjectives using suffixes:
- •10 Translate from Russian into English:
- •11 Questions for discussions:
- •Unit 12 world demographic patterns, problems and possibilities
- •Global demographic patterns and trends
- •1 Answer the following questions:
- •1 What is population growth altering?
- •2 Give Russian equivalents for the following word-combinations:
- •10 Translate from Russian into English:
- •11 Questions for discussions:
- •Unit 13 the ecological security and preservation of the global commons
- •1 Answer the following questions:
- •1 What are the current environmental problems?
- •2 Give Russian equivalents for the following word-combinations:
- •3 Give English equivalents for the following words and word-combinations:
- •4 Make up nouns from the following verbs and adjectives using suffixes:
- •5 Make up adjectives using suffixes:
- •6 Give as many synonyms as possible to the following words:
- •7 Give antonyms adding negative affixes if necessary:
- •8 Explain the meaning of the following adverbs and make up sentences with them:
- •9 Insert prepositions where necessary:
- •1 Security was equated … “national security“, which typically connoted freedom ... The fear, risk and danger posed … the threat … war.
- •10 Translate from Russian into English:
- •11 Questions for discussions:
- •12 Read the following passage, give literary translation, express your opinion. National Security and Environmental Security: Competing or Complementary?
- •The Making of an Ecological Disaster The Aral Sea
- •Unit 14 a global village?
- •The Telecommunications Revolution
- •The pc and the Internet
- •The Media: Markets or Monopoly?
- •Global Health or Global Infection?
- •Global Migration
- •1 Answer the following questions:
- •1 What is the “global village“?
- •2 Give Russian equivalents for the following word-combinations:
- •3 Give English equivalents for the following words and word-combinations:
- •4 Make up nouns from the following verbs and adjectives using suffixes:
- •5 Make up adjectives using suffixes:
- •6 Give as many synonyms as possible to the following words:
- •7 Give antonyms adding negative affixes if necessary:
- •8 Explain the meaning of the following adverbs and make up sentences with them:
- •9 Insert prepositions where necessary:
- •10 Translate from Russian into English:
- •11 Questions for discussions:
- •12 Read the following passage, give literary translation, express your opinion. The Internet Cyberspace: Pros and Cons
3 Give English equivalents for the following words and word-combinations:
во всем мире, относительно друг друга, состязание за верховенство, на самой вершине иерархии, начальная точка, привести в движение, по этой причине, враждебный союз, свержение царя, пробудить отвращение к войне, соперничество великих держав, глобальный по размаху, несовместимые идеологии, губительные потери, перераспределить власть, достичь нечетких компромиссов, навязать свою волю, покоренные страны, быть разделенным на зоны, подойти к концу, ускорить распад колониальных империй, поменять облик, незнакомые обстоятельства, обеспечить мирное будущее, наоборот, остаться неизменным, экономическое соперничество, предвидеть нестабильность, разворачиваться, приходить в упадок.
4 Make up nouns from the following verbs and adjectives using suffixes:
to compare, to evaluate, to compete, to lose, to continue, to explain, to punctuate, to recur, to conclude, to maintain, to involve, to recover, to explore, to anticipate, to emerge, to arrange, to acquire, to create, to enforce, to preserve, to induce, to restore, to imply, to confirm, to produce, to provide, to assume, to require, to contribute, to prevent, to resolve, to preclude, to expect, to reflect, to propose, to resume, to achieve, to devastate, to absorb, to guide, to erode, to magnify, to pave, to conceive, to exhaust, to remove, to alter, to hate, to resent, to disturb;
supreme, emphatic, violent, unique, regular, stable, vulnerable, sufficient, hostile, deliberate, compatible, certain, distructive, diverse.
5 Give as many synonyms as possible to the following words:
wealthy, continual, famous, recurring, formidable, major, different, experienced, independent, particular, vague, profound, external;
to evaluate, to evoke, to show, to anticipate, to seek, to acquire, to preserve, to induce, to support, to require, to shatter, to emerge, to convince, to happen, to build, to gather, to hinge, to surrender, to free, to guarantee;
competition, coalition, costs, demise, destiny, property, threat, revulsion, scope, border, terrain.
6 Give antonyms adding negative affixes if necessary:
ancient, continual, famous, major, unique, capable, sufficient, hostile, necessary, compatible, well-defined, vague, conditional, prewar, rivaled, paralleled;
to precede, to acquire, to agree, to free, to terminate, to unite;
winner, emergence, ascent, trust, illusion, certainty, stability.
7 Explain the meaning of the following adverbs and make up sentences with them:
habitually, closely, continuously, regularly, characteristically, sufficiently, disarmingly, disturbingly, previously, eventually.
8 Insert prepositions where necessary:
1 … accepting the devolution … its external empire, the Soviet Union has made the most dramatic peaceful retreat … power … history.
2 People see a globe … competitors … winners and losers … an ancient contest … supremacy.
3 … this reason, the relationship … the great powers‘ rise and fall and global instability is a core concern … theories … world politics.
4 World War I tumbled … the world stage when a Serbian nationalist seeking to free Slavs … Austrian rule assassinated Archduke Ferdinand, heir … the throne … Austria-Hungary, … Sarajevo … June 1914.
5 Japan, having been devastated … atomic bombs and then occupied … the United States, was also removed … the game … great power politics.
6 The World War II hastened the disintegration … the great colonial empires assembled … imperial states … previous centuries, thereby emancipating many peoples … foreign rule.
7 The war also contributed … the overthrow … the Russian csar … 1917 … the Bolsheviks.
8 Despite … its costs, the coalition consisiting … Britain, France, Russia, and later the US and Italy succeeded … defeating the threat … domination posed … the Central Powers.
9 The experience led the policymakers gathered … the Versailles Palace … Paris to reevaluate assumptions … the rules … statecraft and to search … other principles … which to build a new world order.
10 The emergence … communism … the leadership … V.I.Lenin produced a change … government and ideology that would have … far-reaching consequences.