- •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
1 Answer the following questions:
1 What is population growth altering?
2 When did the world population reach 1 billion people and when were other billions added?
3 At what rate does the world population grow?
4 On what assumption does the so-called “medium variant“ depend?
5 How is the rapid growth of the world population after reaching 2 billion described?
6 In what way does the population grow?
7 What is the difference between the rate of the population in the late 1960s and the mid-1990s?
8 How do the countries share in the population growth?
2 Give Russian equivalents for the following word-combinations:
to bring people together, interconnected and interdependent, the planet’s carrying capacity, rapidly advancing technology, the dramatic growth, present trends, retirement benefits, to witness the population surge, world fertility rate, to settle at a point (level), articulated principle, exponential ratio, accelerating rate, savings account, to earn interest, original investment, interest payment, the most striking demographic development, declining population growth rate, incremental contribution, net population growth, inevitability of prediction.
3 Give English equivalents for the following words and word-combinations:
долгосрочная перспектива, изобретательность людей, накануне следующего столетия, с рекордной скоростью, в обоих случаях, на протяжении 21-го века, класть деньги в банк, процент роста, во всем мире, намного меньше, вносить равный вклад, ежегодное увеличение, менее развитый район, выходить за рамки простой арифметики, исследовать динамику.
4 Make up nouns from the following verbs and adjectives using suffixes:
to interconnect, to interdepend, to alter, to survive, to continue, to accomodate, to inhabit, to explore, to vary, to correlate, to interrupt, to retire, to occur, to imagine, to assume, to settle, to replace, to describe, to articulate, to accelerate, to invest, to pay, to expand, to expect, to divide, to predict;
ingenuous, fertile, inevitable, human, steady.
5 Make up adjectives using suffixes:
globe, technology, demography, environment, benefit, origin, ancestor, function, increment;
to interdepend, to change, to create, to continue, to add, to predict.
6 Give as many synonyms as possible to the following words:
to diminish, to alter, to threaten, to raise, to create, to support, to accomodate, to reach, to occur, to settle, to accelerate, to strike, to arise, to predict;
humanity, issue, boundary, pace, benefit, payment, ancestor, impact, increment;
infinite, rapid, present, compound, original, steady.
7 Give antonyms adding negative affixes if necessary:
to bring together, to diminish, to decline;
human, doubtful, precedented, interrupted, rapid, checked, compound, equal, developed, expected.
8 Explain the meaning of the following adverbs and make up sentences with them:
nearly, eventually, actually.
9 Insert prepositions where necessary:
1 … either case, world population will continue to grow … the 21st century and … the 22nd.
2 World population grows … nearly 10 thousand each hour … every day and is increasing … a record pace.
3 It is a function … increases … the original number … people plus those accruing … past population growth.
4 The rapid growth … world population … reaching 2 billion … 1927 is described … a simple mathematical principle articulated … 1798 … the Reverend Thomas Malthus.
5 … fact, more people will be added … the world‘s population … the last fifth … the 20th century than … any other time … history.
6 A population growing … a 1 percent rate will double … 69 years, while a population growing … a 2 percent rate will double … only 35 years.
7 The impact … different growth rates … doubling times can be calculated … dividing 69 … the percentage … growth.
8 It is expected that … 2045-2050 all … the net population growth … the world will arise … the less developed regions, as the population … the more developed regions is expected to be declining … absolute numbers.
9 The 6th billion was added … the eve … the 21st century.
10 If present trends continue uninterrupted, world population will grow … 7,5 billion … 2015, stand … 9,8 billion … 2050, and reach 10 billion only a few years later.
11 Whereas 79 percent … the annual increase … world population … 1950 and 1955 originated … the less developed regions, 95 percent … the increment … 1990 and 1995 originated … those regions.
12 The earth will accomodate the growth projected … today‘s 6 billion inhabitants … the next decades. But … what cost?