- •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:
- •Unit 10 religious movements
- •10 Translate from Russian into English:
- •11 Questions for discussions:
- •1 The most active ngOs and their role in the world politics.
- •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:
What changes are taking place nowadays in the world?
How do integrative and disintegrative trends influence the world politics?
What is the role of disintegrative trends in the world politics?
How can major transformations in the world politics be distinguished?
What role do trade partnerships play?
How did the predominant goal of many states’ foreign policies change?
How did the proliferation of weapons technology alter the world?
What are the hierarchies that shape contemporary world politics?
What encourages the use of force?
What is typical of the sequences of events?
2 Give Russian equivalents for the following word-combinations:
to some extent; the pace of change; interdependent bonds; bipolar distribution of power; respective allies; proliferation of conventional and unconventional weapons; global-environmental deterioration; major turning point; epic significance; to make a mockery of smth; basic units; territorial conquest; material gain; ethnic identity; fractious political entity; primary cleavage; increasing capacity to destroy; perpetuation of anarchy; national insecurity; unfolding global realities; a set of tools.
3 Give English equivalents for the following words and word-combinations:
глубокие последствия; сближаться; сотрясать планету; навязывать; возрождение национализма; противостоящие силы; приводить в движение; переосмыслить предпосылки; уступить новой системе; преобладающая цель; изменить основательно; определять отношения; взаимодействие постоянства и изменений; ход событий.
4 Make up adjectives from the following nouns and verbs using suffixes:
history, revolution, nation, convention, environment, meaning, Bible, religion, territory, economy, unity, autonomy, fraction, peace, ideology, democracy, period;
to depend, to respect, to integrate, to dominate, to emerge.
5 Give as many synonyms as possible to the following words:
to destroy, to change, to deteriorate, to portend, to occur, to determine, to seek, to emerge, to compete, to comprise, to govern, to continue:
pace, bond, power, weapons, opportunity, purpose, capability, damage, shape, pattern, impact;
rapid, profound, major, independent, strong, weak, contemporary, accurate.
6 Insert prepositions where necessary:
The cascade … events … the beginning … the 21st century implies … changes … the world politics.
Every historical period is marked … some extent … change.
The end … the Cold War was a historical breakpoint … no less epic significance.
Despite … these changes, much remains the same.
An existing pattern … relations gives way … a new international system.
It requires a set … tools … analyzing the forces … constancy and change.
The proliferation … weapons technology has altered the damage that states can inflict … one another.
The emphasis has shifted … traditional military method … exercising influence … economic means.
International organizations flex their political muscles … contests … individual states.
The Soviet Union has fragmented … fractious political entities searching … national identity and autonomy.