Make up reports on the following topics and answer the questions of the audience.
8. Make up reports on the following topics and answer the questions of the audience.
- The armed forces are the instruments of foreign policy, not its master.
- The armed forces should/can be a master of foreign policy along with diplomacy.
- Diplomacy not backed by strength will always be ineffective at best and dangerous at worst.
1 Chairman of the joint chiefs of staff— председатель объединенного комитета начальников штабов
2 Этот пункт следует перевести после работы над материалами раздела "В" данного урока
3 Госдепартамент — the State Department (аналог российского МИДа)
4 оставаться в силе -be on
5 США (the USA) в английском языке согласуется с глаголом в единственном числе, напр. The USA is ready...; the USA hopes и т. п.
6 Rapid Reaction Force — силы быстрого реагирования, предназначенные для выполнения задач, выходящих за пределы национальной территории стран-членов организации
7 out-of-area engagements — боевые операции, выходящие за пределы национальной территории стран-членов организации
8 constitutional Gordian knot — конституционный Гордиев узел. Конституция Японии запрещает ей иметь свои вооруженные силы
9 collective military defense — коллективная оборона, предназначенная для отражения нападения извне
10 South Korea
11 Pyongyang
12 the Korean peninsula
UNIT 2. INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS
SECTION A
I
1. Read the article and look up the meaning of the underlined words and phrases in the dictionary.
The end of the Cold War has brought a clear turning point for NATO. First, the nature of risks and potential threats has changed radically. Second, NATO has been going through a process of adaptation, adding to its traditional common defense functions new collective security functions.
It is clear that the alliance's transition process is far from over yet, and a key step forward will have to be made with the adoption of a new strategic concept.
The principles of basic human rights, international law and multilateral action, in the spirit of the United Nations, must be combined to make NATO a collective force of stability and security.
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