Give Russian equivalents of the following words and phrases.

To safeguard; the rule of law; a commitment; a challenge; a resolution of disputes; to intimidate; to coerce; to affect; vital; a deterrence; to deter; a large-scale conventional aggression; a rivalry; the abuse of human rights; a dissolution; a proliferation; to pose a threat to; delivery means; weapons of mass destruction (WMD); offensive and defensive advanced weaponry; to provide for; adversary.

Give English equivalents of the following words and phrases and make up your own sentences or situations with them.

Роспуск; средства доставки (оружия массового поражения); защищать; представлять угрозу; обязательство; вызов; устрашать; враг/противник; решение споров; запугивать; нарушать права человека; принуждать; современное наступательное и оборонительное вооружение; затрагивать/влиять; жизненно важный; устрашение; широкомасштабная агрессия с применением обычного вооружения; оружие массового поражения; соперничество; распространение (оружия массового поражения); предусматривать/предписывать; верховенство закона.

Read the article again and answer the questions.

1. What is the official purpose of NATO?

2. What is NATO based on?

3. What is the fundamental NATO principle?

4. Are NATO allies encouraged to rely upon their own national efforts alone in dealing with basic security challenges? And why?

5. What are NATO principle tasks? What do they mean?

6. What is highly unlikely in NATO security environment?

7. What non-military challenges does NATO face today?

8. Who do you think is meant by «powerful nuclear forces outside NATO» that constitutes a significant factor which the Alliance has to take into account?

9. What does the proliferation challenge mean?

Comment on the following statements.

1. NATO purpose is to safeguard the freedom and security of all its members by political and military means.

2. NATO principle task is defense of its members.

3. Today the biggest threat to NATO is a large-scale conventional aggression against the Alliance.

4. Non-military challenges pose the most serious threat to NATO today.

Look at the NATO security challenges and risks again and make up a chart defining which of them are of a vital and peripheral nature.

Vital	Peripheral
1.	1.
2.	2.
3.	3.

Give a summary of the NATO concept in English using the words and expressions from the previous exercises.

8. Make a presentation on the topics below and answer the questions of the audience:

1. NATO's role and tasks today.

2. Should Russia join NATO?

Section A.

turning point
NATO
threat
common defense
collective security
transition process
adoption
concept
basic human rights
multilateral action
to urge
to adopt a strategy
institutional
long-term
play an increasing role
to develop democratic structures
to describe smth as smth
initiative
peacekeeping
a standing military force
to maintain peace
the Charter
reduction
increase in
appeal to smbd
to restore peace
enemy
to defend
vigorously
in the world’s interest
a shift in attitude

 

Section B.

to commit to
to preserve peace
collective security
the UN Charter
to set out basic principles
according to
to maintain international peace
to promote
sovereign
to resolve
to affect
conflict resolution
vast
array
alleviation
poverty
disaster relief
the General Assembly
the Security Council
the Hague, the Netherlands
most pressing problems
vote
to admit
by two-thirds majority
through consensus
by formal vote
to hold a session
to resume
a subject of particular concern
to convene
under the Charter
to settle disputes by peaceful means
refrain from
dramatic
defuse
the Cuban missile crisis
the Middle East
settlement
to be instrumental in
civil war
to undertake mediation
to recourse
the International Court of Justice
to secure a ceasefire
truce
to assume
security responsibility
Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe
to raise question
legitimacy
by the right of…
minority
to enforce order
on the request
endorsement
on the basis
The North Atlantic Council
decision-making body
unilateral
to violate
if not the letter
the spirit
self-appointed
might
authorization
worrisome
to prevent from
polls
to conduct polls
midst
to abuse
implicitly

 

Section C.

to endure
the rule of law
to strive
inception
put at risk
to affect
to ensure
commitment
cohesion
challenge
to deprive
perform tasks
indispensable
resolution of disputes
to intimidate
to coerce
to pose risks
deterrence
to deter
as provided for in ….
large-scale conventional aggression
to evolve
the abuse of human rights
dissolution
to spill over
nuclear forces
proliferation
to pose threat
periphery
commodity
weapons of mass destruction
delivery means
illicit
adversary
highly capable
advanced weaponry
to disrupt

 

 

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