Give Russian equivalents of the following words and phrases.
Deterrence; cruise missiles; an objective; to expand one's influence; governance; to determine; to adjust; conventional forces; to cast doubt on smth; an assessment; to be prone to miscalculation; WMD proliferation; unpredictable; sufficient; an estimate; resolution; to build up; START I and II; superiority; transition.
Give English equivalents of the following words and phrases and reproduce the sentences from the text with this active vocabulary.
Силы общего назначения; распространение оружия массового уничтожения; превосходство; оценка (два синонима); переход; быть подверженным просчету; цель; определять; бросить сомнение на; договор СНВ-1 и СНВ-2; непредсказуемый; наращивание; разрешение (конфликта); устрашение; крылатые ракеты; руководство; приспосабливаться; расширить свое влияние; достаточный.
Read the article again and answer the questions using the active vocabulary.
1. What will the international system have to adjust to over the next 15 years?
2. What are estimates of China beyond five years?
3. What do most assessments argue about China?
4. What is the quality assessment of Russian governance?
5. What is the forecast for Japan?
6. What are both India and Pakistan prone to?
7. Will India and Pakistan reduce their nuclear and missile forces?
8. What will Pakistan's and India's nuclear forces be based on?
9. What will Russia be unable to maintain?
10. How will Russia try to counter Western superiority?
11. How can the peaceful resolution of the Taiwan issue affect Chinese military objectives?
12. Will China diminish its influence?
Using the active vocabulary retell the article in English.
Questions for discussion.
1. To what extent do you think the forecast for Russia is correct? What is your forecast for Russia over the next 15 years?
2. Can strained Indian-Pakistani relations result in a large-scale war?
3. How does growing nuclear potential of Pakistan and India affect international security?
4. Do you agree with the Chinese perspectives forecast? If yes, how can they affect international and Russian security?
5. Do you agree that Japan can lose its position in the world economy? In what way can this influence Russian-Japanese relations?
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Unit 3. Section A.
| militant | |
| Israeli | |
| Jewish settlers | |
| roadblock | |
| to injure | |
| a suicide bombing | |
| refugee camp | |
| to claim responsibility for | |
| violence | |
| to avenge | |
| to accuse of | |
| disputed | |
| foe | |
| to mount | |
| Himalayan | |
| to claim | |
| to bolster | |
| exploiting | |
| to mass troops | |
| tension | |
| to escalate | |
| to put strong pressure on to vow | |
| to repulse | |
| warlord | |
| to go on trial | |
| on charges of | |
| in connection with | |
| rebel | |
| hostage-taking | |
| plotting | |
| prosecutor | |
| justice | |
| realignment | |
| to realign | |
| priority | |
| retaliation | |
| at one’s disposal | |
| to clean up the debris | |
| the use of force | |
| determination | |
| perpetrator | |
| to back | |
| go beyond | |
| contribution to | |
| to express confidence | |
| to avoid civilian casualties | |
| intelligence | |
| search and rescue mission | |
| air corridor |
Section B.
| sway | |
| clash | |
| Indonesia | |
| Muslim | |
| Kashmir, India, Serbia, Yugoslavia, Malaysia | |
| the Middle East | |
| to maintain order | |
| to constrain or mediate conflicts | |
| to espouse | |
| to take on | |
| ancestral | |
| breakup | |
| to benefit from | |
| to affect | |
| outcome | |
| ethnic | |
| to be prime grounds | |
| terrorist group | |
| decrease | |
| counterproductive | |
| to drift | |
| de facto | |
| terrorist tactics | |
| mass casualties | |
| lethality | |
| to pose threat to stability | |
| interstate war | |
| dimension | |
| decline | |
| communal disputes | |
| to terminate | |
| to trigger | |
| refugee flow | |
| humanitarian emergencies | |
| spillover | |
| to exploit opportunities | |
| discontent | |
| the Caucasus | |
| to call upon to do smth | |
| tight resources | |
| to tend |
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Section C.
| to adjust to | |
| estimate | |
| unpredictable | |
| assessment | |
| assert | |
| narcotics trafficking | |
| WMD proliferation | |
| governance | |
| transition | |
| erosion | |
| to accelerate | |
| to cast doubt on | |
| to determine | |
| to be prone to miscalculation | |
| to build up | |
| Islamabad | |
| conventional forces | |
| sufficient | |
| assault | |
| warhead | |
| cruise missile | |
| scarce | |
| superiority | |
| to deploy | |
| land- and sea-based mobile missiles | |
| short-range missiles | |
| naval | |
| resolution | |
| Taiwan | |
| objective | |
| sea lane |
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