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iplomacy in the Mirror of Globalization
23. The UN has more than once pointed out that humanitarian challenges have now become par-
ticularly serious and large-scale and thus cannot be addressed by individual states. 
24. Diplomats often function as spies, which can put at risk their ability to conduct normal diplo-
matic activities and makes it more likely that they can be expelled for espionage.
Ex. 9. Complete the following sentences using the words and phrases from Ex.4 in 
their correct form.
1. 
A _______ is a secret reason for doing something because it will bring you an advantage.
2. Although the coercive power’s reputation for successfully using armed force in the past im-
proves the _______ of coercive diplomacy being effective, it does not guarantee a favorable 
outcome.
3. Democracy can yield a range of _______ benefits by encouraging stability and good gover-
nance, which are essential for economic prosperity.
4. EU enlargement has proved to be the only __________ policy for stabilising the countries of 
the western Balkans region and stimulating their political and economic progress.
5. As Wikileaks releases have demonstrated, what a country’s leader or a minister may say in 
private is often __________ his public pronouncements. 
6. There are always moral _______ to scientific advances because with every such development 
at least the following question arises: Is it moral or desirable to put into practice everything 
that our new capacities enable us to do.
7. 
Suggestions to stay longer in Darfur would feed the Sudanese suspicion that the presence of 
the UN serves the _______ of some of the member states.
8. The UN is to universally __________ human rights of all peoples, regardless of where they live.
9. The Soviet Union was South Korea’s second-largest communist trading partner (after China); 
in 1989 bilateral trade between the two countries _______ $599 million.
10. With 68 percent of players being African American, the National Football League of 1998 
appears to be the model societal institution that _______ racial harmony and equal oppor-
tunity. 
11. This president’s second term was supposed to be an opportunity to make his mark on the 
world stage, but instead he’s just struggling to redefine his foreign policy record, and the 
_______ look stacked against him.
12. Many consider the Western form of governance that __________ the liberal democratic val-
ues of freedom of speech superior to the repressive dictatorships Iran and Libya?
13. Given the reset in our relations, the time __________ for major international actors to devise a 
security architecture capable of maintaining peace and security throughout the world.
14. The US has no formal diplomatic relations with Iran, which is __________ Washington and 
other western governments over its nuclear program. 
15. We stand __________ an era in which the political, social, and economic organization will be 
different from anything we have known so far. In the next few decades, our leaders will recog-
nize recognize the changing system and provide an appropriate collective response.
16. In the realist school, power is associated with the possession of certain __________ resources, 
including population, territory, economic and military strength.
17. For traditional diplomatic institutions, having to work with a greater number of civil society 
actors means __________ state/non-state coordination, including the creation of state/non-
state coalitions.

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