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Д. А. Крячков
UNIT IV
3. According to the defense minister, a transformed military will consider adaptability to emer-
gent situations and rapid responsiveness the most important.
4. The Arab Spring clearly demonstrated that those who ignore the fast-emerging cyber aspect 
of international relations do so at their own peril.
5. Companies in which foreign capital’s share was more than half of the total capital constituted 
63.1 per cent of all joint-stock companies.
6. Few principles can be held as a typical example of America’s unique national character as can 
the First Amendment
7. 
We cannot go back to the medieval times when the Church took over the spiritual control of 
Western Europe, deciding what is morally right for society.
8. Soft power issues are, at present, in the focus of attention of educationalists, policy makers 
and researchers.
9. The information revolution has changed the landscape of information gathering, which inevi-
tably has introduced changes to the role of diplomats.
10. The ministry’s spokesperson reiterated that additional sanctions would effectively be the 
same as an attempt at toppling the regime.
11. The theories which sociologists and economists use to explain business life almost entirely 
run counter to one another. 
12. The UN resolution stresses that gender equality and broader opportunities for women are key 
elements in the reduction of their vulnerability to HIV/AIDS.
13. In the age of WikiLeaks, the freedom to circulate information and its corollary, the freedom to 
know what those in power have said or done in secret, have found ever more vigorous propo-
nents, but also those who ask whether it has its limits.
14. With political and financial support of Member States, we are now working on several fronts 
to bring about visible improvements in U.N. peacemaking capacity.
15. EU leaders endorsed the decision of EU Foreign Ministers to suspend talks on the accession of 
the country to the Union.
16. Traditional international relations theory posits there is no alternative that can successfully re-
place the nation-state in such realms of life as the provision of peace and order within borders 
and collective action abroad.
17. Despite enormous difficulties and for the first time in decades, British diplomacy is advancing 
not retreating.
18. Besides the obvious economic benefits, the presence of international organizations in Vienna 
also creates many immaterial benefits for the host country.
19. We believe that the resolution should not be part of covert attempts to yet again institute 
regime change and should be considerably toned down. 
20. Paradoxically, interdependence brought about by globalization gives rise to profound uncer-
tainties and high risks; information is scarce and therefore highly valued.
21. States often have non-state actors implement policies that they cannot perform themselves 
due to certain constraints. Yet, by outsourcing its activities, the state is outsourcing its legiti-
macy, broadening opportunities and competences of non-state actors, and losing control 
over them. 
22. The leaders and opinion makers are increasingly criticising the dominant policies and their 
effects; the time may thus have come for a ‘paradigm shift’ away from a model based on com-
petitiveness, greed and market expansion.

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