Ex. 8. Express the same idea using the words and phrases from Ex. 4 instead of the underlined parts

1) Soft power is abstract, but not a chimera.

2) Our countries are entering a new era in our relations with BRICS.

3) According to the defense minister, a transformed military will consider adaptability to emergent 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 inevitably 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 proponents, 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 replace 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 uncertainties 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 legitimacy, broadening opportunities and competences of non-state actors, and losing control over them.

22) The UN has more than once pointed out that humanitarian challenges have now become particularly serious and large-scale and thus cannot be addressed by individual states.

23) 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 competitiveness, greed and market expansion.

24) Diplomats often function as spies, which can put at risk their ability to conduct normal diplomatic activities and makes it more likely that they can be expelled for espionage.

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