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 improves 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 governance, 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 opportunity.

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 values 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 recognize 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.

18) Today, the contrast between North and South Korea could not be sharper. South Korea is the __________ of a Cold War success, an open economy showing the triumph of capitalism over communism.

19) In an age where huge amounts of data can be __________ instantaneously via the internet or be transported in a memory stick the size of a pen, no secret can be safe.

20) In response to natural disasters, time is always __________.

21) Traditional foreign policy tools are increasingly complimented by newly innovated and adapted technologies that __________ groups of individuals to achieve their own aims.

Ex. 10.** Complete the following sentences. Where necessary add a sentence or two to make your examples more meaningful.

1) In an era of globalization, __________ would amount to __________.

2) __________ provides tangible proof of __________’s involvement in __________.

3) To overcome gender prejudices so widespread in the diplomatic service and to promote women’s empowerment, __________.

4) __________ are/is bound to be high on the agenda if public diplomacy is to __________.

5) __________ has/have added a new dimension to international relations and changed __________.

6) Given the __________ of international relations, __________ is the only viable solution to __________.

7) The odds of __________ are very slim.

8) __________ can be used as a platform to disseminate ideas about __________.

9) The trend toward __________ epitomized by __________ will continue to gather momentum.

10) Another way of upholding __________ is to __________.

11) _________ is/are at odds with the government’s claims that __________.

12) I don’t think there’s any hidden agenda lurking behind __________.

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