UNIT 2
SECTION I. CURRENT POLITICS
Translating Headlines and Breakouts:
from English:
1) Russia row: Labour MP calls for debate on World Cup move
After the Skripal attack, talk of war only plays into Vladimir Putin’s hands
3) ‘Whatever happens, happens’: how Britons in Russia see diplomatic row
UK’s claims questioned: doubts voiced about source of Salisbury novichok
Jeremy Corbyn defies critics and calls for calm over Russia
6) Russian spy poisoning: ‘smug’ response shows guilt, says Boris Johnson
Twitter diplomacy: how Russian embassy trolls UK government
https://www.theguardian.com
8) Russia calls Skripal poisoning allegations ‘insane’, will retaliate against diplomat expulsions
Russia hits back as Britain gains support over poisoning of former spy Sergei Skripal
Russia has issued a thinly veiled threat after Britain gave it a deadline to answer accusations of involvement in a poisoning attack in Salisbury, but US and EU allies have expressed support for Britain condemning the attack.
10) A Russian foreign ministry spokeswoman has described as “insane” allegations by British Prime Minister Theresa May that Russia was to blame for the nerve agent poisoning of former spy Sergei Skripal.
11) A Russian chemist who helped develop the Soviet-era nerve agent used to poison a former Russian double agent in southern England said only the Russian Government could have carried out the attack with such a deadly and advanced toxin.
12) Theresa May’s language in the wake of events in Salisbury has been unhelpful, given our history of provoking Russia
13) Labour leader warns against ‘McCarthyite intolerance of dissent’ after nerve agent attack
14) Vladimir Putin, the Russian president, has chaired a meeting of his security council in Moscow to discuss how to retaliate against the UK’s decision to expel 23 Russian diplomats from London. Sergei Lavrov, the foreign minister, said Russia would act soon.
https://www.abc.net.au/news
into English:
1) Подарок из Москвы: отраву для шпиона привезла его дочь
Госдепартамент США заявил о возможности введения новых санкций против России из-за дела Скрипаля
Париж отказался обвинять Москву в отравлении Скрипаля до получения доказательств
4) Москва отказалась отвечать на ультиматум Лондона по "делу Скрипаля"
Лавров о главе Минобороны Британии: образования не хватает
Громкие заявления главы Минобороны Великобритании Гэвина Уильямсона в адрес России прокомментировал глава МИД РФ Сергей Лавров. Министр предположил, что британцу, возможно, не хватает образования. "Симпатичный молодой человек, наверное, ему хочется войти в историю громкими заявлениями. Ну, может, образования не хватает", — сказал Сергей Лавров.
На высылку дипломатов Британией Россия ответит тем же
Россия вышлет британских дипломатов из страны в ответ на объявление Великобританией о высылке 23 российских дипломатов. Об этом заявил министр иностранных дел РФ Сергей Лавров.
Part 2
1)Vladimir Putin secures landslide victory in Russian election
President takes more than 75% of vote according to partial results, extending Putin’s time in office to nearly a quarter of a century
2)Russia election: Vladimir Putin wins by big margin
Vladimir Putin will lead Russia for another six years, after securing an expected victory in Sunday's presidential election.
3)Vladimir Putin secures record win in Russian presidential election
Putin wins 76.6% of vote with 67% turnout amid accusations of vote rigging and monitor abuse
Putin claims crushing victory in Russian presidential vote
Election victory comes amid escalating tensions with the West
6)Vladimir Putin cruises to landslide victory in Russian presidential election as Opposition cries foul
SECTION II. THEORY
INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS AND OTHER ACTORS IN GLOBAL POLITICS
1. Read and translate the following into Russian:
International Organizations
International Organizations (IOs) have become a central part of international relations. As Hurd (2014) writes: “As interdependence increases, the importance of international organizations increases with it. We find international organizations in one form or another at the heart of all of the political and economic challenges of the twenty-first century”.
The presence of these IOs have shaped the way that international relations between different actors are carried out. International Organizations, while often a vessel of state actions, have also themselves become actors. International organizations are organizations, comprised of states, in order to pursue some sort of common purpose or objective. Often, these organizations set the rules for behavior and activity among state and non-state actors in the international system.
As Ian Hurd (2014) explains, international organizations “…are constituted by international law as independent entities, separate from states that make them up as their founders and their members. The practical expression of this independence varies greatly across organizations, but in a formal sense they are corporate “persons” much like firms are “persons” in domestic commercial law. This means that they have legal standing, with certain rights and obligations, and can sue and be sued”. This is an interesting point, and one that will continue to be discussed with regards to different international organizations. On the one hand, they are their own entity, and are often treated as such. On the other hand, they are often made up of states, of which the leaders of those said states have their own domestic and international political interests. The balance between their interests and the charters and objectives of an international organization are critical in the international relations discourse. In fact, Hurd says as much, saying that “The dilemma of international organization as a practice in world politics is of course that these actors are composed of units which are themselves independent actors, and so formal international organizations are always collective rather than unitary actors. When they operate as “agents” they are unitary actors in the same way that national governments, also composed of many individuals and factions, are recognized as unitary actors in world politics”. And often times, we have seen just this; international organizations have clearly failed to live up to what its charter has specifically called for, the reason why the international organization exists to begin with (Pease, 2012).
https://internationalrelations.org/international-organizations/