CHAP 28: International tensions Flashcards

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les affaires étrangères

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foreign affairs

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les relations extérieures

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foreign relations

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les communauté internationale

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international community

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un problème mondial

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a global issue

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un Etat souverain

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a sovereign state

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la souveraineté

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sovereignity

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un Etat-nation

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a nation-state

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une frontière

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a border

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le droit international

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international law

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la géopolitique

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geopolitics

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la scène internationale

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the international stage

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jouer un rôle dans quelque chose

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to play a role

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occidental/oriental

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western/eastern

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la politique étrangère

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foreign policy

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un ambassadeur

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an ambassador

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une ambassade

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an embassy

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un envoyé

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an envoy

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un diplomate

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a diplomat

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la diplomatie

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diplomacy

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rompre/reprendre les relations

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to break off/ resume diplomatic relations

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des relations tendues

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tense relations

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un réchauffement

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a thaw

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un refroidissement

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a chill

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rappeler un ambassadeur

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to recall an ambasador

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normaliser les relations

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to normalize relations

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une grande puissance

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a great power

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une superpuissance/ une hyperpower

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a superpower/ a hyperpower

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l’hégémonie

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hegemony

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l’impérialisme

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imperialism

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impérialiste

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imperialistic

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l’expansionnisme

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expansionism

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l’unitaléralisme

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unilaterlaism

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multilatéralisme

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multilateralism

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l’équilibre des forces

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balance of power

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Le système onusien

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the UN system

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un Etat-membre

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a member state

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un membre fondateur

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a founding memeber

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une cotisation

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a contribution

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discuter/ voter une résolution

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to debat / to pass a resolution

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appliquer une résolution

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to implement a resolution

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autoriser l’usage de la force

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to authorize the use of force

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une majorité de deux-tiers

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a two-third majority

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maintenir la paix

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to maintain peace

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une opération de maintien de la paix

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a peace-keeping operation

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un soldat de la paix

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a peacekeeper

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un casque bleu

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a blue helmet

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le devoir d’ingérence

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the duty to interfere

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intervention militaire

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military intervention

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L’OTAN

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NATO

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négocier

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to negotiate

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négociations

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negotiations

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table des négociations

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negociating table

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une table ronde

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a round table

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faire une déclaration

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to make a statement

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un communiqué

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a communiqué

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sous l’égide de

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under the aegis of

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un eréunion au sommet

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a summit

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un porte-parole

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a spokesman

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un homologue

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a counterpart

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une impasse

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a stalemate

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aboutir à une impasse

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to reach a stalement

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sortir d’une impasse

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to break a stalement

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un ultimatum

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an ultimatum

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un médiateur

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a mediator

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régocier un accord

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to broker a agreement

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surmonter un obstacle

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to overcome an obstacle

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la volonté politique

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political will

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un compromis

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a compromise

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faire une concession

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to make a concession

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s’engager à qch

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to commit oneself to doing sth

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promettre de faire

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to pledge to do sth

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signer

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to sign

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un protocole

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a protocol

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un accord

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an agreement

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conclure un accord

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to reach a settlement

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stipuler

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to stipulate

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parvenir à un consesus

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to reach a consensus

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interdire

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to prohibit

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mettre son veto à une décision

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une directive européenne

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adhérer à l’UE

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to join the UE

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demander son adhésion à l’UE

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to apply to join the EU

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les droits de l’homme

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human rights

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les violations des droits de l’homme

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human rights abuses

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faire respecter un principe

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to uphold a principle

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la décolonisation

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decolonization

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obtenir l’indépendance

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to gain independence

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une ancienne colonie

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a former colony

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une puissance coloniale

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a colonial power