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1
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La prolifération nucléaire

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Nuclear Proliferation

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Non à la bombe

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Ban the bomb!

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Les armes nucléaires

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Nuclear arms

Nuclear weapons

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Les armes de destruction massive

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Weapons of mass destruction

wMDs

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Un arsenal

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An arsenal

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Des stocks d’armes

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Weapons stockpiles

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Déployer des armes

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To deploy weapons

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La guerre nucléaire

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Nuclear warfare

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Les armes nucléaires

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Nukes

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La course aux armements

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The arms race

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L’escalade

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Escalation

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Un parapluie nucléaire

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A nuclear umbrella

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What are the 2 kinds of weapons of mass destruction?

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A-bombs (fission reactions: atom bombs)

H-bombs (nuclear fusion : hydrogen bombs)

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Ont reconnu

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Have acknowledged

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Which countries are possessing nuclear weapons ?

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The US
Russia
The UK
France 
China
India
Pakistan
North Korea 
(+ Israël is widely believed to have some)
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Les matériaux fissiles

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Fissile materials

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La fusion

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Fusion

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La fission

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Fission

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L’uranium

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Uranium

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Le plutonium

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Plutonium

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Enrichir l’uranium

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To enrich uranium

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L’enrichissement de l’uranium

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Uranium enrichment

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Un réacteur nucléaire

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A nuclear reactor

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La capacité nucléaire

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Nuclear capability

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Des installations de production d’armes nucléaires

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Nuclear weapons facilities

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Une usine d’enrichissement du plutonium

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A plutonium-processing facility

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The treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons

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1968
To limit the spread of nuclear weapons
India, Israel, Pakistan and North Korea didn’t sign it

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Faire étalage de sa force

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To flex one’s muscles

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Dissuader quelqu’un de faire quelque chose

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To deter somebody from doing something

To discourage somebody from doing something

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La dissuasion nucléaire

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The nuclear deterrent

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La force de dissuasion

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Deterrent power

Deterrence

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32
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La force de frappe

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Strike force

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Avoir un effet dissuasif

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To act as a deterrent

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34
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Représailles massives

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Massive retaliation

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35
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Riposter
Se venger
User de représailles

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To retaliate

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36
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Se tournent vers

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Look to

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Plus rigoureux

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Tighter

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Potentiels

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Would-be

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Tricheurs

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Cheats

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Mettre un terme à

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To call to halt

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Un essai nucléaire

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A nuclear test

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Les essais nucléaires

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Nuclear testing

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Réaliser un essai

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To conduct a test

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Faire exploser une bombe nucléaire

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To detonate a nuclear bomb

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Les retombées d’une explosion nucléaire

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Nuclear fallout

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Un missile courte portée

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A short-range missile

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Un missile longue portée

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A long-range missile

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Aire de lancement

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Launchpad

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Une ogive nucléaire

Une tête nucléaire

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A nuclear warhead

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Un missile balistique inter-continental

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An intercontinental ballistic missile

An ICBM

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Un bouclier antimissile

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An anti-missile shield

An anti-missile defence system

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Un sous-marin à propulsion nucléaire

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A nuclear-powered submarine

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Préservant

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Safeguarding

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Une menace

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A threat

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Représenter une menace pour la stabilité mondiale

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To pose a threat to world stability

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Menacer de faire quelque chose

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To threaten to do something

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Forcer quelqu’un à faire quelque chose en le faisant chanter

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To blackmail somebody into doing something

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Un État-voyou

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A rogue state

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Porter atteinte à

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To abuse

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Le désarmement nucléaire

A

Nuclear disarmament

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Condamner

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To condemn

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Négocier

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To negotiate

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La négociation

A

Negotiation

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Négociations
Pourparlers
Discussions

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Negotiations

Talks

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Faire revenir quelqu’un à la table des négociations

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To bring somebody back to the negotiating table

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Reprendre les négociations

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To resume talks

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La reprise des négociations

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The resumption of talks

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Un moratoire

Un moratorium

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A moratorium

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Pilier

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Mainstay

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Exercer des pressions sur un État

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To put pressure on a state

To exert pressure on a state

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Une exigence

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A demand

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Observer une règle

Respecter une règle

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To comply with a rule

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Le respect d’un traité

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Compliance with a treaty

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Une résolution de l’ONU

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A UN resolution

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Une résolution du conseil de sécurité

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A Security Council résolution

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Demander des sanctions

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To call for sanctions

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Imposer des sanctions à un pays

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To impose sanctions on a country

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Appliquer des sanctions

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To enforce sanctions

To implement sanctions

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Une punition

Une peine

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A penalty

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Une inspection sur place

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An onsite inspection

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Un embargo

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An embargo

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Interdire les essais nucléaires

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To ban nuclear testing

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Dénucléariser

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To denuclearise

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La dénucléarisation

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Denuclearisation

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Énoncer

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To set out

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Position

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Stance

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Démanteler des installations

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To dismantle facilities

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Le démantèlement

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Dismantling

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Éliminer les armes nucléaires

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To eliminate nukes

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Une zone dénucléarisée

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A nuclear-free zone

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Un monde dénucléarisé

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A world free of nuclear weapons

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Un monde plus sûr

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A safer world

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