MONDAY

1. THEORY

APEC

2. ANALYTICS

APEC at the Apex

WEDNESDAY

3. CURRENT ISSUES

4. THE WORLD THIS WEEK

5. ANALYTICAL COMMENTARY

6. TEST


VOCABULARY & GRAMMAR

KEY TERMS
primary partially self-governing, esp. with reference to internal affairs
micro the steps you take to make sure you are safe before, during and after an emergency or natural disaster 
emergency preparednessshowing complete agreement
awarenessto keep in a certain condition, operation, or force;to keep in existence; preserve
efficiency refers to each party obeying the terms of the contract and performing the duties outlined therein
proliferation a rapid and often excessive spread or increase
semi-autonomoushaving knowledge or realization of; conscious of
unanimousextremely small/ very large in scale, scope, or capability
legally bindingcompetence; effectiveness
maintainfirst in rank or importance; chief
FOCUS WORDS
  1. on the agenda
  2. accounts for
  3. stem from
  4. subject to 
  5. precursor for
  6. equivalent of
  7. aim at
  8. on the contrary
  9. support for
  10. for these reasons
  11. to one’s credit
  12. owing to
  13. impediments to
  14. forum for
  15. predicate upon
PREPOSITIONS
WORDS FOR REPORT
a clear age gap on the issue
compared with a smaller share
more likely to favor
the survey explored the public’s views about 
Overall,
In regard to the negative consequences, 
substantial majorities
no statistically significant difference by age 
GRAMMAR PATTERNS

According to government projections, the population is expected to shrink by 2.5 million people by 2035, and the active working-age population will likely decrease by 3.1 million people.

By the 2000s, cases of forced migration had sharply decreased, but migrant workers from Central Asia were flooding the Russian labor market. 

Asian migrants have occupied certain niches in the labor market, such as retail, construction and household services, and as visible minorities, they often encounter xenophobic attitudes.

This ongoing debate has caused a number of dizzying reversals in migration policy over the past two decades. 

Policies were restrictive from 2002 until 2005, and again from 2008 to 2012, but the periods from 2006 to 2007, and again from 2013 to 2016, were relatively liberal.

If the federal authorities are rather reserved in their sympathies and antipathies to different migrant minorities, then regional authorities are free to consider anti-migrant attitudes of their constituents, often using any chance they get to demonstrate their control of the labor market and forbid migrants to engage in various types of economic activity.