MONDAY

1. CURRENT ISSUES

2. STATISTICS

3. ANALYTICAL COMMENTARY

WEDNESDAY

4. THEORY

EAEU

5. ANALYTICS

The Sino-Russian Marriage

VOCABULARY & GRAMMAR

KEY TERMS
compriseto include or contain
implementto put into effect according to or by means of a definite plan or procedure
objectivea purpose; aim; goal
ensureto guarantee; to make secure or safe
executive body the branch of an institution charged with the execution and enforcement of laws, policies and the administration of an institution affairs
overseeto supervise; manage
entitya unit considered as distinct, independent, or self-contained
draftto compose, make a blueprint, draw up an outline of a document/ bill/ treaty/ agreement
submitto present for approval or consideration
accession agreementan agreement concluded between the Union and states that are not member states, usually, in their terms, ‘with a view to membership’
FOCUS WORDS
eventually в конечном счете
enduring прочный, продолжительный
deriveполучать, происходить, вытекать
distinctive отличительный, особый, характерный
conformсоответствовать, подчиняться
overlapping перекрывающий(ся); частично совпадающий
superimpose накладывать, впечатывать
convergeсходиться в одной точке, сосредоточиваться
envisage предусматривать, предвидеть, намечать
secure гарантировать, укреплять, обеспечивать (безопасность)
PREPOSITIONS
  1. emerge from 
  2. lead to
  3. subordination to 
  4. derive from 
  5. date from 
  6. conform to
  7. worthy of
  8. motive for
  9. accompanied by 
  10. problems for
  11. model on
  12. respect for
  13. interference in
  14. integrate into
  15. squabble over
WORDS FOR REPORT
roughly 
eight-in-ten
far fewer people
statistics show
differences reflect 
GRAMMAR PATTERNS

A unique conjuncture of economic and political developments has created an opportunity for Eurasia to emerge from its historical slumbers, with Russia and China leading the way. 

Confucianism, dating from around the same time, remains at the heart of China’s social thinking, despite Mao’s ruthless attempts to suppress it.

As China’s labor costs rise, production is being re-located from the coastal regions to the western provinces. 

The EEU is seen by its advocates as a step toward re-establishing the old Soviet frontiers in the form of a voluntary economic and political union.

Official Russian opinion looks forward to “the interpenetration and integration of the EEU and the Silk Road Economic Belt” into a “Greater Eurasia,” which will afford a “steady developing safe common neighborhood of Russia and China.” 

It may be considered a singular success for Western statesmanship to have brought two old rivals for power and influence in Central Asia to the point of jointly seeking to exclude the West from the region’s future development.

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