Санкт-Петербургский государственный университет

Факультет Международных отношений

И.О.Филиппова

Пособие по английскому языку

для студентов 1 курса

( 1 семестр)

(Уровень: Advanced, Upper-Intermediate, Intermediate)

International Relations and Diplomacy

Санкт – Петербург

2009

Contents:

Unit 1: Diplomacy, diplomats and diplomatic missions 3

Text 1: Defining diplomacy 3

Text 2: Diplomatic immunity, espionage and recognition 6

Text 3: History of diplomacy 11

Text 4: Diplomatic mission 15

Text 5: Diplomatic rank, corps and nuncio 17

Text 6: Charles Maurice de Talleyrand 18

Unit 2: International relations 19

Text 1: Defining International relations 19

Text 2: Theories of IR. 20

Text 3: Hands off the foreign service 21

Unit 3: International diplomatic organizations 22

Text 1: United Nations; background and history 22

Text 2: Peace-keeping and humanitarian assistance 23

Text 3: Kofi Annan 25

• quotations of and about Kofi Annan 26

Text 4: UN head's son 'traded on his father's name'? 27

Text 5: Current Secretary-General of the United Nations 28

• Texts for home reading 29

1. Nature Purpose and History of diplomacy 29

2. The ancient world: China, India, Greece, Rome 30

3. The Middle Ages: Islam, Byzantium

4. Diplomacy of the Roman Catholic church; Venice

5. The development of Italian diplomacy; The spread of the Italian diplomatic system

6. The development of the foreign ministry and embassies

7. Balance of power and the Concert of Europe

8. Conference diplomacy and the impact of democratization

9. The spread of European diplomatic norms 39

10. The League of Nations and the revival of conference diplomacy 40

11. Summit diplomacy 41

12. Decolonization and the beginnings of the Cold War 42

13. The United Nations and the changing world order 42

14. New styles of diplomacy 44

15. The role of women 45

16. The end of bipolarity 46