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Flotsam and jetsam — rubbish floating in the water after a ship has been wrecked and rubbish washed on to the land

To dwindle — diminish gradually in size, amount, or strength

Discernible — able to be seen, noticed, or understood

Unblemished — without any faults or mistakes to spoil your reputation or record

Indigenous — originating in and characteristic of a particular region or country; native

To relinquish — to give up, abandon, surrender

To wane — to decrease gradually in size, decline, approach an end

Indentured — наемный

Prone — having a tendency, inclined

Nature vs nurture debate — the phrase “nature and nurture” in its modern sense was coined by the English Victorian polymath Francis Galton in discussion of the influence of heredity (nature) and environment (nurture) on social advancement

Benign — favourable, beneficial

A means-tested benefit in the United Kingdom is a payment available to people who can demonstrate that their income and capital are below specified limits. It is a central part of the Welfare state in the United Kingdom.

The term “entitlement culture” suggests that many people now have highly unreasonable expectations about what they are entitled to.

Prince George, the son of the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge and third in line to the throne, was born

To effect (formal) — to cause (something) to happen, bring about

the sister of James II

The German dynasty assumed the English name of Windsor in 1917

To bestow sth on/upon sb (formal) — to give someone something of great value or importance

беды

Coaling stations (fuelling stations) are repositories of fuel (coal & later oil) that have been located to service commercial and naval vessels.

Gunboat diplomacy — diplomacy conducted by threats of military intervention, especially by a major power against a militarily weak state (дипломатия канонерок)

Heyday — the period of greatest popularity, success, or power; prime.

Creed — a summary of articles of religious beliefs, any system of beliefs or principles.

“American Exceptionalism: A Double-Edged Sword”, 1997

To pall — to become less appealing or interesting

Percentile — a) in statistics any of 99 points at which a range of data is divided to make 100 groups of equal size; b) any of these groups.

Paternalism — a policy or practice of treating or governing people in a fatherly manner, especially by providing for their needs without giving them rights or responsibilities

insidious — proceeding in a gradual, subtle way, but with very harmful effects

grist to/for the mill — anything that can be turned to profit or advantage

stasis — a state or condition in which things do not change, move, or progress

incarceration — the state of being confined in prison; imprisonment

subprime — denoting or relating to credit or loan arrangements for borrowers with a poor credit history

Progeny — a descendant or the descendants of a person, offspring

Stephen Martin Walt (born July 2, 1955) is an American professor of international affairs at Harvard University's John F. Kennedy School of Government.

Paean ['pi :an] — a joyous song or hymn of praise, tribute, thanksgiving, or triumph

Waterboarding — an interrogation technique in which water is forced into a detainee's mouth and nose so as to induce the sensation of drowning

Extraordinary rendition — (especially in the US) the practice of sending a foreign criminal or terrorist suspect covertly to be interrogated in a country with less rigorous regulations for the humane treatment of prisoners

Dormant — not doing anything at this time : not active but able to become active

Contentious — exhibiting a tendency to quarrels and disputes

Benign — not causing harm or damage

Sluggish — economically inactive, slow

Insular — separated from other people or cultures

Mark Leonard (born 1974) is a British political scientist, and writer. He founded the European Council on Foreign Relations (ECFR) in October 2007, for which he serves as executive director.

In the European Union (EU), enhanced cooperation is a procedure where a minimum of nine EU member states are allowed to establish advanced integration or cooperation in an area within EU structures but without the other members being involved. As of February 2013 this procedure is being used in the fields of divorce law and patents, and is approved for the field of a financial transaction tax.

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John Wiles is Senior Adviser to EPC (European Policy Centre) on EU politics and institutions, Chair of the EU Politics and Governance Forum

Parochial — having a limited or narrow outlook or scope

To evangelise — to be very enthusiastic about something and tell people how good it is

James Ellison is Reader in International History at Queen Mary, University of London and author of The United States, Britain and the Transatlantic Crisis: Rising to the Gaullist Challenge 1963-68 (Palgrave Macmillan, 2007).

In December 2011, David Cameron refused to sign a tax and budget pact to tackle the Eurozone debt crisis claiming he had to protect key British interests, including its financial markets.

Emollient — attempting to avoid confrontation or anger; calming or conciliatory

To reprise — to repeat the principal points or stages of

Hubris — excessive pride or self-confidence

Vituperative — full of angry and cruel criticism

Spat — a brief quarrel

There is the old joke about British reports of ‘Fog in the Channel — Continent cut off.'

... Angela Merkel and Nicolas Sarkozy tried to pump blood into the collapsing veins of the euro ...

1. One of the world's top climate diplomats, John Ashton is now an independent commentator and adviser on the politics of climate change. From 2006-12 he served as Special Representative for Climate Change to three successive UK Foreign Secretaries, spanning the current Coalition and the previous Labour Government. He is a co-founder and, from 2004-6, was the first Chief Executive of E3G. From 1978-2002, after a brief period as a research astronomer, he was a career diplomat, with a particular focus on China. He is a visiting professor at the London University School of Oriental and African Studies, and a Distinguished Policy Fellow at the Grantham Institute for Climate Change at Imperial College.

2. E3G (Third Generation Environmentalism) is an independent organisation acting to accelerate the global transition to sustainable development.