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Foreign Affairs; In Defense of the Fence Sitters (3)

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https://www.foreignaffairs.com/world/global-south-defense-fence-sitters

 

単語帳

wary                        用心深い、慎重な、油断のない

interdependence    (不可算名詞)相互依存

sovereignty             (不可算)主権、統治権、(可算)独立国

atrocities<atrocity   (可算名詞) 残虐行為、凶行

         (不可算名詞)   暴虐、非道

quashed<quash      鎮圧する、破棄する、無効にする

 

The developing world also sees〈 1 〉 in Washington’s framing of its competition with Beijing and Moscow as a battle between democracy and〈 2 〉.

1〈hypocrisy〉偽善、偽善的行為

2〈autocracy〉独裁政治、独裁国、独裁権

 

After all, the United States continues to selectively back〈  〉 governments when it serves U.S. interests.

〈authoritarian〉権威主義の、独裁主義的な

 

 

The〈 1 〉 of World War II, for example, appointed themselves as the five permanent members of the UN Security Council,〈 2 〉 their power within multilateral institutions.

1〈victors〉勝利者(victoryも同じ語源)

2〈cementing〉他動詞cement 〜を強固にする

 

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