List of Abbreviations with Chinese Translations 1
Unit One 1
Text:The Political Economy of Postindustrial America 2
Exercises 16
Reading Passage One:The Political Economy of Postindustrial America 19
Reading Passage Two:Redefining the National Interest 31
Unit Two 42
Text:The Transformation of Western Europe 43
Exercises 55
Reading Passage One:The Origins of the European Union 58
Reading Passage Two:The Three Pillars of the European Union and the Future of the EU 67
Unit Three 78
Text:The Euro after Two Years 79
Exercises 95
Reading Passage One:The Legalization of EU Foreign Policy 98
Reading Passage Two:Building a Comprehensive Partnership with China 109
Unit Fonr 121
Text:Japan:A Rising Sun 122
Exercisesr 135
Reading Passage One:Japan:The Way Ahead 138
Reading Passage Two:Nonproliferation As a Goal of Japanese Foreign Assistancer 149
Unit Five 160
Text:Russia's Phony Capitalism 161
Exercises 173
Reading Passage One:A Precarious Peace 176
Reading Passage Two:Putin's Plutocrat Problem 187
Unit Six 200
Text:The Balkans'Lethal Nationalism 201
Exercises 209
Reading Passage One:Is the Baltic States Geography Destiny? 213
Reading Passage Two:Post-Visegrad Cooperation in East Central Europe 221
Unit Seven 230
Text:Meanings and Objectives of the Third World 231
Exercises 240
Reading Passage One:The Third World and the New World Order:Issues and Fears 243
Reading Passage Two:The New World Order and the Third World Implications for the 1990s 253
Appendix Ⅰ:Key to Exercises(Unit 1—7) 263
Appendix Ⅱ:Chinese Translation of the Texts(1—7) 299
Appendix Ⅲ:Glossary 333