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Alphabetical list of terms

Record 1 2012-10-29

English

Subject field(s)
  • Paleontology
  • General Scientific and Technical Vocabulary

French

Domaine(s)
  • Paléontologie
  • Vocabulaire technique et scientifique général
DEF

Répartition de genres et d'espèces qui sont confinés dans l'Arctique et dans l'Antarctique mais pas dans les régions intermédiaires.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Paleontología
  • Vocabulario técnico y científico general
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Record 2 1999-11-25

English

Subject field(s)
  • International Relations
DEF

A term that describes the tendency for states to group into two opposed blocs or sets of alliances, and, in particular, is applied to the post-1945 'cold war' situation, in which the USA and the USSR were seen as leaders of two opposed groups of states and all other states were regarded either as members of one or the other camp, or as uncommitted neutrals.

CONT

There are ... three arguments against bipolarity as a desirable ... international system. The first is that bipolarity comprehends only one of the impulsions to expansion or aggression, ...

French

Domaine(s)
  • Relations internationales

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Relaciones internacionales
DEF

Característica que presenta el sistema internacional cuando está dividido en dos bloques, agrupados en torno a otros tantos centros de poder que han acumulado los recursos necesarios para imponer en lo sustancial su línea de conducta a los Estados alineados dentro de su bloque y para intermediar o condicionar sus relaciones o sus conflictos con el otro bloque o con los demás miembros de dicha agrupación.

CONT

El sistema internacional contemporáneo combina elementos de bipolaridad político-estratégica con elementos de multipolaridad política y económica.

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