Topic Of The Day:-“An isolated U.S.”
Since Mr. Trump had made his opinion about the JCPOA quite clear, describing it as the “worst deal ever”, he could have withheld renewal of sanctions waiver last month but that would have triggered re-imposition of secondary nuclear sanctions and violated international law since Iran remains in compliance with the JCPOA. It was therefore politically expedient to kick the ball to the Congress. Mr. Trump would like Congress to end some of the sunset clauses of 10/15 years in the JCPOA by making it permanent and also establish new benchmarks on missile activities and regional behaviour for continuing sanctions relief. This would imply an implicit renegotiation of the JCPOA, something that would attract a veto by both Russia and China were it to be taken up in the UNSC. Amending INARA would require 60 votes in the Senate, eight more than the current Republican strength and not all Republicans will support Mr. Trump. Relations between Mr. Trump and Senator Corker have deteriorated with Mr. Trump blaming Mr. Corker for the “horrendous deal” and Mr. Corker comparing the White House to “an adult day care centre”. Congress could also do nothing, which would put Mr. Trump in the awkward position in January 2018 of either renewing the sanctions waiver for another 120 days or withholding it, which would put the U.S. in violation of the JCPOA. In either case, the deal has broken down because Iran is not prepared to renegotiate it. Other countries have promised to uphold it but their ability to do so will depend on how their companies can be firewalled from U.S. sanctions if they continue their engagement with Iran. However, implications of the breakdown are not limited to U.S.-Iran relations. Iran can make things difficult for the U.S. in Afghanistan as also in Iraq and Syria. The U.S.’s ability to work with Russia in Syria or with China regarding North Korea will also be impacted. And sooner or later, questions will be asked in Iran about why it should continue with the restrictions and inspections that it accepted under the JCPOA, which would have far-reaching implications for the global nuclear architecture. Coming after the rejection of the Trans-Pacific Partnership, the Paris climate change accord and the North American Free Trade Agreement, Mr. Trump’s decision further diminishes U.S. credibility.
MEANINGS AND WORDS
1) Elusive
Meaning: Difficult to find, catch, or achieve.
Example: “success will become ever more elusive”
Synonyms: Evasive, Slippery
2) Sparring
Meaning: Argue with someone without marked hostility.
Example: “mother and daughter spar regularly over drink, drugs, and career”
Synonyms: Quarrel, Argue
3) Triggering
Meaning: Cause (an event or situation) to happen or exist.
Example: “an allergy can be triggered by stress or overwork”
Synonyms: Stimulate, Provoke
4) Proclaimed offender
Meaning: A Proclaim offender (P.O) proceeding is a process of the court through which the court declares the person as proclaimed offender and directs the concerned police officials to arrest the person named in the proceeding and produce him before the court and the name and details of the proclaimed offender are published in the news papers declaring him/her to be a proclaimed offender.
5) Propped up (prop up)
Meaning: To give support to something, especially a country or organization, so that it can continue to exist in a difficult situation.
Example: How long is the government likely to survive without the US military force there to prop it up?
Synonyms: Backbone, Pillar
6) Tripartite
Meaning: Shared by or involving three parties.
Example: “a tripartite coalition government”
7) Way out
Meaning: Extremely unconventional, unusual, or avant-garde.
Example: “teachers were accused of espousing way-out ideologies and teaching methods”
Synonyms: Quirky, Unusual
Antonyms: Normal, Ordinary
8) Trickle
Meaning: A small group or number of people or things moving slowly.
Example: “the traffic had dwindled to a trickle”
Synonyms: Move, Leave
9) Retracted
Meaning: Withdraw (a statement or accusation) as untrue or unjustified.
Example: “he retracted his allegations”
Synonyms: Withdraw, Recant
Antonyms: Assert, Confirm
10) Conciliatory
Meaning: Intended or likely to placate or pacify.
Example: “a conciliatory approach”
Synonyms: Pacific, Placatory
Antonyms: Antagonistic
11) Aggressive
Meaning: Behaving or done in a determined and forceful way.
Example: “we needed more growth to pursue our aggressive acquisition strategy”
Synonyms: Assertive, Forceful
Antonyms: Submissive, Diffident
12) Refrained
Meaning: Stop oneself from doing something.
Example: “she refrained from comment”
Synonyms: Abstain, Desist
13) Compliance
Meaning: The state or fact of according with or meeting rules or standards.
Example: “all imports of timber are in compliance with regulations”
Synonyms: Obedience to, Respect for
Antonyms: Violation, Infringement
14) Destabilizing
Meaning: Upset the stability of (a region or system); cause unrest or instability in.
Example: “the accused were charged with conspiracy to destabilize the country”
Synonyms: Undermine, Weaken
Antonyms: Strengthen
15) Constrain
Meaning: Appearing forced or overly controlled.
Example: “he was acting in a constrained manner”
Synonyms: Unnatural, Artificial
Antonyms: Relaxed
16) Scrapping
Meaning: Abolish or cancel (a plan, policy, or law).
Example: “he supports the idea that road tax should be scrapped”
Synonyms: Abandon, Abolish
Antonyms: Keep, Restore
17) Stalled
Meaning: Stop or cause to stop making progress.
Example: “his career had stalled, hers taken off”
Synonyms: Obstruct, Impede
18) Debacle
Meaning: A sudden and ignominious failure; a fiasco.
Example: “the only man to reach double figures in the second-innings debacle”
Synonyms: Failure, Wreck
19) Enriched
Meaning: Improve or enhance the quality or value of.
Example: “her exposure to museums enriched her life in France”
Synonyms: Enhance, Upgrade
Antonyms: Devalue, Impoverish
20) Worrisome
Meaning: Causing anxiety or concern.
Example: “a worrisome problem”
Synonyms: Worrying, Alarming
21) Restraints
Meaning: Unemotional, dispassionate, or moderate behaviour; self-control.
Example: “he urged the protestors to exercise restraint”
Synonyms: Self-control, Moderation
Antonyms: Abandon, Forwardness
22) Shipping out (Ship out)
Meaning: To leave a situation.
Example: The company sold up and shipped out of its Dublin base.
Synonyms: Leave
Antonyms: Enter
23) Rigorous
Meaning: Extremely thorough and careful.
Example: “the rigorous testing of consumer products”
Synonyms: Careful, Diligent
Antonyms: Slapdash
24) Convoluted
Meaning: (especially of an argument, story, or sentence) extremely complex and difficult to follow.
Example: “the film is let down by a convoluted plot in which nothing really happens”
Synonyms: Complicated, Elaborative
Antonyms: Simple, Straightforward
25) Obliging
Meaning: Willing to do a service or kindness; helpful.
Example: “one of the most obliging stewards”
Synonyms: Helpful, Agreeable
Antonyms: Uncooperative, Obstructive
26) Ratification
Meaning: The action of signing or giving formal consent to a treaty, contract, or agreement, making it officially valid.
Example: “ratification of the treaty raised problems in several member states”
Synonyms: Authorization, Sanction
27) Kicked in (Kick in)
Meaning: Come into effect or operation.
Example: “the hospital’s emergency generators kicked in”
28) Imposition
Meaning: A tax or duty.
Example: “the government began levying special impositions”
Synonyms: Levy, Charge
29) Expedient
Meaning: (of an action) convenient and practical although possibly improper or immoral.
Example: “either side could break the agreement if it were expedient to do so”
Synonyms: Convenient, Beneficial
Antonyms: Inexpedient, Ill-advised
30) Sunset clauses
Meaning: Part of a law or contract that states when it will end, or the conditions under which it will end
Example: A sunset clause in the bill called for the tax cuts to expire in 2010.
31) Renegotiation
Meaning: Negotiation of something again in order to change the original agreed terms.
Example: “they demanded renegotiation of the treaty”
32) Veto
Meaning: A constitutional right to reject a decision or proposal made by a lawmaking body.
Example: “neither state was given a veto over amendments to the Act”
Synonyms: Rejection, Dismissal
Antonyms: Approval
33) Deteriorated
Meaning: Become progressively worse.
Example: “relations between the countries had deteriorated sharply”
Synonyms: Worsen, Decline
Antonyms: Improve
34) Horrendous
Meaning: Extremely unpleasant, horrifying, or terrible.
Example: “she suffered horrendous injuries”
Synonyms: Horrify, Unpleasant
35) Awkward
Meaning: Causing or feeling uneasy embarrassment or inconvenience.
Example: “he had put her in a very awkward position”
Synonyms: Embarrassing, Unpleasant
Antonyms: Relaxed
36) Implications
Meaning: The conclusion that can be drawn from something although it is not explicitly stated.
Example: “the implication is that no one person at the bank is responsible”
Synonyms: Suggestion, Inference
37) Breakdown
Meaning: A failure of a relationship or system.
Example: “a breakdown in military discipline”
Synonyms: Failure, Collapse
38) Far-reaching
Meaning: Having important and widely applicable effects or implications.
Example: “a series of far-reaching political reforms”
Synonyms: Extensive, Wide-ranging
Antonyms: Limited, Insignificant
39) Accord
Meaning: An official agreement or treaty.
Example: “opposition groups refused to sign the accord”
Synonyms: Treaty, Agreement
40) Diminishes
Meaning: Cause to seem less impressive or valuable.
Example: “the trial has aged and diminished him”
Synonyms: Belittle, Deprecate
Antonyms: Boost, Encourage
