Vocabulary

• approach: To get close to reaching something or somewhere
• commitment: Permanent love or concern for person, thing
• strategy: Careful plan or method for achieving a goal
• develop: To explain something in steps and in detail
• strength: Condition of being strong
• commit: To do something bad, usually a crime
• stake: Share/interest in the success of a business, etc.
• shift: To change in position or direction
• military: Army or armed forces
• dialogue: Conversation between two or more individuals
• mention: To refer to or talk or write about something
• region: Part of a country, of the world, area, etc.
• huge: Very very large
• security: Department in a company in charge of protection
• core: To take out the central section of a fruit
• independent: Making your own decisions; acting by yourself
• ally: Someone who supports, helps, or defends you
• budget: Amount of money planned to be spent
• communist: Believer in communism
• strategic: Concerned with strategy; well thought out
• discuss: To talk about seriously or in great detail
• increasingly: More and more; in greater degree or amount
• defense: Argument in support of something
• lot: What happens to a person in life from chance; fate
• place: To put someone in a particular type of situation
• important: Having power or authority
• fact: Something that is known or proved to be true
• summit: Official meeting(s) of the leaders of countries
• build: Your physical shape; physique
• existential: Philosophy concerning existence
• act: To behave in a certain way
• constructive: Having positive effective results
• defend: To protect and explain your position in court
• government: Group of people and system that rule a nation
• maritime: Concerning sailing, ships
• change: To exchange one set of clothes for another
• question: To ask for or try to get information
• future: Time that is to come after the present
• reliance: State of being dependent on something for help
• part: Division of a book
• world: All the humans, events, activities on the earth
• real: Actually existing or happening, not imagined
• capability: Means, ability, or potential to do something
• regional: Of a particular area, not the whole of a country
• reassurance: Feeling of reduced worry about something
• pentagon: A five-sided shape
• deterrence: Negative motivational influence