{"id":2375,"date":"2026-09-03T09:00:00","date_gmt":"2026-09-03T06:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/kaf1.moscow\/?page_id=2375"},"modified":"2026-09-03T09:01:48","modified_gmt":"2026-09-03T06:01:48","slug":"oral-exam-demo-version","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"http:\/\/kaf1.moscow\/?page_id=2375","title":{"rendered":"ORAL EXAM DEMO VERSION"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li class=\"has-large-font-size\">Read the excerpt and identify the author&#8217;s claim. Summarise it in one or two sentences.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li class=\"has-large-font-size\">State your opinion on the issue in question, providing reasons and evidence.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li class=\"has-large-font-size\">Speak for about 3 minutes.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-background wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"background-color:#e0eafa;font-size:22px\">&nbsp;\u201cAmerican democracy is likely to survive four years of Trump. The country has a resilient political culture and a federal constitution that encourages checks and balances. There is a reasonable chance that Democrats will regain control of the House of Representatives in the 2026 elections. Moreover, civil society remains strong, and the courts independent. Many organizations have launched lawsuits to challenge Trump\u2019s actions, and markets have signaled dissatisfaction with Trump\u2019s economic policies.\u201d (Joseph Nye)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-background wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"background-color:#e0eafa;font-size:22px\">\u201cIn our era, the symbolic unity provided by monarchy can limit the most problematic forms of populism. Populist demagogues like Viktor Orb\u00e1n in Hungary, Recep Tayyip Erdo\u011fan in Turkey, and Jaros\u0142aw Kaczy\u0144ski in Poland typically claim an exclusive, almost mystical connection with the \u201cpeople,\u201d whom they alone can protect from the elites, and demonize their opponents as \u201cenemies of the people.\u201d Such claims, however, are ineffective under a constitutional monarchy. The job of embodying the people is already occupied, limiting how much symbolic power any other individual can accumulate.\u201d (Tom Ginsburg)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-background wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"background-color:#e0eafa;font-size:22px\">\u201cThe United States once judged that the world would be safer with China inside rather than outside the international system. That bet largely paid off and is still better than the alternative. Leaders in the United States and China should\u00a0utilize\u00a0bilateral and multilateral forums, like the Group of 20, to discuss steps each side could take to move away from the brink. A good place to start would be military operations around Taiwan, including the reduction of Chinese\u00a0maneuvers\u00a0across the \u201cmedian line,\u201d an unofficial buffer line, of the Taiwan Strait. Beijing\u2019s actions have undermined the credibility of its\u00a0assurances\u00a0that it prefers to resolve differences across the Taiwan Strait peacefully.\u201d(Jessica Chen Weiss)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp;\u201cAmerican democracy is likely to survive four years of Trump. The country has a resilient political culture and a federal constitution that encourages checks and balances. There is a reasonable chance that Democrats will regain control of the House of Representatives in the 2026 elections. Moreover, civil society remains strong, and the courts independent. 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