política de bloques

English translation: bloc politics

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Spanish term or phrase:política de bloques
English translation:bloc politics
Entered by: Lydia De Jorge

18:31 Aug 16, 2013
Spanish to English translations [PRO]
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Spanish term or phrase: política de bloques
En la actualidad China y USA se miran de reojo con desconfianza pues las decisiones de uno y otro tienen siempre consecuencias reciprocas. Los chinos han renunciado a expandir su ideología y desean que occidente haga lo mismo. Todo esto podría suponer volver a la peligrosa política de bloques que surgió tras las guerras mundiales, pero con una diferencia fundamental: entonces nació de la aplicación de la fuerza; aquí de decisiones que toman los propios pueblos, a semejanza de los que solicitan hoy entrar en la Unión Europea.

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Lydia De Jorge
United States
Local time: 03:04
block politics
Explanation:
Why not?

Foreign Scholar eyes on the Rise of China | China Defense Mashup
China is good bet for them because of its economic robustness. ... it kept itself aloof from the cold war block politics and successfully launched the NAM, ...
www.china-defense-mashup.com/foreign-scholar-eyes-on-the... - Cached
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AllegroTrans
United Kingdom
Local time: 08:04
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Thank you. I changed to 'bloc'.
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Summary of answers provided
3 +5block politics
AllegroTrans
4 +1bloc policy
Billh
4politics of blocs
Joss Heywood
3politicking
jude dabo


  

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4 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): +5
block politics


Explanation:
Why not?

Foreign Scholar eyes on the Rise of China | China Defense Mashup
China is good bet for them because of its economic robustness. ... it kept itself aloof from the cold war block politics and successfully launched the NAM, ...
www.china-defense-mashup.com/foreign-scholar-eyes-on-the... - Cached

AllegroTrans
United Kingdom
Local time: 08:04
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Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 123
Grading comment
Thank you. I changed to 'bloc'.

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  philgoddard: Bloc gets more hits.
4 mins
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agree  Wendy Streitparth: with phil
28 mins
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agree  Edward Tully
1 hr
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agree  Charles Davis: "Bloc" (not because it gets more hits but because that's how it's spelt); "politics", not "policy".
2 hrs
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agree  James A. Walsh
23 hrs
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7 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +1
bloc policy


Explanation:
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Note added at 9 mins (2013-08-16 18:41:13 GMT)
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The case of Titoism is instructive in this regard, and was used by Western decision-makers as an, important measure of fealty to Moscow's direction of bloc policy

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Note added at 10 mins (2013-08-16 18:41:38 GMT)
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https://www.mtholyoke.edu/acad/intrel/macdon.htm

Billh
Local time: 08:04
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 27

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Gordon Byron: "bloc" is the correct term which indicates alliances designed to force an opposing "bloc" to succumb to, if nothing else, diplomacy - google it
10 mins
  -> Thanks Gordon
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23 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
politics of blocs


Explanation:
This is solely a matter of emphasis - I think this phrasing will make the word "bloc" stand out more, as the distinguishing mark of international politics of the time. It was "dangerous" because each side tried to make its bloc exclusive, to force its "allies" to have nothing to do with the other bloc.

Joss Heywood
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politicking


Explanation:
partisan activites

jude dabo
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