doldrums (en)

(noun plural) a spell of listlessness or despondency / (noun plural) a part of the ocean near the equator abounding in calms, squalls, and light shifting winds / (noun plural) a state or period of inactivity, stagnation, or slump

European Monetary System (en)

an arrangement established in 1979 under the Jenkins European Commission where most of the EEC linked their currencies to prevent large fluctuations relative to one another (after the demise of Bretton Woods); replaced the informal EEC agreement to prevent rate fluctuations of 2.25%+; created the ECU (fluctuations within narrow band of 2.25% or wide band of 6%); Deutsch Mark informally emerged as the centre of this arrangement

gendarmes (en)

(noun) a member of a body of soldiers especially in France serving as an armed police force for the maintenance of public order / (noun) police officer

planification (en)

the management of resources according to a plan of economic or political development (from the French planifier)

rapprochement (en)

(especially in international affairs) an establishment or resumption of harmonious relations

Yalta Conference (en)

held from February 4 to 11 in Yalta, USSR, 1945; FDR, Churchill and Stalin met to discuss Europe's postwar reorganization