Igraljnie karti shablon dlya pechati. Raja Mohan, Crossing the Rubicon: The Shaping of India's Foreign Policy, New Delhi: Viking. 21st Century: More Than Words, New York: Routledge, 2007, p. 20 July 2006, www.congress.gov/109/crpt/srpt288/CRPT-109srpt288.pdf, p. Mohan, a New Delhi-based journalist, has written a well-researched and thoughtful account of the Indian government's reshaping of its policy orientations. Crossing the Rubicon: The Shaping of India's New Foreign Policy.

If you cross the Rubicon, you make an important decision which cannot be changed and which will have very important consequences. Today the Government has crossed the Rubicon in favour of the Euro. In England and Wales the Rubicon has been crossed regarding the charging of fees to students. Note: This expression is variable, for example people sometimes talk about the crossing of the Rubicon or a crossing of the Rubicon. Such a decision would be a crossing of the Rubicon.

Note: Sometimes this important decision is referred to as a person's Rubicon. There would be no turning back; if he was making a big mistake, this was his Rubicon. Note: The Rubicon was a small river which separated Roman Italy from Gaul, the province ruled by Julius Caesar. Caesar crossed the Rubicon in 49 BC, invaded Roman Italy, and started a civil war. `The die is cast' is based on the same incident.