instaurer

Il faisait allusion à la mise en application de sanctions par l’administration Reagan contre la Pologne, en 1981, après que ce pays du bloc de l’Est eut instauré la loi martiale en réaction à la montée en puissance du mouvement Solidarnosc.
He was referring to the implementation of sanctions by the Reagan administration against Poland in 1981 after the East Bloc nation had instituted martial law in response to the rise of the Solidarnosc movement.
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