AFET

(European Parliament’s) Foreign Affairs Committee

AIIB

Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank

AU

African Union

BRICS

Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa

CRA

Contingent Reserve Arrangement

CSTO

Collective Security Treaty Organization

EaP

Eastern Partnership

ENP

European Neighbourhood Policy

EU

European Union

GCC

Gulf Cooperation Council

ICANN

Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers

IMF

International Monetary Fund

IS

Islamic State

ITU

(UN) International Telecommunication Union

MENA

Middle East and North Africa

MINUSMA

(UN) Multidimensional Integrated Stabilization Mission in Mali

NDB

New development Bank

NPT

Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty

PLA

(Chinese) People’s Liberation Army

R2P

Responsibility to Protect

RP

Responsible Protection

RwP

Responsibility while Protecting

SCO

Shanghai Cooperation Organization

TPP

Trans-Pacific Partnership

TTIP

Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership

UAE

United Arab Emirates

UNSC

United Nations Security Council

US

United States

WMD

Weapons of Mass Destruction

WTO

World Trade Organization