| BRICS |
Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa |
| CES |
Center for Exchange and Solidarity |
| COIN |
counterinsurgency strategy |
| DDR |
Disarmament, Demobilisation and Reintegration |
| ECOSOC |
UN Economic and Social Council |
| IFIs |
International Financial Institutions |
| IMF |
International Monetary Fund |
| INGOs |
international non-governmental organisations |
| IOs |
international organisations |
| IR |
International Relations |
| LTTE |
The Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam |
| MDG |
Millennium Development Goals |
| NGOs |
non-governmental organisations |
| OECD-DAC |
OECD Development Assistance Committee |
| OSCE |
Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe |
| PBC |
UN Peacebuilding Commission |
| RAMSI |
Regional Assistance Mission to Solomon Islands |
| SSR |
Security Sector Reform |
| UNDP |
United Nations Development Programme |
| UNDPKO |
UN Department of Peacekeeping Operations |
| UNMIK |
UN Interim Administration Mission in Kosovo |
| UNTAC |
UN Transitional Authority in Cambodia |
| USAID |
US Agency for International Development |
| WTO |
World Trade Organization |