BNL |
Banca Nazionale del Lavoro |
CAAT |
Campaign Against the Arms Trade |
CCL |
Commercial Control List |
CERN |
European Organization for Nuclear Research |
CIA |
Central Intelligence Agency |
COTS |
commercial-off-the-shelf |
CREW |
Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington |
DARPA |
Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency |
DIP |
Defense Industrial Participation |
DoD |
US Department of Defense |
DoJ |
Department of Justice |
EU |
European Union |
FBI |
Federal Bureau of Investigation |
FCPA |
Foreign Corrupt Practices Act |
GDP |
gross domestic product |
GI |
Government Defence Anti-Corruption Index |
ICBM |
intercontinental ballistic missile |
ISIS |
Islamic State of Iraq and Syria |
LCS |
littoral combat ship |
MIT |
Massachusetts Institute of Technology |
MOD |
UK Ministry of Defence |
North Atlantic Treaty Organization |
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NGOs |
nongovernmental organizations |
NSA |
National Security Agency |
NSDD |
National Security Decision Directive |
OCO |
Overseas Contingency Operations |
PDB |
President’s Daily Brief |
R&D |
research and development |
RPG |
rocket-propelled grenade |
RPF |
Rwandan Patriotic Front |
SFO |
UK Serious Fraud Office |
SIPRI |
Stockholm International Peace Research Institute |
SPLM/A |
Sudan People’s Liberation Movement and Army |
UAE |
United Arab Emirates |
UN |
United Nations |
USAID |
US Agency for International Development |
VVIP |
Very Very Important Person |