From Superpower to Besieged Global Power: Restoring World Order after the Failure of the Bush Doctrine

List of Acronyms

ix Acronyms ABM Antiballistic missile ACOTA Africa Contingency Operations Training ACRI African Crisis Response Initiative AENF Alliance of Eritrea National Forces AFRICOM African Command (U.S.) AGOA African Growth and Opportunity Act AMT Alternate minimum tax ANP National Popular Army (Algerian intelligence organization) AP Associated Press APEC Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation ARF ASEAN Regional Forum ASEAN Association of Southeast Asian Nations ATU Antiterror unit BJP Bharatiya Janata Party (India) BMD Ballistic missile defense BMENA Broader Middle East and North Africa CAA Conference of American Armies CACM Central American Common Market CARICOM Caribbean Common Market CBO Congressional Budget Office CCP Chinese Communist Party CEE Central and Eastern Europe CENTCOM Central Command (U.S.) CENTO Central Treaty Organization CFC Combined forces command CFE Conventional forces in Europe CFSP Common Foreign and Security Policy (EU) CIA Central Intelligence Agency CICTC Committee against Terrorism (OAS) CIS Commonwealth of Independent States CJTF-HOA Combined Joint Task Force–Horn of Africa CPA Coalition Provisional Authority (Iraq) CTB Comprehensive test ban CVID Complete, verifiable, and irreversible dismantlement CWC Chemical Weapons Convention DCI Defense Capabilities Initiative (NATO) DFI Direct foreign investment DOD Department of Defense DPP Democratic People’s Party (Taiwan) DPRK Democratic People’s Republic of Korea DPT Democratic peace theory DRS Department of Intelligence and Security (Algeria) DRVN Democratic Republic of Vietnam EAS East Asian Summit EASI East Asia Security Initiative EC European Community ENP European Neighborhood Policy (EU) ESDI European Security and Defense Identity ESDP European Security and Defense Policy (EU) ESS European Security Strategy EU European Union EUCOM European Union (Forces) Command FBI Federal Bureau of Investigation FISA Federal Intelligence Surveillance Act FTA Free trade area FTAA Free Trade Area of the Americas FY Fiscal year FYRM Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia GAP Grey area phenomenon GATT General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade GDP Gross domestic product GIA Groupe Islamique Armé GNP Gross national product GOP Grand Old (Republican) Party GSDF Ground Self-Defense Force (Japan) GUAM Georgia, Ukraine, Azerbaijan, and Moldova GUUAM Georgia, Ukraine, Uzbekistan, Azerbaijan, and Moldova GWOT Global war on terrorism HUMINT Human intelligence IAEA International Atomic Energy Agency IATRA Inter-American Treaty of Reciprocal Assistance ICC International Criminal Court x List of Acronyms IDB Inter-American Development Bank IED Improvised explosive device IFI International financial institution IFOR Implementation Force (Bosnia-Herzegovina) IGO International governmental organization IMET International military education and training IMF International Monetary Fund INC Inter-American Naval Conference ISAF International Security Assistance Force (NATO) ISI Inter-Services Intelligence (Pakistan) JCATS Joint Combined Arms Training System JDA Japanese Defense Agency JSA Justice and Home Affairs (EU) JSP Japan Socialist Party LDP Liberal Democratic Party (Japan) LoC Line of control (Kashmir) LRA Lord’s Resistance Army (in Uganda) MCA Millennium Challenge Account MEPI Middle East Partnership Initiative MERCOSUR Common Market of the South MFN Most favored nation MINUSTAH U.N. Mission to Haiti MLAT Mutual Legal Assistance Treaty MOOTW Military operation other than war MTCR Missile Technology Control Regime NAFTA North American Free Trade Agreement NATO North American Treaty Organization NDP National Democratic Party (Egypt) NEPAD New Partnership for Africa’s Development NGO Nongovernmental organization NMD National missile defense NPT Non-Proliferation Treaty NRF NATO Response Force NSA National Security Agency NSC National Security Council NSSP Next steps in strategic partnership (India–U.S.) OAS Organization of American States OAS/CICAD OAS Drug Abuse Control Commission ODED Organization for Democracy and Economic Development (GUAM) OECD Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development List of Acronyms xi OFDI Outward foreign direct investment OHR Operation of the High Representative (Bosnia-Herzegovina) OIC Organization of Islamic Countries ONUMOZ U.N. Observer Mission in Mozambique ONUSAL U.N. Observer Mission in El Salvador OSCE Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe PAS Pan-Malaysian Islamic Party PKK Kurdistan Workers’ Party PLA People’s Liberation Army (China) PNE Peaceful nuclear explosion PRC People’s Republic of China PRRI Revolutionary Government of the Indonesian Republic PSI Pan Sahel Initiative PSI Proliferation Security Initiative (U.S.) RMA Revolution in Military Affairs RMB Renminbi ROK Republic of Korea RUF Revolutionary United Front (Liberia) R&D Research and development SAP Structural Adjustment Program SCO Shanghai Cooperation Organization SDF Self-Defense Force (Japan) SEATO Southeast Asian Treaty Organization SES Single Economic Space (CIS) SFPR Stabilization Forces (Bosnia-Herzegovina) SICOFAA System of Cooperation among the American Air Forces SIOP Single integrated operation plan SOC Special Operations Command (U.S.) SORT Strategic Offensive (Arms) Reduction Treaty SOUTHCOM Southern Command (U...