The Asia-Pacific Security Lexicon (Upated 2nd Edition)

List of Abbreviations

ABBREVIATIONS ABAC APEC Business Advisory Council ABM Anti-Ballistic Missile - normally followed by “Treaty” ACD Asian Cooperation Dialogue AFTA ASEAN Free Trade Agreement AMM ASEAN Ministerial Meeting ANZUS Australia, New Zealand, United States [Treaty] APA ASEAN People’s Assembly APCET Asia-Pacific Coalition for East Timor APEC Asia-Pacific Economic Co-operation APSD Asia-Pacific Security Dialogue ARF ASEAN Regional Forum ASA Association of Southeast Asia ASEAN Association of Southeast Asian Nations ASEM Asia-Europe Meeting CAEC Council for Asia-Europe Cooperation CANCHIS Canada-China Seminar on Regional Multilateralism CASAP Council forAlternative Security in theAsia-Pacific CBMs confidence-building measures CDE Conference on Disarmament in Europe CINCPAC Commander in Chief, U.S. Pacific Command vii 00 A_PacSecurityLexiconPrelims 9/24/07, 9:00 AM 7 CPM Communist Party of Malaysia CSBMs confidence- and security-building measures CSCA Conference on Security and Cooperation in Asia CSCAP Council for Security Cooperation in the Asia Pacific CSCE Conference on Security and Cooperation in Europe CUA concerted unilateral action DFAIT Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade (Canada) DFAT Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (Australia) DPRK Democratic People’s Republic of Korea EAEC East Asia Economic Caucus EAS East Asia Summit EASI East Asia Strategy Initiative EPG Eminent Persons Group EU European Union FPDA Five Power Defence Arrangements G7 Group of Seven GATT General Agreement on Trade and Tariffs GDP gross domestic product GNP gross national product HR House Resolution IAEA International Atomic Energy Agency ICISS International Commission on Intervention and State Sovereignty IISS International Institute for Strategic Studies IMF International Monetary Fund INCSEA Incidents at Sea Agreement ISG inter-sessional support group ISIS Institutes for Strategic and International Studies ISM inter-sessional meeting JCAPS Joint Centre for Asia Pacific Studies KEDO Korean Peninsula Energy Development Organization MBFR Mutual Balanced Force Reduction Talks MFN most-favoured-nation MITI Ministry for International Trade and Industry MOF Ministry of Finance MOFA Ministry of Foreign Affairs MRMs mutual reassurance measures ABBREVIATIONS viii 00 A_PacSecurityLexiconPrelims 9/24/07, 9:00 AM 8 MST Mutual Security Treaty MTCR Missile Technology Control Regime NAFTA North American Free Trade Agreement NATO North Atlantic Treaty Organization NEACD Northeast Asia Cooperation Dialogue NEASD Northeast Asia Security Dialogue NEAT Network of East Asian Think-tanks NEP New Economic Policy NGOs non-governmental organizations NLD National League for Democracy NPCSD North Pacific Cooperative Security Dialogue NPT Non-Proliferation Treaty NSC National Security Council ODA official development assistance OSCE Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe PAMS Pacific Armies Management Seminar PBEC Pacific Basin Economic Council PBF Pacific Business Forum PDSAP Peace, Disarmament and Symbiosis in the Asia-Pacific PECC Pacific Economic Cooperation Conference PKO peacekeeping operations PLA People’s Liberation Army PMC Post-Ministerial Conference PRC People’s Republic of China ROK Republic of Korea SAPA Solidarity for Asian People’s Advocacy SARS severe acute respiratory syndrome SDF self-defence force SDSC Strategic and Defence Studies Centre SEANWFZ Southeast Asia Nuclear Weapons Free Zone SEATO Southeast Asia Treaty Organization SLOCs sea lines of communication SLORC State Law and Order Restoration Council SOM Senior Officials Meeting SPDC State Peace and Development Council START Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty TAC Treaty of Amity and Cooperation TBMs trust-building measures TCOG Trilateral Coordination and Oversight Group U.N. United Nations ABBREVIATIONS ix 00 A_PacSecurityLexiconPrelims 9/24/07, 9:00 AM 9 UNDP United Nations Development Programme U.S. United States USSR Union of Soviet Socialist Republics WMD Weapons of Mass Destruction WPNS Western Pacific Naval Symposium WTO World Trade Organization ZOPFAN Zone of Peace, Freedom and Neutrality ABBREVIATIONS x 00 A_PacSecurityLexiconPrelims 9/24/07, 9:00 AM 10 ...