| aiib | Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank |
| ant | Actor-Network Theory |
| bri | Belt and Road Initiative |
| brics | Brazil, Russia, India, China, and South Africa |
| cfsp | Common Foreign and Security Policy |
| deei | Directorate for Enterprises and International Economy |
| dme | Dependent Market Economies |
| ecj | European Court of Justice |
| eeas | European External Action Service |
| egc | European General Court |
| enp | European Neighbourhood Policy |
| e.o. | Executive Order |
| EU | European Union |
| fac | Foreign Affairs Council |
| fpa | Foreign Policy Analysis |
| gdp | Gross Domestic Product |
| g7 | Group of Seven |
| instex | Instrument in Support of Trade Exchanges |
| ipe | International Political Economy |
| ipt | International Practice Theory |
| ir | International Relations |
| JCPoA | Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action |
| lme | Liberal Market Economies |
| mfa | Ministry of Foreign Affairs |
| nato | North Atlantic Treaty Organization |
| oecd | Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development |
| ofac | Office of Foreign Assets Control |
| opcw | Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons |
| opps | Obligatory Passage Points |
| poe | Privately Owned Enterprise |
| r2p | Responsibility to Protect |
| SeME | State-enhanced Market Economies |
| sme | Small and Medium-sized Enterprise |
| soe | State Owned Enterprise |
| tfeu | Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union |
| UN | United Nations |
| unsc | United Nations Security Council |