the-evolution-of-international-security-studies

list of abbreviationsxiiiIFSHIISSINFIPEIPRAIPSHUIRISAISSJPRLNWLSEMADMICMTCRNATONGONNWSNoDNORDSAMNPTNUPINWFZNWSOSCEPADRIGUPfPPRIFPRIMEPRIORANDRAWARMARSCTRUSISALTSDISIPRIInstitute for Peace Research and Security Policy at HamburgUniversityInternational Institute for Strategic StudiesIntermediate-range Nuclear ForcesInternational Political EconomyInternational Peace Research AssociationInstitute for Peace Science Hiroshima UniversityInternational RelationsInternational Studies AssociationInternational Security StudiesJournal of Peace ResearchLimited nuclear warLondon School of Economics and Political ScienceMutually Assured DestructionMilitary–industrial complexMissile Technology Control RegimeNorth Atlantic Treaty OrganizationNon-government organisationNon-nuclear weapon statesNon-offensive defenceNordic Cooperation Committee for International PoliticsNuclear Non-Proliferation TreatyNorsk Utenrikspolitisk Institutt/Norwegian Institute ofInternational AffairsNuclear weapon free zoneNuclear weapon statesOrganisation for Security and Co-operation in EuropeDepartment for Peace and Development Research, University ofGothenburgPartnership for PeacePeace Research Institute FrankfurtPeace Research Institute in the Middle EastInternational Peace Research Institute, OsloResearch and Development (non-profit think-tank that grew out ofthe United States Army Air Forces)Revolutionary Association of the Women of AfghanistanRevolution in Military AffairsRegional security complex theoryRoyal United Services InstituteStrategic Arms Limitation TalksStrategic Defense InitiativeStockholm International Peace Research Institute