Research Article

The Resilience of the Multirelational Structure of Geopolitical Treaties is Critically Linked to Past Colonial World Order and Offshore Fiscal Havens

Table 1

List of the geopolitical treaties considered in this study.

NamesDescriptions

AUAfrican Union
ACTOAmazon Cooperation Treaty Organization
ABCAAmerican-British-Canadian-Australian-New Zealand Armies
ACAndean Community
APAAnglo-Portuguese Alliance
ALArab League
AMUArab Maghreb Union
AFTAASEAN Free Trade Area
APECAsia-Pacific Economic Cooperation
APTAAsia-Pacific Trade Agreement
ACSAssociation of Caribbean States
BRICSAssociation of Emerging Economies
ASEANAssociation of Southeast Asian Nations
ANZCERTAAustralia-New Zealand Closer economic agreement
ANZUSAustralia-New Zealand-United States security treaty
BABaltic assembly
BNSBaltic naval squadron
BIMSTECBay of Bengal Initiative for Multisectoral Technical and Economic Cooperation
BENELUXBenelux Union
BSECBlack Sea Economic Cooperation
ALBABolivarian Alliance for the Peoples of our America
CARICOMCaribbean Community
SICACentral American Integration system
CEFTACentral European Free Trade Agreement
CSTOCollective Security Treaty Organization
CEZCommon Economic Zone
COMESACommon Market for Eastern and Southern Africa
CISCommonwealth of Independent States
CISFTACommonwealth of Independent States Free Trade Area
CONCommonwealth of Nations
CELACCommunity of Latin American and Caribbean States
CENSADCommunity of Sahel-Saharan States
CCTSCooperation Council of Turkic-speaking states
CAFTADRDominican Republic-Central America FTA
EACEast African Community
CEMACEconomic and Monetary Community of Central Africa
ECCASEconomic Community of Central African states
ECGLCEconomic Community of the Great Lakes Countries
ECOWASEconomic Community of West African states
ECOEconomic Cooperation Organization
EAEUEurasian Economic Union
EMFTAEuro-Mediterranean Free Trade Area
EEAEuropean Economic Area
EFTAEuropean Free Trade Association
EUEuropean Union
FVEYFive Eyes/UKUSA
FPDAFive Power Defense Arrangements
SSEURFourteen Eyes
GSTPGlobal System of Trade Preferences among developing countries
GAFTAGreater Arab Free Trade Area/PAFTA
GCCGulf Cooperation Council
IOCIndian Ocean Commission
RIOPACTInter-American Treaty of Reciprocal Assistance
IADIntergovernmental Authority on Development
LHTLancaster House Treaties
LAESLatin American Economic System
LAIALatin American Integration Association
MRUMano River Union
MGCMekong-Ganga Cooperation
MSGMelanesian Spearhead Group
EUROZONEMonetary Union of EU
MATFMoroccan-American Treaty of Friendship
NCNordic Council
NAFTANorth American Free Trade Agreement
NATONorth Atlantic Treaty Organization
OECSOrganization of Eastern Caribbean States
GUAMOrganization for Democracy and Economic Development
OASOrganization of American States
TAKMOrganization of the Eurasian Law Enforcement Agencies with Military Status
OPECOrganization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries
PAPacific Alliance
PICTAPacific Island Countries Trade Agreement
PIFPacific Islands Forum
PATCRAPapua New Guinea-Australia Trade and Commercial Relations Agreement
PSFPeninsula Shield Force
PTNProtocol on Trade Negotiations
SCOShanghai Cooperation Organization
SAARCSouth Asian Association for Regional Cooperation/SAPTA
SAFTASouth Asian Free Trade Area
ZPCASSouth Atlantic Peace and Cooperation Zone
SKUSASouth Korea-United States Alliance
SACUSouthern African Customs Union
SADCSouthern African Development Community
MERCOSURSouthern Common Market
SICOFAASystem of Cooperation among the American Air Forces
TPSEPTrans-Pacific Strategic Economic Partnership
TMCSTreaty of Mutual Cooperation and Security
USMEFTA1U.S-Middle East Free Trade Area
USMEFTA2U.S-Middle East Free Trade Area
USMEFTA3U.S-Middle East Free Trade Area
USMEFTA4U.S-Middle East Free Trade Area
USMEFTA5U.S-Middle East Free Trade Area
UFMUnion for the Mediterranean
UNASURUnion of South American Nations
USRBUnion State of Russia and Belarus
UPMDTUSA-Philippines Mutual Defense Treaty
V4Visegrad Four
UEMOAWest African Economic and Monetary union
WAMZWest African Monetary Zone
WTOWorld Trade Organization