| ADR | Alternative Dispute Resolution |
| CDA | Critical Discourse Analysis |
| GMU | George Mason University |
| HSRB | Human Subjects Review Board |
| ICG | International Crisis Group |
| Imagine Center | Imagine Center for Conflict Transformation |
| ISIL | Islamic State of Levant |
| LGBTI | Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Intersex |
| NATO | North Atlantic Treaty Organization |
| NGO | Non-Governmental Organization |
| NK | Nagorno-Karabakh |
| NKAO | Nagorno-Karabakh Autonomous Oblast |
| OSCE | Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe |
| PAR | Participatory Action Research |
| PSW | Problem-Solving Workshop |
| S-CAR | School for Conflict Analysis and Resolution |
| SSR | Soviet Socialist Republic |
