List of abbreviations CEFTA – Central European Free Trade Agreement CSDP- Common Security and Defence Policy COVID- Coronavirus Disease DDoS – Distributed Denial of Service DPMNE – Democratic Party for Macedonian National Unity DUI – Driving Under the Influence EC – European Commission EC – European Community EUFOR – European Force EU – European Union FYROM- Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia IPAP- Individual Partnership Action Plan(for NATO) ICTY – International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia HELBROC – Battlegroup- EU BG) an acronym of its first member States, namely HELlas, Bulgaria, Romania, Cyprus KFOR – Kosovo Force KLA – Kosovo Liberation Army MAP – Membership Action Plan NATO- North Atlantic Treaty Organisation NSPO- NATO Support and Procurement Organisation NSSRS- National Security Strategy of the Republic of Serbia OSCE- Organisation for Security and Co-operation in Europe PARC- Partnership for the Assessment of Risks from Chemicals PTEC – Partnership Training and Education Centres SANU – Serbian Academy of Sciences and Arts SDSM- Social Democratic Union of Macedonia 12 NATIONAL SECURITY CULTURES- A VIEW FROM THE BALKANS