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AES seems to be more popular even in English but there is at least one source that uses ASS https://www.economist.com/the-world-this-week/2023/09/21/politics Inteloff ( talk) 14:28, 8 December 2023 (UTC) reply

@ Bkonrad The abbrevation used in the media is ASS [1] [2] [3], not AoSS. Scu ba ( talk) 19:02, 2 April 2024 (UTC) reply

OK, thanks for providing sources. I had noticed that the second source referenced in the article used AoSS and at the time, I did not see any other of the current references use ASS. older ≠ wiser 20:21, 2 April 2024 (UTC) reply