national security

(noun)

The safety of a country as managed through the exercise of economic and political power, intelligence agencies and diplomacy.

Related Terms

Examples of national security in the following topics:

  • National Security Policy

    • National security policies, designed to protect the state, include military security as well as non-military security.
    • In order to possess national security, a nation needs to possess economic security, energy security, and environmental security, in addition to a strong military.
    • Military security was the earliest recognized form of national security.
    • Economic security is also a part of national security.
    • Economic security today is, arguably, as important a part of national security as military security.

  • Providing National Security

    • National security is the protection of the state through a variety of means that include military might, economic power, and diplomacy.
    • These organizations include the Department of Defense, the Department of Homeland Security, the Central Intelligence Agency, and the White House National Security Council.
    • There are a variety of governmental departments and agencies within the United States that are responsible for developing policies to ensure national security.
    • The White House National Security Council is the principal forum used by the President for considering national security and foreign policy matters with his senior national security advisers, and Cabinet officials.
    • the Central Intelligence Agency, responsible for providing national security intelligence assessments

  • Privacy Rights and National Security

    • National security practices impact privacy rights for the well-being and domestic security of the United States.
    • Truman signed the National Security Act of 1947 on July 26, 1947.
    • The Act did not define national security.
    • The realization that national security encompasses more than just military security was present early on.
    • National Security Act of 1947 was set up to advise the President on the integration of domestic, military and foreign policies relating to national security.

  • National Security

    • As a measure to ensure national security in the midst of the Cold War, President Truman signed the National Security Act of 1947 on July 26, 1947 .
    • Aside from the military reorganization, the act established the National Security Council, a central place of coordination for national security policy in the executive branch, and the Central Intelligence Agency, the U.S.' s first peacetime intelligence agency.
    • Similarly, the Joint Chiefs of Staff was officially established under the original National Security Act of 1947.
    • Truman signed the National Security Act in 1947, which realigned and reorganized the U.S.
    • Outline the ways in which the Cold War shaped U.S. national security policy

  • National Security Argument

    • National security protectionist arguments pertain to the risk of dependency upon other nations for economic sustainability.
    • This results in a substantial national security threat in the form of conflicting or offensive trade strategies between countries.
    • This is a fundamental foundation for the trade protectionism logic from a national security perspective.
    • Combining these ideas, it is clear that there is substantial national security value to trade protectionism.
    • Evaluate the arguments in favor of the use of trade protectionism in the security industry

  • Defending the Nation

    • The White House National Security Council is the principal forum used by the President of the United States for considering national security and foreign policy matters with his senior national security advisors and Cabinet officials.
    • Truman, the function of the Council has been to advise and assist the President on national security and foreign policies.
    • Council also has counterparts in the national security councils of many other nations.
    • The National Security Council is chaired by the President.
    • Identify the main function of the United States National Security Council

  • Securities Acts Amendments of 1975

    • The 1975 amendments are to establish a national market system for the nationwide clearance and settlement of securities transactions.
    • The 1975 amendments, also called the National Exchange Market System Act, directed the securities and exchange commission to work with the industry toward establishing a national market system together with a system for the nationwide clearance and settlement of securities transactions.
    • A national market system plan (or NMS plan) is a structured method of transmitting securities transactions in real-time.
    • In the United States, national market systems are governed by section 11A of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934.
    • In 1972, before the SEC began its pursuit of a national market system, the market for securities was quite fragmented.

  • Securities Exchange Act of 1934

    • The Securities Exchange Act of 1934 is a law governing the secondary trading of securities, financial markets and their participants.
    • This system is called NASDAQ, standing for the National Association of Securities Dealers Automated Quotation System.
    • In 1938, the Exchange Act was amended by the Maloney Act, which authorized the formation and registration of national securities associations to supervise the conduct of their members subject to the oversight of the SEC.
    • That amendment led to the creation of the National Association of Securities Dealers, Inc. - the NASD, which is a Self-Regulatory Organization (or SRO).
    • Define how the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 regulates the US securities markets

  • Securities Act of 1933

    • If person A registers a sale of securities to person B, and then person B seeks to resell those securities, person B must still either file a registration statement or find an available exemption.
    • Many transactions are exempt from regulation under the Securities Act.
    • For public offerings, the main requirement of the Securities Act is registration.
    • the average weekly reported volume of trading in the securities on all national securities exchanges for the preceding four weeks
    • Securities and Exchange Commission (frequently abbreviated SEC) is a federal agency, which holds primary responsibility for enforcing the federal securities laws and regulating the securities industry

  • Social Security Legislation

    • European nations generally have more robust programs to assist needy citizens than the United States.
    • La sécu and other social security programs provide welfare benefits for all of a country's residents while social security in the United States assists the nation's elderly citizens.
    • Prior to 1935 and the passage of the Social Security Act, social security did not exist in the United States.
    • But how does social security work?
    • If the laws governing social security are not changed by 2017, social security will pay out more funds than it takes in.