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.

  • 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

  • National Security Agency Surveillance

    • In a letter to the EFF, AT&T objected to the filing of the documents in any manner, saying that they contain sensitive trade secrets and could be "used to 'hack' into the AT&T network, compromising its integrity. " [103] However, Chief Judge Vaughn Walker stated, during the September 12, 2008 hearing in the class-action lawsuit filed by the EFF, that the Klein evidence could be presented in court, effectively ruling that AT&T's trade secret and security claims were unfounded.
    • National Security Agency (NSA) as part of the war on terror.
    • All wiretapping of American citizens by the National Security Agency requires a warrant from a three-judge court set up under the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act.
    • The exact scope of the program is not known, but the NSA is, or was, given total and unsupervised access to all fiber-optic communications going between some of the nation's major telecommunication companies' major interconnect locations, including phone conversations, email, web browsing, and corporate private network traffic.
    • National Security Agency.

  • The First and Fourth Amendments and Issues of Terrorism and Security

    • Issues on privacy created new grounds for citizens to battle the constitutionality of security policies enacted after September 11th.
    • Since September 11, 2001, a number of high-profile incidents and security scares have occurred in Washington, D.C.
    • All wiretapping of American citizens by the National Security Agency requires a warrant from a three-judge court set up under the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act.
    • Publicizing information as part of the First Amendment has produced legal and security repercussions between the citizens and the government.
    • National Security Agency.

  • Immigration and Border Security

    • Immigration and border security are two important issues for United States policy.
    • Immigration and border security are two important issues for U.S. policy.
    • Illegal immigrants are those non-citizens who enter the United States without government permission and are in violation of United States nationality law or stay beyond the termination date of a visa, also in violation of the law.
    • The challenge of illegal immigration is closely linked with that of border security, the concept of which is related to the persistent threat of terrorism.
    • Border security includes the protection of land borders, ports, and airports and after the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks, many questioned whether the threat posed by the largely unchecked 3,017 mile Canadian border, the 1,933 mile Mexican border, and the many unsecured ports.

  • The United Nations

    • The United Nations (UN) is an intergovernmental, international organization consisting of all 193 states in the world, whose stated aims are facilitating cooperation in international law, international security, economic development, social progress, human rights, and the achievement of world peace.
    • In 1945, the UN officially came into existence upon ratification of the United Nations Charter by the five then-permanent members of the Security Council—France, the Republic of China, the Soviet Union, the United Kingdom and the United States—and by a majority of the other 46 signatories.
    • The Security Council (UNSC) is charged with maintaining peace and security among countries.
    • One of the main objectives of the UN is peacekeeping and security .
    • The United States is a charter member of the United Nations and one of five permanent members of the UN Security Council.

  • Collective Military Force

    • Collective security can be understood as a security arrangement, regional or global, in which each state in the system accepts that the security of one is the concern of all, and agrees to join in a collective response to threats to, and breaches of, the peace.
    • The collective security organization then becomes an arena for diplomacy.
    • The UN is often provided as the primary example of collective security.
    • Bush deployed American forces into Saudi Arabia, and an array of nations joined the coalition.
    • In this conflict, the UN, the US, and other nations were united into a military force that successfully propelled the Iraqi aggressor out of sovereign Kuwait.

  • World War I and the League of Nations

    • The League of Nations was created as an international organization after WWI.
    • Its primary goals, as stated in its Covenant, included preventing wars through collective security and disarmament, and settling international disputes through negotiation and arbitration.
    • At the height of its development, from 28 September 1934 to 23 February 1935, it had 58 member nations.
    • The countries on the map represent those that have been involved with the League of Nations.
    • Explain the historical rise and fall of the League of Nations after World War I