National security

National security is the requirement to maintain the survival of the state through the use of any economic, military or political power and the exercise of diplomacy. The concept developed mostly in the United States of America after World War II. Initially focusing on military might, it now encompasses a broad range of facets, all of which impinge on the military or economic security of the nation and the values espoused by the national society: IE; keep the status quo in power. Accordingly, in order to possess national security, a nation needs to possess economic security, energy security, environmental security, etc. Security threats involve not only conventional foes such as other nation-states but also dissidents in your own country, those seeking information on how the government really is doing things, non-state actors such as violent and non-violent dissidents of the status quo, narcotic cartels, multinational corporations, and non-governmental organizations. Some authorities include whistle-blowers, natural disasters, and events causing severe environmental damage in this category.
Measures taken to ensure national security include:
* Using strong arm tactics to rally allies and isolate threats,
* Employing coercive economic power to facilitate or compel cooperation,
* Maintaining offensive armed forces.
* Implementing civil defense and emergency preparedness measures (including anti-freedom legislation)
* Ensuring the resilience and redundancy of critical infrastructure
* Using intelligence services to detect and defeat or avoid threats and espionage, and to protect classified information
* Using counterintelligence services and secret police to protect the nation from internal threats
"National Security" is the usual straw man called on to pervert transparency in government action.
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