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Issues of national security are no longer simple!
ISSUES OF NATIONAL SECURITY ARE NO LONGER SIMPLE!
© 2015 albert-learning.com
Issues of national security are no longer simple!
VOCABULARY
Biological weapons Deadly viruses turned into mass-casualty weapons
Double-edge sword A sword that has two sharp edges
Nukes Informal way of addressing nuclear weapons
Compel Force or oblige (someone) to do something.
Resilience The capacity to recover quickly from difficulties; toughness.
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INTRODUCTION AND MEANING
National security is the requirement to maintain the survival of the state through the use of economic power, diplomacy, power projection and political power.
September 11th, 2001 redefined the national view on security.
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ELEMENTS OF NATIONAL SECURITY:
Military security
Political security
Economic security
Environmental security
Security of energy and natural resources
Cyber security
Empowerment of women
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MEASURES TAKEN TO ENSURE NATIONAL SECURITY INCLUDE:
Using diplomacy to rally allies and isolate threats.Marshalling economic power to facilitate or compel cooperationMaintaining effective armed forces.Implementing civil defense and emergency preparedness measures (including anti-
terrorism legislation).Ensuring the resilience and redundancy of critical infrastructureUsing intelligence services to detect and defeat or avoid threats and espionage, and to
protect classified information.Using counterintelligence services or secret police to protect the nation from internal
threats.
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MODERN THREATS TO NATIONAL SECURITY:
BIOLOGICAL WEAPONS: one of the most difficult challenges is obtaining timely and accurate insight on potential attacks
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NUKES(NUCLEAR WEAPONS) : No high-tech sensors exist to help break up black markets, detect and intercept nuclear materials in transit and there are no financial tools to disrupt this dangerous trade.
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CYBER-ATTACKS: Technology, in this case, becomes a double-edge sword.
“The very technologies that empower us to lead and create also empower individual criminal hackers, organized criminal groups, terrorist networks and other advanced nations
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CLIMATE CHANGE: “In the 21st century, we recognize that climate change can impact national security — ranging from rising sea levels, to severe droughts, to the melting of the polar caps, to more frequent and devastating natural disasters that raise demand for humanitarian assistance and disaster relief,”
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TRANSNATIONAL CRIME: These groups cause instability and subvert government institutions through corruption
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Security measures taken to protect the Houses of Parliament in London, UK. These heavy blocks of concrete are designed to prevent a car bomb or other device being rammed into the building.
EXAMPLE OF CHANGING STRATEGIES
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Issues of national security are no longer simple!
TRY TO ANSWER THESE QUESTIONS.
1) What according to you are the other major threats to National security?
2) What measures should be taken to prevent these threats?
3) Which Nations according to you are secured?
4) What is the role of a Nation’s citizen towards National security?
