WHAT IS NATIONAL SECURITY?

It is the duty of the government to protect the nation including its state, economy, and institutions, and this is called National Security. Originally it was accepted that national security only involves protection against military attacks but later non-military dimensions were also added to the definition such as security from terrorism, crime, economic security, energy security, environmental security, food security, cyber-security, and more. The government uses various measures to protect the nation such as political, economic, and military devices, and sometimes diplomacy too. Potential causes of national security include the following actions - Actions by other states (both military and cyber attacks) Violent non-state actors (such as terrorist attacks) Organized criminal groupings such as narcotics cartel Natural disasters such as earthquake, flood Climate change Economic inequality Marginalization Political exclusion Militarisat...