Democracy Now
| Jun 3, 2013
After three years of solitary confinement the US military's most famous whistleblower, Private First Class Bradley Manning, is finally in court today. Manning faces a possible life term if found guilty of some or all 21 criminal counts against him...
Euronews
| Dec 24, 2012
A police consultant from the US has been shot to death by an Afghan female police officer with suspected links to the Taliban. She has been arrested. The shooting occurred at police headquarters in Kabul. It's the first such insider attack by a wo...
Al Jazeera English
| Oct 31, 2012
With extreme weather events such as Hurricane Sandy and the Midwest drought affecting huge parts of the US, why have the two main presidential candidates been avoiding discussing climate change in the run up to the elections? Inside Story Americ...
The New York Times
| Oct 26, 2012
The Gregory Brothers present a musical mash-up video of the final presidential debate between President Barack Obama and Mitt Romney. The US musical group has been auto-tuning the presidential debates under the campaign "Songify 2012".
Telegraph.co.uk
| Oct 23, 2012
President Barack Obama accused Republican candidate Mitt Romney of being consistently wrong on foreign affairs as the two presidential rivals squared off in their third and final debate on Monday with the race in a dead heat two weeks before Elect...
Al Jazeera English
| Oct 23, 2012
In the last of the US presidential debates, have Barack Obama and Mitt Romney convinced voters of their policies on foreign affairs and national security? Shihab Rattansi discusses with Hillary Mann Leverett and Carne Ross.
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CCTV News
| Oct 18, 2012
The US and China are at each other's throats over the perceived US national security threats posed by Chinese companies. Sany Group's reinforced commitment to their lawsuit against US President Barack Obama for blocking a proposed wind energy farm...
Al Jazeera English
| Oct 13, 2012
US Defense Secretary Leon Panetta has issued a warning over what he calls the growing threat of a cyberwar. But what exactly does cyber warfare entail? And who might start it? Jane Dutton speaks to Catherine Lohtrionte, Rob Densmore and Jason Moon.
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CCTV News
| Oct 12, 2012
The House Intelligence Committee has released a report documenting their fears that Chinese telecom companies Huawei and ZTE pose a national security risk. Chinese state broadcaster CCTV provides China's perspective on the report and its implicati...
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CCTV News
| Oct 8, 2012
Telecommunications firms Huawei and ZTE have been labeled national security threats by the House Intelligence Committee and accused of being too cozy with the People's Liberation Army. Chinese state broadcaster CCTV News has China's response to th...
— Nov 15, 2012 at 04:05 pm
...are concerned, Europe is not to blame: it was a British judge who found for Abu Qatada. And by curious coincidence, the case has drawn attention...
— Dec 2, 2012 at 09:38 pm
...security in a chaotic scene of radical Muslim activity, where there had been earlier attacks on the U.S., British and other foreign diplomats. 2...
National security is the requirement to maintain the survival of the state through the use of economic power, diplomacy, power projection and political power. 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 non military or economic security of the nation and the values espoused by the national society. 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 non-state actors such as violent non-state actors, narcotic cartels, multinational corporations and non-governmental organisations; some authorities include natural disasters and events causing severe environmental damage in this category.
Measures taken to ensure national security include:
⁕using diplomacy to rally allies and isolate threats
⁕marshalling economic power to facilitate or compel cooperation
⁕maintaining effective armed forces
⁕implementing civil defense and emergency preparedness measures
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