Quiz Flashcards
1
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What is national security?
A
ability of a state to protect its interests, secrets, and citizens from threats (both internal and external)
2
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What are the three components of national security?
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Threat, Protection, Capability
3
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What’s a threat?
A
Actor, Object, or potential action that can endanger a nation’s interests, secrets, and citizens (internal or external)
4
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What’s protection?
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Need of the nation to ensure the safety of the state’s interests, secrets, and citizens
5
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What’s capability?
A
actual ability of the state to provide that protection
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