A nation’s national security policy (NSP) is a national vade mecum or ‘grand national strategy’ which helps draft various sectoral strategies or policies which lead to operational strategies and action plans. Americans and the British call it ‘national security strategy’ and ‘grand national strategy’ respectively. In the US, it – referred to as ‘national security strategy – is prepared annually at the National Security Council under the White House. While realists’ state-centric notion of national security has remained front and centre in a national security state like Pakistan in its earlier years, a slow transition has been made to the human security notion with people as the main referents of security. The new national security vision encompasses seven main areas including national cohesion, governance, economic security, human security, territorial security, internal security, and foreign policy.

Source: The Nation January 02, 2022 13:10 UTC