By:

Charls Mark Caabas

Kevin Clark
Emmanuel Sanson
What is National Security?
National security is a requirement to
maintain the survival of the state
through the use of economic power,
diplomacy projection and political
power.
National Security Council
(Philippines)
Is the President’s principal forum for
considering national security and
foreign policy matters with his senior
national security advisors and cabinet
officials
Threat To National Security
Our national security is a state or condition
where our most cherished values and
beliefs, our domestic way of life, our
institutions of governance and our unity,
welfare and well-being as a nation and
people are permanently protected and
continuously enhanced
7 Fundamental Elements
• Socio-Political Stability
• Territorial Integrity
• Economic Solidarity and Strength
• Ecological Balance
• Cultural Cohesiveness
• Moral-Spiritual Consensus
• External Peace
Socio-Political Stability
We must achieve peace and harmony
among all Filipinos, regardless of creed,
ethic origin or social station.

Territorial Integrity
We must ensure the permanent inviolability
of our national territory and its effective
control by the government and the state.
Economic Solidarity and Strength
We must vigorously pursue a free-market
economy through responsible
entrepreneurship.

Ecological Balance
We must promote sustainable development
side by side with social justice.
Cultural Cohesiveness
Our live as a people must be rules by a
common set of values and beliefs grounded
on high moral and ethical standards.

Moral-Spiritual Consensus
We must be propelled by a national vision
inspired, and manifested in our words and
deeds.
External Peace
We must pursue constructive and cordial relations with
all nations and peoples, even as our nation itself must
chart an independent course, free from external control,
interference or threat of aggression.
 Internal Threat
• Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF)
• Communist Party of the Philippines
(CPP)/New Peoples Army (NPA)/National
Democratic Front (NDF)
• The Challenge of Illegal Drugs
• Grave Incidence of Poverty
• Economic Sabotage
• Graft and Corruptions
• Severe Calamities
• Persistent Environment Degradation
 External Threat
• The Multilateral Dispute Over the Spratlys
Island
• Smuggling of Firearms and Contraband,
Illegal Migration and etc.
• Lingering Effect of the Currency
• Ethnic, Religious and Cultural Conflict
• The Proliferation of Weapons of mass
destruction (WMD)
• Natural Disasters and Environmental issues
 That’s All
Thank you