What is meant by national security?
Correct answer: B. Security largely defined in militarized terms
- A. Security of a country defined in socio-economic terms
- B. Security largely defined in militarized terms
- C. Security based on a country's domestic politics
- D. None of the above
Explanation
In the traditional realist usage, national security primarily means protecting the state from external military threats, so it is defined in strongly militarized terms. Broader socio-economic and human-security meanings developed later.
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