National Security Council

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A National Security Council (NSC) is usually an executive branch governmental body responsible for coordinating policy on national security issues and advising chief executives on matters related to national security. An NSC is often headed by a national security advisor and staffed with senior-level officials from military, diplomatic, intelligence, law enforcement and other governmental bodies. The functions and responsibilities of an NSC at the state-level are different from those of the United Nations Security Council.

Occasionally a nation will be ruled by a similarly-named body, such as "the National Security Committee" or "Council for National Security". These bodies are often the a result of the establishment or preservation of a military dictatorship (or some other national crisis), do not always have statutory approval, and are usually intended to have transitory or provisional powers. See also: coup d'état.

NSCs by country

In political science and constitutional law, the executive is the branch of government responsible for the day-to-day management of the state. In many countries, it is referred to simply as the government, but this usage can be confusing in an international context.
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government is a body that has the power to make and the authority to enforce rules and laws within a civil, corporate, religious, academic, or other organization or group.[1]
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A unitary state is a state or country whose three organs of state are governed constitutionally as one single unit, with one constitutionally created legislature. The political power of government in such states may well be transferred to lower levels, to regionally or locally
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United Nations Security Council

UN Security Council chamber in New York
Org type: Principal Organ
Acronyms: UNSC
Head: Security Council President (rotating)
October 2007: Ghana
Status: Active
Established: 1946
Website: www.un.
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A military dictatorship is a form of government wherein the political power resides with the military; it is similar but not identical to a , a state ruled directly by the military.
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coup d'état (IPA: [kuːdeɪˈtɑː] or AHD: [ko͞o"dā tä]), or simply coup, is the sudden overthrow of a government, often through illegal means by a part of the state establishment —
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A Central Military Commission or National Defense Commission is an organisation typical of Communist one-party states, responsible for supervising the nation's armed forces.
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Iran

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Politics of Iran

  • Constitution
  • Supreme Leader
  • Ali Khamenei
  • President
  • Mahmoud Ahmadinejad

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The Israeli National Security Council (Hebrew: המועצה לביטחון לאומי) is a council established by the Prime Minister's Office in 1999 during the prime ministership of
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The National Security Council is a consultative body that is chaired by the President of Pakistan.

Composition

The Council has thirteen members. Besides the President, the other members of the Council are the Prime Minister, the Chairman of the Senate, the Speaker of the
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Russia

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Politics of Russia

  • Constitution
  • President: Vladimir Putin
  • Presidential Administration
  • Security Council

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Turkey

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Politics of Turkey

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  • President (List)
  • Abdullah Gl

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The White House National Security Council (NSC) in the United States is the principal forum used by the President for considering national security and foreign policy matters with his senior national security advisors and Cabinet officials and is part of the President's
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