A national security council (NSC) is usually an executive branch

government A government is the system or group of people governing an organized community, generally a state. In the case of its broad associative definition, government normally consists of legislature, executive, and judiciary. Government is ...

al 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 strategic state level are different from those of the

United Nations Security Council The United Nations Security Council (UNSC) is one of the six principal organs of the United Nations (UN) and is charged with ensuring international peace and security, recommending the admission of new UN members to the General Assembly, an ...

, which is more of a diplomatic forum. 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 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:

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. Some nations may have a similar body which is not formally part of the executive government. For example, the National Security Commission in China is an organ of the

Chinese Communist Party The Chinese Communist Party (CCP), officially the Communist Party of China (CPC), is the founding and sole ruling party of the People's Republic of China (PRC). Under the leadership of Mao Zedong, the CCP emerged victorious in the Chinese Civil ...

(CCP), the sole ruling party, and headed by the CCP general secretary, rather than an organ of the executive government.

NSCs by country

* Algeria:

High Council of Security High may refer to: Science and technology * Height * High (atmospheric), a high-pressure area * High (computability), a quality of a Turing degree, in computability theory * High (tectonics), in geology an area where relative tectonic uplift ...

* Armenia:

Security Council of Armenia The Security Council of Armenia ( hy, Անվտանգության խորհուրդ, translit=Hayastani Anvtangut’yan khorhurd) is the highest decision-making National security council, defence and law enforcement body in the Republic of Armenia. T ...

* Australia: National Security Committee * Austria: National Security Council * Bangladesh: National Committee on Security Affairs * Belgium: * Brazil: National Defense Council * Chile: * China:

National Security Commission of the Chinese Communist Party The Central National Security Commission (CNSC; ) of the Central Committee of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) was established at the 3rd Plenary Session of the 18th Central Committee in November 2013, during what was considered a "major reg ...

** Hong Kong: Committee for Safeguarding National Security of Hong Kong * Croatia: National Security Council * Czech Republic: National Security Council of the Czech Republic * East Germany:

National Defense Council of East Germany The National Defense Council of the German Democratic Republic (German: ''Nationaler Verteidigungsrat der DDR'' - NVR) was created in 1960 as the supreme state body of the German Democratic Republic (also known as East Germany or the GDR) in charg ...

* Egypt: * Estonia: National Defence Council * Fiji: National Security Council * France: * Georgia: National Security Council of Georgia * Germany: (''Federal Security Council''), prior to 1969 (''Federal Defense Council'') * Greece:

Government Council for Foreign Affairs and Defence The National Security Governmental Council ( el, Κυβερνητικό Συμβούλιο Εθνικής Ασφαλείας) (ex. Government Council for Foreign Affairs and Defence), usually known by its acronym KYSEA (ΚΥΣΕΑ), is the supreme d ...

* Ghana: National Security Council * India: National Security Council * Iran, Islamic Republic of: Supreme National Security Council * Iraq: National Security Council * Ireland (Republic of): National Security Committee * Israel: Ministerial Committee on National Security Affairs (policy co-ordination functions); National Security Council (advisory functions) * Italy: High Council of Defence * Japan: National Security Council (previously

Security Council The United Nations Security Council (UNSC) is one of the six principal organs of the United Nations (UN) and is charged with ensuring international peace and security, recommending the admission of new UN members to the General Assembly, an ...

) * Kazakhstan:

Security Council of Kazakhstan The Security Council of Kazakhstan (, ''Qazaqstan Respublikasynyñ Qauıpsızdık Keñesı'' ) is a constitutional advisory body of the Kazakh Government which aides and assists the President of Kazakhstan in implementation of military policy and ...

* Korea, North:

State Affairs Commission of North Korea The State Affairs Commission of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (SAC) is defined by the 2016 constitution as "the supreme policy-oriented leadership body of State power." The current president of the SAC, which is defined by the same ...

(previously

National Defense Commission The National Defence Commission of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (NDC) () was the highest state institution for military and national defence leadership in North Korea, which also served as the highest governing institution of the cou ...

) * Korea, South: National Security Council * Lithuania: State Defence Council * Malaysia: National Security Division * Mongolia:

National Security Council of Mongolia The National Security Council of Mongolia (NSC) () is a consultative body to the Office of the President of Mongolia. It focuses mainly on briefing high ranking national security and/or political figures on the state of internal and external threa ...

* Myanmar:

National Defence and Security Council The National Defence and Security Council ( my, အမျိုးသား ကာကွယ်ရေးနှင့် လုံခြုံရေး ကောင်စီ, ; abbreviated NDSC) is an eleven-member national security council respons ...

* New Zealand:

Cabinet National Security Committee The Cabinet National Security Committee (NSC) is a cabinet-level committee of the New Zealand Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet that was created in October 2014 by the Fifth National Government. This body is modelled after the Bri ...

* Pakistan: National Security Council * Palestinian Authority: Palestinian National Security Council * Philippines: National Security Council * Poland: * Portugal: Superior Council of National Defense * Romania: Supreme Council of National Defense * Russian Federation:

Security Council of the Russian Federation The Security Council of the Russian Federation (SCRF or Sovbez; russian: Совет безопасности Российской Федерации (СБРФ), Sovet bezopasnosti Rossiyskoy Federatsii (SBRF)) is a constitutional consultative bo ...

* Saudi Arabia: National Security Council * Serbia: National Security Council of the Republic of Serbia * Slovenia: National Security Council * Spain: National Security Council * Sri Lanka:

National Security Council of Sri Lanka The National Security Council (NSC) of Sri Lanka is the executive body of the Sri Lankan government that is charged with the maintenance of national security with authority to direct the Sri Lankan military and Police. History The National Secu ...

Taiwan Taiwan, officially the Republic of China (ROC), is a country in East Asia, at the junction of the East and South China Seas in the northwestern Pacific Ocean, with the People's Republic of China (PRC) to the northwest, Japan to the nort ...

(Republic of China): National Security Council * Thailand: National Security Council * Turkey: National Security Council * Ukraine:

National Security and Defense Council of Ukraine The National Security and Defense Council of Ukraine (NSDC; uk, Рада національної безпеки і оборони України, RNBO or RNBOU) is the coordinating state body of the executive power under the President of Ukrai ...

* United Kingdom: National Security Council * United States:

United States National Security Council The United States National Security Council (NSC) is the principal forum used by the President of the United States for consideration of national security, military, and foreign policy matters. Based in the White House, it is part of the Exe ...

* Uzbekistan:

National Security Council under the President of Uzbekistan Government of Uzbekistan Military of Uzbekistan Uzbekistan The National Security Council under the President of Uzbekistan (; ) is the central advisory body of the Uzbek government which aides and assists the President in implementation of militar ...

* Vietnam: Council for National Defense and Security

References

External links

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