he development of a national any effort to put together national-level or security strategy finds its basis sector-specific strategies. They serve as in several important tenets of the overarching context against which all nationhood and national planning and decision-making involving identity. A full appreciation of these matters affecting national security are fundamental precepts is crucial in undertaken. T National Security Defined Globalization and rapid advances social welfare, and the environment. in modern technology have substantially Implicitly, the expanded concept altered the definition of national security, highlights not just the threats, but also any from an exclusive or predominant focus new opportunities that could enhance on armed threats to sovereignty and security or speed up the attainment of territorial integrity, to clearly non- national goals. traditional threats such as trafficking of drugs, cyber security, and extreme weather conditions. For many modern states, including the Philippines, the new outlook encompasses all possible challenges to the people’s way of life, including threats to public safety, governance, economic development, Based on the above expanded view, the Philippines defines national security as “the state or condition wherein the nation’s sovereignty and territorial integrity, the people’s wellbeing, core values, and way of life, and the State and its institutions, are protected and enhanced.” [15]