Central to the national security Undeniably, the evolution of a framework are two inseparable national security framework has been a components: the National Security Policy long and fragmented process in the (NSP) and the National Security Strategy Philippines. In fact, it was only in 2011 (NSS). While the NSP articulates the that the first official publication of the domestic and global interests of the NSP came out. The incumbent Philippines that are vital to national administration of President Rodrigo R. security, the NSS lays down the Duterte published its own NSP report in approaches and resources for April 2017. Successive NSP documents implementing the NSP with a view to reflect progress in terms of defining the guarantee the security of the State and its country’s policy framework, but still did people in a dynamic and constantly not changing security environment. National Security Strategy. address the need for a clear-cut As an extension of the NSP, the In developing this NSS, the views NSS articulates in operational terms the of relevant government and non- process of pursuing the national security government experts, and other key agenda. This document attempts to fill the stakeholders and members of civil society remaining gap in the country’s national were sought. Since the security security paradigm – a problem that had environment is in a constant state of flux, often forced our security planners and this NSS shall undergo a continuous managers in the past to adopt an ad hoc process of evolution and shall be and short-sighted outlook, rather than a reviewed, refined and amended as needed. pro-active and forward-looking one. [5]