National Security Strategy 2017 NATIONAL SECURITY STRATEGY 2017 NATIONAL SECURITY STRATEGY 2017 Spain’s 2017 National Security Strategy was approved by the Government on 1 December 2017. The National Security Council was the body responsible for defining this strategy. The following bodies participated in the process:The Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Cooperation; the Ministry of Justice; the Ministry of Defence; the Ministry of the Treasury and of the Civil Service; the Ministry of the Interior; the Ministry of Infrastructure; the Ministry of Education, Culture and Sport; the Ministry of Employment and Social Security; the Ministry of Energy,Tourism and the Digital Agenda; the Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries, Food and the Environment; the Ministry of the Presidency and for the Territorial Administrations; the Ministry of the Economy, Industry and Competitiveness; the Ministry of Health, Social Services and Equality; and the National Intelligence Centre. The Strategy also includes contributions from the independent Advisory Committee, comprising more than 50 experts, including distinguished academics from all over Spain, think-tank analysts, private sector representatives, and members of associations related to the national security areas included in this document. The process was coordinated by the National Security Department of the Office of the Presidency of the Government in its capacity as Technical Secretariat and Permanent Working Body of the National Security Council. Published by: A SHARED PROJECT, BY ALL AND FOR ALL © Author and publisher, 2017 NIPO (print edition): 785170432 NIPO (online edition): 785170448 Publication date: December 2017 Printed by: imprenta Boletín Oficial del Estado Translation by the Language Interpretation Office of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. The exploitation rights for this work are protected by the Spanish Intellectual Property Act. No part of this publication may be copied, stored or broadcast in any form nor in any medium, whether electronic, mechanical or print, including photocopies, or by any other means, without the prior, written, express consent of the holders of the © Copyright. www.dsn.gob.es PRESIDENCIA DEL GOBIERNO

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