collective security

(noun)

The concept of maintaining peace among all nations or members of a group by making the security concerns of one member important to all members. This is broader than mere military alliances; a primary example of collective security is the UN.

Related Terms

  • collective defense
  • North Atlantic Treaty Organization

Examples of collective security in the following topics:

  • Collective Military Force

    • A collective military force (when multiple countries pool their militaries) involves both collective security and collective defense.
    • The use of collective military force in the global environment involves two primary concepts: collective security and collective defense.
    • The collective security organization then becomes an arena for diplomacy.
    • The UN is often provided as the primary example of collective security.
    • Compare and contrast the concepts of collective security and collective defense
  • National Security Agency Surveillance

    • The NSA warrantless surveillance controversy concerns surveillance of persons within the United States during the collection of foreign intelligence by the U.S.
    • National Security Agency (NSA) as part of the war on terror.
    • However, in April 2009, officials at the United States Department of Justice acknowledged that the NSA had engaged in over-collection of domestic communications in excess of the FISA court's authority, but claimed that the acts were unintentional and had since been rectified.
    • All wiretapping of American citizens by the National Security Agency requires a warrant from a three-judge court set up under the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act.
    • National Security Agency.
  • The Budgeting Process

    • Social Security spending increased versus 2011 while Defense, Medicare and Medicaid spending fell.
    • Social Security, Medicare, and Medicaid expenditures are funded by more permanent Congressional appropriations and so are considered mandatory spending.
    • The annual budget deficit is the difference between actual cash collections and budgeted spending (a partial measure of total spending) during a given fiscal year, which runs from October 1 to September 30.
    • Debt held by government accounts or intragovernmental debt includes non-marketable Treasury securities held in accounts administered by the federal government that are owed to program beneficiaries, such as the Social Security Trust Fund.
    • Debt held by government accounts represents the cumulative surpluses, including interest earnings, of these accounts that have been invested in Treasury securities.
  • Defending the Nation

    • Among these are the power to lay and collect taxes and provide for the common defense and general welfare of the United States; to borrow money on the credit of the United States; and to regulate interstate, foreign, and Indian commerce.
    • The White House National Security Council is the principal forum used by the President of the United States for considering national security and foreign policy matters with his senior national security advisors and Cabinet officials.
    • Council also has counterparts in the national security councils of many other nations.
    • The National Security Council is chaired by the President.
    • Identify the main function of the United States National Security Council
  • National Security Policy

    • National security policies, designed to protect the state, include military security as well as non-military security.
    • In order to possess national security, a nation needs to possess economic security, energy security, and environmental security, in addition to a strong military.
    • Military security was the earliest recognized form of national security.
    • Economic security is also a part of national security.
    • Economic security today is, arguably, as important a part of national security as military security.
  • The Federal Tax System

    • The taxes collected in 2010 by federal, state and municipal governments amounted to 24.8% of the GDP.
    • These include Social Security and Medicare taxes imposed on both employers and employees, at a combined rate of 15.3% (13.3% for 2011).
    • Social Security tax applies only to the first $106,800 of wages in 2009 through 2011.
    • Sales tax is collected by the seller at the time of sale, or remitted as use tax by buyers of taxable items who did not pay sales tax.
  • Federal Income Tax Rates

    • In fiscal year 1918, annual internal revenue collections for the first time passed the billion-dollar mark, rising to 5.4 billion by 1920.
    • With the advent of World War II, employment increased, as did tax collections—to 7.3 billion.
    • The withholding tax on wages was introduced in 1943 and was instrumental in increasing the number of taxpayers to $60 million and tax collections to $43 billion by 1945.
    • Social Security tax of 6.2% is imposed on wages paid to employees.
    • These taxes are imposed on employers and employees and on various compensation bases and are collected and paid to the taxing jurisdiction by the employers.
  • The Articles of Confederation

    • Also, it could tax the states, even though it did not possess the power to require the collection of these taxes by law.
    • Since it could not forcibly collect taxes, the states could grant or withhold money and force Congress to accept their demands.
    • Because it could not collect taxes, Congress printed paper dollars.
    • As the number of States would grow, securing this approval would become more and more difficult.
  • Fiscal Policy and Policy Making

    • Fiscal policy is the use of government revenue collection (taxation) and expenditure (spending) to influence the economy.
    • In economics and political science, fiscal policy is the use of government budget or revenue collection (taxation) and expenditure (spending) to influence economic.
    • Borrowing: A fiscal deficit is often funded by issuing bonds, like treasury bills or consols and gilt-edged securities.
  • Providing National Security

    • National security is the protection of the state through a variety of means that include military might, economic power, and diplomacy.
    • These organizations include the Department of Defense, the Department of Homeland Security, the Central Intelligence Agency, and the White House National Security Council.
    • There are a variety of governmental departments and agencies within the United States that are responsible for developing policies to ensure national security.
    • The White House National Security Council is the principal forum used by the President for considering national security and foreign policy matters with his senior national security advisers, and Cabinet officials.
    • the Central Intelligence Agency, responsible for providing national security intelligence assessments
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