Across
- 3. Practices and operations used by governments to prevent and dismantle terrorist networks
- 5. Institutions and agencies like the police responsible for keeping public order and enforcing laws
- 6. Financial growth and stability that provides the material foundation for national defense
- 8. Explosive devices using nuclear reactions that serve as the ultimate tool of deterrence
- 12. Policy decisions and issues concerning only the internal functioning of a nation
- 15. National effort focused primarily on domestic defense internal coordination and fighting terrorism
- 18. The official military organizations of a state authorized to use force for national defense
- 19. The physical distance between a states borders and its core political or population centers
- 20. The deliberate creation and spreading of false information to deceive and destabilize
- 22. Core priorities like survival and sovereignty that a state will use force to protect
- 24. The protection of citizens from daily hazards crime and civic unrest
- 26. Strategy aimed at discouraging an enemy attack by threatening a painful retaliation
- 27. Continuous diplomatic and defensive efforts to maintain stability and prevent war
- 28. Changes in population characteristics like aging or migration that affect national power
- 29. Nuclear chemical or biological weapons capable of causing widespread devastation
Down
- 1. Criminal networks operating across borders involved in illegal trafficking and smuggling
- 2. The ability of a state to deploy military or economic assets far beyond its borders
- 4. Groups or organizations not affiliated with any government that hold political or military influence
- 7. Official document outlining a countries core security concerns and plans to protect the state
- 9. Large scale disasters or accidents that threaten public safety and need immediate civil response
- 10. The overarching requirement to maintain the survival and sovereignty of the state
- 11. The fundamental legal and political system established by a nations constitution
- 13. A weakness or gap in a security system that can be exploited by an enemy
- 14. Complex long term issues like cyber threats that require strategic planning and adaptation
- 16. A formal pledge or guarantee by a state to defend an ally during an attack
- 17. International law principle prohibiting nations from violating or changing another states borders
- 18. A state or group that initiates an unprovoked attack or invasion against another
- 21. Strategy blending conventional military force with cyberattacks economic warfare and disinformation
- 23. The legal right of a state to use force to protect itself from an armed attack
- 25. A military strike launched to neutralize an imminent enemy attack before it happens