National ▁security ... ▁is ▁best ▁described ▁as ▁a ▁capacity ▁to ▁control ▁those ▁domestic ▁and ▁foreign ▁conditions ▁that ▁the ▁public ▁opinion ▁of ▁a ▁given ▁community ▁bel ieves ▁necessary ▁to ▁enjoy ▁its ▁own ▁self - det erm ination ▁or ▁aut onomy , ▁prosper ity ▁and ▁well be ing ." ▁( Char les ▁Ma ier , ▁ 1 9 9 0 ) ▁ ▁" National ▁security ▁is ▁an ▁appropriate ▁and ▁ag gress ive ▁bl end ▁of ▁political ▁res ili ence ▁and ▁m atur ity , ▁human ▁resources , ▁economic ▁structure ▁and ▁capacity , ▁techn ological ▁compet ence , ▁industrial ▁base ▁and ▁avail ability ▁of ▁natural ▁resources ▁and ▁finally ▁the ▁military ▁might ." ▁( National ▁Def ence ▁College ▁of ▁India , ▁ 1 9 9 6 ) ▁ ▁"[ National ▁security ▁is ▁the ] ▁meas urable ▁state ▁of ▁the ▁cap ability ▁of ▁a ▁nation ▁to ▁overcome ▁the ▁multi - dimensional ▁thre ats ▁to ▁the ▁apparent ▁well - be ing ▁of ▁its ▁people ▁and ▁its ▁surv ival ▁as ▁a ▁nation - state ▁at ▁any ▁given ▁time , ▁by ▁bal ancing ▁all ▁instruments ▁of ▁state ▁policy ▁through ▁govern ance ... ▁and ▁is ▁extend able ▁to ▁global ▁security ▁by ▁variables ▁external ▁to ▁it ." ▁( P rab h ak aran ▁Pal eri , ▁ 2 0 0 8 ) ▁ ▁"[ National ▁and ▁international ▁security ] ▁may ▁be ▁understood ▁as ▁a ▁shared ▁freedom ▁from ▁fear ▁and ▁want , ▁and ▁the ▁freedom ▁to ▁live ▁in ▁dign ity . ▁It ▁implies ▁social ▁and ▁e colog ical ▁health ▁rather ▁than ▁the ▁absence ▁of