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The draft of the National Security Policy (NSP) for 2023-2028, recently discussed by various stakeholders in partnership with the National Security Council (NSC), provides a comprehensive approach to dealing with security issues, an analyst said.

In a webinar hosted by the Ateneo School of Government (ASOG) on Tuesday, Ateneo de Manila University political science professor Alma Maria Salvador said the NSP draft shows prospects of a “greater framing” of the strategic environment that considers not just geopolitical security threats, but also non-traditional or non-military security issues.

“The May 2023 draft of the national security policy also puts forward a more comprehensive security approach whereby various aspects of security are not only limited in traditional geopolitical realms but include non-traditional security threats of climate change, water, food, energy, and health,” Salvador said.

Last May 22, the ASOG hosted a forum as part of the NSC’s efforts to conduct a series of public consultations to get inputs from various stakeholders before the policy document is submitted to the President for approval and adoption.

Salvador cited President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. for highlighting the main global challenges the Philippines has to address now, including global inequalities, climate change, technological advancements, and widening geopolitical polarities.

Salvador also pointed out that the national security framers for the current administration have emphasized the need to ensure strategic security partnerships with like-minded states.

She, meanwhile, said that the Philippines must recognize itself as an archipelago to claim its maritime identity amid China’s increasing assertiveness in the South China Sea which raised tensions over competing territorial claims and maritime rights.

“It is high time that the Philippines anchors its actions and decisions in a framed strategic environment in the context of constructing and defining its national security,” she said.

She said the Philippines’ identity as a maritime state is centered around its key interests, such as freedom of navigation, protection of its maritime industry and resources, and regional peace and security.

“Identifying the Philippines as a maritime and archipelagic state is key in looking into the courses of action that the Philippines may take in this changed security environment,” she said. “The Philippines needs to develop its capability to respond to not only geopolitical risks but primordially non-traditional security risks.”

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