internal security
collocation in Englishmeaningsofinternalandsecurity
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internal
adjective
uk/ɪnˈtɜː.nəl/us/ɪnˈtɝː.nəl/
inside ...
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security
noun
uk/sɪˈkjʊə.rə.ti/us/səˈkjʊr.ə.t̬i/
protection of a person, building, organization, or country against threats such as crime or attacks by ...
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(Definition ofinternalandsecurityfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
Examplesofinternal security
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Future-oriented institutional reforms were rooted in the past, concerned especially with curbing the power of the armed forces ininternalsecurityand intelligence.
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Forinternalsecurity, discretion, even when disguised as formalized power, reigns.
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Disruption of theinternalsecuritysystem took its toll.
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The military would abdicate allinternalsecurityfunctions except in exceptional circumstances.
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The armed forces continued to carry outinternalsecurityfunctions and retained a strong sense of institutional autonomy.
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Other military services, even the police, also organised their owninternalsecurityagencies.
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Cumulatively,internalsecurityinstitutions reveal a geography of state power-in concrete terms of empowerment, capacity, and penetration, and in a figurative sense as well.
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Each community was responsible to the central government for administrative obligations, such as taxes andinternalsecurity, and had authority to supervise functions not provided by the state.
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Britain was seen as trustworthy in terms of itsinternalsecurityas well as its foreign policy interests.
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The concept of 'governance' is defined here as the realization of democratization, economic development and reconstruction, and the provision of external andinternalsecurityon a national and regional basis.
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The courts, the police andinternalsecurityforces can be mobilised to suppress societal actors in ways that make societal ' engagement ' of the state a non-issue.
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I would underline, however, the importance of rigorous controls at external borders for the purposes ofinternalsecurity.
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Sadly far too little has been achieved in the area ofinternalsecurityand in foreign and international security policy.
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Internalsecurity, health and the environment will all, to a large extent, require new approaches.
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Our group therefore wonders whether it would be possible to speed up the harmonisation of legislation oninternalsecurity.
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This approach, puttinginternalsecurityat the centre of this conference, is therefore to be welcomed.
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We have looked at both external andinternalsecurity, although less time has been devoted tointernalsecurity, important as it is.
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But the interaction should go hand-in-hand with building up cooperation in the common space ofinternalsecurity.
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Internalsecurityservices, in particular, have an important role to play here.
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