external security
collocation in Englishmeaningsofexternalandsecurity
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external
adjective
uk/ɪkˈstɜː.nəl/us/ɪkˈstɝː.nəl/
of, on, for, or coming from ...
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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 ofexternalandsecurityfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
Examplesofexternal security
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Alliances are thought to form as responses toexternalsecuritythreats and are aimed at increasing their members' power relative to other states.
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Over time, it was found that there had been a serious credibility problem with regard toexternalsecurityguarantees.
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Externalsecurityarrangements contributed to the success of the electoral exercise, but so did the resolve of voters to elect their leaders through the ballot box.
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Crisis management would be replaced by preventive diplomacy, and there would be a focus on democratization, human rights, economic development and reconstruction, and internal andexternalsecurity.
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The ever-increasing interdependence between internal andexternalsecurityis becoming clear.
FromEuroparl Parallel Corpus - English
So it is right to specify our imperatives forexternalsecurity.
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We also support all the efforts to strengthen internal andexternalsecurity.
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And again: are we prepared to show the same solidarity when it comes to internal andexternalsecurity?
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These are the economy, freedom, justice and security,externalsecurity, and research, education and culture.
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First, it must ensure internal andexternalsecurity.
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They simply refuse to recognise that the peace and the freedom that we now enjoy depend entirely upon the maintenance of ourexternalsecurity.
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First, it ignores the fact, which we all know, that internal andexternalsecurityare essential to economic progress.
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We have undertaken in this scheme to ensure internal order andexternalsecurity.
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We are also looking urgently at ways of improving theexternalsecurity, so that opportunities for outside recreation and exercise can be restored.
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I think we should remember that our citizens' main concerns are employment and security - domestic security, of course, butexternalsecuritytoo.
FromEuroparl Parallel Corpus - English
I have the same concerns over emigration and internal andexternalsecuritypolicy.
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In the field ofexternalsecurity, we have made progress.
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