collective defense

(noun)

An arrangement, usually formalized by a treaty and an organization, among participant states that commit support in defense of a member state if it is attacked by another state outside the organization.

Related Terms

Examples of collective defense in the following topics:

  • Collective Military Force

    • A collective military force (when multiple countries pool their militaries) involves both collective security and collective defense.
    • The use of collective military force in the global environment involves two primary concepts: collective security and collective defense.
    • Collective defense entails benefits as well as risks.
    • On the other hand, collective defense also involves risky commitments.
    • Compare and contrast the concepts of collective security and collective defense

  • Defending the Nation

    • The United States has the largest defense budget in the world.
    • Among these are the power to lay and collect taxes and provide for the common defense and general welfare of the United States; to borrow money on the credit of the United States; and to regulate interstate, foreign, and Indian commerce.
    • As stated in the Constitution, "The Congress shall have power to lay and collect taxes, duties, imposts and excises, to pay the debts and provide for the common defense and general welfare of the United States; but all duties, imposts, and excises shall be uniform throughout the United States. "
    • The United States has the largest defense budget in the world .
    • The United States has the largest defense budget in the world.

  • The Legislative Branch

    • Congress has authority over financial and budgetary policy through the enumerated power to lay and collect taxes, duties, imposts and excises, to pay the debts and provide for the common defense and general welfare of the United States.
    • Moreover, Congress has an important role in national defense, including the exclusive power to declare war, to raise and maintain the armed forces, and to make rules for the military.

  • Cabinet Departments

    • The cabinet is the collection of top-ranking advisors in the executive branch of government, particularly executive department secretaries.
    • At the top of each department is the secretary (in the Department of Justice, the highest office is called the "attorney general," but the role is parallel to that of the secretary of state, defense, etc.).
    • Likewise, military staff includes soldiers on active duty who are not administrative employees but are nonetheless under the purview of the Department of Defense.
    • The Department of War has since been subsumed by the Department of Defense, and many other executive departments have been formed.
    • Defense: The Secretary of Defense supervises national defense and the armed forces.

  • The Budgeting Process

    • The military budget of the United States during FY 2011 was approximately $740 billion in expenses for the Department of Defense (DoD), $141 billion for veteran expenses, and $48 billion in expenses for the Department of Homeland Security, for a total of $929 billion.
    • Major categories of FY 2012 spending included: Medicare & Medicaid ($802B or 23% of spending), Social Security ($768B or 22%), Defense Department ($670B or 19%), non-defense discretionary ($615B or 17%), other mandatory ($461B or 13%) and interest ($223B or 6%).
    • Social Security spending increased versus 2011 while Defense, Medicare and Medicaid spending fell.
    • Non-defense discretionary spending is used to fund the executive departments (e.g., the Department of Education) and independent agencies (e.g., the Environmental Protection Agency), although these do receive a smaller amount of mandatory funding as well.
    • The annual budget deficit is the difference between actual cash collections and budgeted spending (a partial measure of total spending) during a given fiscal year, which runs from October 1 to September 30.

  • The Impact of Court Decisions

    • These services often include, revenue collection, law enforcement and prison management.
    • There is a positive externality when the government provides society at large with public goods and services such as defense and disease control.
    • Some national constitutions in effect define their governments' core businesses as being the provision of such things as justice, tranquility, defense and general welfare.

  • The Exclusionary Rule

    • The exclusionary rule holds that evidence collected in violation of the defendant's rights is sometimes inadmissible.
    • The exclusionary rule is a legal principle in the United States holding that evidence collected or analyzed in violation of the defendant's constitutional rights is sometimes inadmissible for criminal prosecution.
    • This rule is occasionally referred to as a legal technicality because it allows defendants a defense that does not address whether the crime was actually committed.

  • The Cabinet

    • The secretary of state and secretary of defense play key roles in assisting the president with foreign policy.
    • This includes the secretary of state and the secretary of defense.
    • The Secretary of Defense is the head and chief executive officer of the Department of Defense, which is an Executive Department of the Government of the United States of America .
    • Secretary of Defense is a statutory office.
    • It is the general provision in administrative law that provides that the Secretary of Defense has "authority, direction and control over the Department of Defense. " The Secretary of Defense is further designated by the same statute as "the principal assistant to the President in all matters relating to the Department of Defense. " Ensuring civilian control of the military, an individual may not be appointed as Secretary of Defense within seven years after relief from active duty as a commissioned officer of a regular (i.e., non-reserve) component of an armed force.

  • The Election Year Budget

    • The annual budget deficit is the difference between actual cash collections and budgeted spending (a partial measure of total spending) during a given fiscal year, which runs from October 1 to September 30.
    • The additional spending would be about evenly split between defense and non-defense discretionary programs.

  • Providing National Security

    • These organizations include the Department of Defense, the Department of Homeland Security, the Central Intelligence Agency, and the White House National Security Council.
    • The Department of Defense is responsible for coordinating and supervising all agencies and functions of the government concerned directly with the U.S.
    • The Department—headed by the Secretary of Defense—has three subordinate military departments: the Department of the Army, the Department of the Navy, and the Department of the Air Force.