For the Turkish National Security Council, see National Security Council (Turkey); for the Israeli NSC, see Israeli National Security Council

A National Security Council is an executive body which coordinates national security issues and typically includes the heads of departments involved in diplomacy and defense with a small staff. The most famous NSC is the United States National Security Council, but they also exist in Russia, India, and the Republic of China on Taiwan.

In some nations with a history of coup d'etats, a National Security Council allows for the military to institutionally influence policy of a mostly civilian government. This has been the case in Turkey and Pakistan.

People's Republic of China

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An NSC structure has been controversially proposed for the People's Republic of China to replace the situation in which the People's Liberation Army is controlled by a semi-autonomous Central Military Commission.

National Security Council