ABSTRACT
Introduction Though much talked about in the academe, media, and government, national security remains one of the neglected areas in Philippine studies and an underdeveloped field of scholarly research in the Philippines. Sadly, national security is only treated as “special studies” in major academic disciplines, particularly in political science and international relations. With the securitization of many issues confronting states and human beings, this chapter urges Filipino academics and scholars to seriously engage in national security studies debate to enable them to provide useful scholarly inputs to national security policy development and decision making.
