A National Security Council (NSC)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 Israel (Israeli National Security Council), Russia, Turkey (National Security Council (Turkey)), Pakistan, India, the Republic of China and Taiwan. A National Security Council allows for the security institutions of a nation, including its intelligence and military bodies to provide advice, and therefore, influence policy of a mostly civilian government. For instance, The United States National Security Council was implicated to have organized the Iran-Contra_Affair without approval of the president, and against the wishes and law of the US Congress. Therefore, in this case, it may have acted as an independent foreign policy body of the United States. The National Security Council (NSC) of the United States is the principal forum used by the President of the United States for considering national security and foreign policy matters with his senior national security advisors and cabinet officials. ... The Israeli National Security Council (Hebrew: המועצה לביטחון לאומי) is a council established by the Prime Ministers Office in 1999 during the prime ministership of Binyamin Netanyahu in the framework of drawing lessons from the Yom Kipur War. ... The National Security Council (Milli Güvenlik Kurulu (MGK) in Turkish) is a powerful body that unites the top civilian and military leaders, and issues ‘recommendations’ to the government upon all matters vaguely defined as touching on the security of the state of the Turkish Republic. ... Motto: None Anthem: National Anthem of the Republic of China Capital Taipei City (de facto) Nanjing (de jure)1 Largest city Taipei City Official language(s) Mandarin (GuóyÇ”) Government Semi-presidential system  - President Chen Shui-bian  - Vice President Annette Lu  - Premier Su Tseng-chang Establishment Xinhai Revolution   - Declared October... The Iran-Contra Affair (also called the Iran-Contra Matter and Irangate) was one of the largest political scandals in the United States during the 1980s. ... The Congress of the United States is the legislative branch of the federal government of the United States of America. ...

In some nations with a history of coup d'etats, transient military ruling bodies such as the "National Security Committee" or the "National Unity Council" such were the cases in Turkey, do not have any relation to their democratic subsequent NSC bodies.{see talk}also Historic and Legal references for The National Security Council - Turkey A coup détat, or simply a coup, is the sudden overthrow of a government, usually done by a small group that just replaces the top power figures. ...

People's Republic of China

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. This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... The Central Military Commission (Chinese: 中央军事委员会 pinyin: Zhōngyāng Jūnshì Wěiyuánhuì ) refers to one of two bodies within the Peoples Republic of China. ...