The National Security Policy (NSP) cohesively integrates the country’s major security policies, goals, responsibilities and actions into an overall master strategy for the fulfillment of the vision for national security for Jamaica. The NSP outlines the combined use of the political, economic, social, informational and security instruments of national power and influence, including the military. It clarifies the institutional framework within which the armed forces and civil institutions of the State will coordinate their activities to create an integrated and cohesive national security network to safeguard national interests. It also prescribes the complementary roles and responsibilities of the public and private sectors, as well as civil society, in supporting national security.