Organizations Filed Purposes:
PSSI WASHINGTON IS DEDICATED TO HELPING ADVANCE A BETTER UNDERSTANDING OF THE SECURITY CHALLENGES FACING THE CZECH REPUBLIC AND OTHER POST-COMMUNIST STATES, PARTICULARLY IN LIGHT OF AN INCREASINGLY RESURGENT RUSSIA.IT LIKEWISE SEEKS TO CONTRIBUTE TO THE PUBLIC POLICY DEBATE ON BOTH SIDES OF THE ATLANTIC, INCLUDING WITH RESPECT TO THE CONNECTIVITY BETWEEN TRANSATLANTIC SECURITY CONCERNS AND THE GROWING SECURITY RISKS EMANATING FROM THE ASIA-PACIFIC REGION. FINALLY, PSSI WASHINGTON INTENDS TO HELP COMMUNICATE, EXPLAIN AND PREDICT U.S. SECURITY POLICY PERCEPTIONS AND RESPONSES CONCERNING KEY GLOBAL FLASHPOINTS.
CHINA/CAPITAL MARKETS TRANSPARENCY INITIATIVEPSSI WASHINGTON LAUNCHED ITS CHINA CMTI ON MARCH 5, 2019. THIS PUBLIC POLICY EDUCATION PROGRAM WAS UNDERPINNED BY THREE YEARS OF INTENSIVE RESEARCH AND ASSISTANCE WITH THE PREPARATION OF A 105 PAGE REPORT FOR THE U.S. GOVERNMENT ENTITLED "NATIONAL SECURITY DIMENSIONS OF CHINA'S CORPORATE PRESENCE IN THE U.S. CAPITAL MARKETS." PSSI WAS THE WORLD'S FIRST NGO TO PURSUE SUCH AN INITIATIVE, FOCUSED ON HOW U.S.SANCTIONED AND OTHER CHINESE CORPORATE "BAD ACTORS" HAVE BEEN FUNDING THEMSELVES IN THE U.S. DEBT AND EQUITY MARKETS FOR SOME 20 OR MORE YEARS WITH THE INVESTMENT CAPITAL OF SCORES OF MILLIONS OF UNWITTING AMERICAN RETAIL INVESTORS.IN THE PERIOD SINCE ITS LAUNCH, THIS ISSUE HAS BEEN CATAPULTED TO THE PRESIDENTIAL LEVEL AND ENGAGED A SIGNIFICANT PORTION OF THE CABINET WITH FOREIGN POLICY AND NATIONAL SECURITY DUTIES. FOR EXAMPLE, PSSI WASHINGTON'S EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR, ROGER ROBINSON, WAS SINGLEHANDEDLY RESPONSIBLE FOR DISCOVERING AND LEADING THE OPPOSITION TO CHINESE CORPORATE BAD ACTORS BEING ADDED TO THE LIST OF INVESTMENTS OF THE FEDERAL THRIFT SAVINGS PLAN. THE PRESIDENT DIRECTLY INTERVENED TO TERMINATE THIS PLANNED ACTION. THERE HAVE BEEN NUMEROUS OTHER HISTORIC ACCOMPLISHMENTS THAT HAVE BEEN COVERED BY THE MAINSTREAM MEDIA.
SPACE SECURITY PROGRAMPSSI WASHINGTON HAS AMONG THE MOST DEVELOPED AND ACCOMPLISHED SPACE SECURITY PROGRAMS IN THE GLOBAL NGO COMMUNITY. INDEED, ITS SPACE SECURITY CONFERENCE SERIES, BRINGING TOGETHER TOP POLICY EXPERTS AND LEADERSHIP FIGURES FROM THE U.S., EUROPE AND JAPAN, IS ARGUABLY THE BEST KNOWN AND RESPECTED SUCH CONFERENCE SERIES IN THE WORLD. THERE HAVE BEEN FIVE LARGE CONFERENCES CONVENED TO DATE IN PRAGUE, WASHINGTON DC AND TOKYO.OVER THE COURSE OF 2019, PSSI CONDUCTED A LENGTHY STUDY ENTITLED "STATE ACTOR STRATEGIES IN ATTRACTING SPACE SECTOR PARTNERSHIPS: CHINESE AND RUSSIAN ECONOMIC AND FINANCIAL FOOTPRINTS." THIS ORIGINAL SUBJECT MATTER ADDRESSED WHAT MIGHT BE TERMED "THE GROUNDBASED SPACE RACE," NAMELY, THE EFFORTS BY CHINA AND RUSSIA TO FORGE UNEQUAL SPACE PARTNERSHIPS WITH COUNTRIES VULNERABLE TO DEVELOPING INORDINATE DEPENDENCIES ON THESE AUTHORITARIAN SPACE POWERS AND PERMITTING THEIR RESPECTIVE SPACE SECTORS TO BE, IN EFFECT, "CAPTURED" BY THESE PREDATORY STATES. THIS WORK WAS THE FIRST OF ITS KIND AND ESTABLISHED THE CRITICAL IMPORTANCE OF THE ECONOMIC AND FINANCIAL DIMENSIONS OF SPACE SECURITY.
ECONOMIC AND FINANCIAL THREAT PROGRAMSINCE ITS INCEPTION IN EARLY 2002, PSSI HAS MONITORED AND ANALYZED THE INSTRUMENTS OF ECONOMIC AND FINANCIAL POWER BROUGHT TO BEAR BY CHINA AND RUSSIA AGAINST NUMEROUS COUNTRIES ACROSS THE GLOBE TO ADVANCE THEIR BROADER STRATEGIC AIMS. IN THE CASE OF RUSSIA, THIS EFFORT HAS CENTERED ON THE USE OF ENERGY LEVERAGE, ARMS DELIVERIES, PRIVATE SECURITY SERVICES AND OTHER AREAS OF ECONOMIC ADVANTAGE. WITH RESPECT TO CHINA, IT HAS INVOLVED GRANULAR ANALYSES OF ITS MASSIVE BELT AND ROAD INITIATIVE, "MADE IN CHINA 2025" STRATEGY FOR TECHNOLOGICAL DOMINANCE, DEBT TRAP DIPLOMACY AND OTHER MALEVOLENT ACTIVITIES IN THE ECONOMIC AND FINANCIAL DOMAIN.THE SOFTWARE TOOL, INTELTRAK, DEVELOPED AND FUNDED BY PSSI'S PRINCIPALS, IS THE WORLD'S LEADING OPEN SOURCE DATABASE ON CHINA'S AND RUSSIA'S GLOBAL BUSINESS TRANSACTIONS THAT HAS BEEN UPDATED DAILY OVER THE PAST EIGHT YEARS. IT HAS ENABLED A UNIQUE LEVEL OF INDEPTH ANALYSIS OF NATIONAL SECURITYRELEVANT DEVELOPMENTS AND TRENDS AND EVEN PROVIDED "EARLY WARNING" FOR THE SECURITY COMMUNITIES OF THE UNITED STATES AND JAPAN. PSSI "RISK ASSESSMENTS AND ANALYTICS ARE QUITE WELL KNOWN GLOBALLY AND HAVE BEEN FREQUENTLY UTILIZED AND CITED BY PROMINENT MEDIA OUTLETS, POLICY MAKERS, FELLOW THINK TANKS AND ACADEMIC INSTITUTIONS.
Executives Listed on Filing
Total Salary includes financial earnings, benefits, and all related organization earnings listed on tax filing
| Name | Title | Hours Per Week | Total Salary |
|---|
| Andrew K Davenport | DEPUTY EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR | 15 | $0 |
| Jana Robinson | BOARD MEMBER | 40 | $0 |
| Adam M Pener | BOARD MEMBER | 0 | $0 |
| George P Lucaci | BOARD MEMBER | 0 | $0 |
| John G Sarpa | BOARD MEMBER | 0 | $0 |
| Roger W Robinson Jr | EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR | 20 | $0 |
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