Pssi Washington Inc

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 YEARS OF INTENSIVE RESEARCH AS WELL AS THE LEARNING CURVE ASSOCIATED WITH ASSISTING THE PREPARATION OF A 105PAGE REPORT FOR THE U.S. NATIONAL SECURITY COUNCIL ENTITLED "NATIONAL SECURITY DIMENSIONS OF CHINA'S CORPORATE PRESENCE IN THE U.S. CAPITAL MARKETS." SUBMITTED IN JULY 2018. 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 TO THE TUNE OF MANY BILLIONS OF DOLLARS ANNUALLY IN THE U.S. DEBT AND EQUITY MARKETS. THIS MORE THAN 20YEAR SOURCE OF FUNDING FOR THE CHINESE COMMUNIST PARTY ULTIMATELY HAS INVOLVED TRILLIONS OF DOLLARS OF 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 SEVERAL CABINET AGENCIES WITH FOREIGN POLICY AND NATIONAL SECURITY DUTIES, INCLUDING THE DEPARTMENTS OF TREASURY, STATE, DEFENSE, COMMERCE AS WELL AS THE NSC, THE NATIONAL ECONOMIC COUNCIL AND THE SEC. MEMBERS OF CONGRESS AND SEVERAL CONGRESSIONAL COMMITTEES HAVE ALSO TAKEN UP THIS NEW ISSUE AREA AND PASSED SEVERAL PIECES OF LEGISLATION. IN ONE HIGHPROFILE CASE, PSSI WASHINGTON'S EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR, ROGER ROBINSON, WAS SINGLEHANDEDLY RESPONSIBLE FOR DISCOVERING AND LEADING SUCCESSFULLY THE OPPOSITION TO CHINESE CORPORATE "BAD ACTORS" BEING ADDED TO THE LIST OF INVESTMENTS OF THE FEDERAL THRIFT SAVINGS PLAN. PRESIDENT TRUMP DIRECTLY INTERVENED TO TERMINATE THIS PLANNED DEVELOPMENT. 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, ACADEMICS, PRIVATE SECTOR EXECUTIVES, JOURNALISTS, SENIOR MILITARY OFFICERS, NGO REPRESENTATIVES AND OTHER LEADING FIGURES FROM THE U.S., EUROPE AND JAPAN, IS ARGUABLY THE BEST KNOWN AND WIDELY RESPECTED SUCH CONFERENCE SERIES IN THE WORLD. THERE HAVE BEEN SIX LARGE, TWODAY CONFERENCES CONVENED TO DATE IN PRAGUE, WASHINGTON DC AND TOKYO.OVER THE COURSE OF 2021, PSSI CONTINUED TO PIONEER 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 DEFINED AND ESTABLISHED THE CRITICALLY IMPORTANT ECONOMIC AND FINANCIAL DIMENSIONS OF SPACE SECURITY AND THE KEY TECHNOLOGIES BEING TRANSFERRED IN THIS MALIGN CONTEXT.

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, CULMINATING IN THE INVASION OF UKRAINE. WITH RESPECT TO CHINA, IT HAS INVOLVED GRANULAR ANALYSES OF ITS MASSIVE BELT AND ROAD INITIATIVE, "MADE IN CHINA 2025" STRATEGY FOR TECHNOLOGICAL DOMINANCE, ZEROCOVID DEBACLE,WAR AGAINST ITS DOMESTIC TECHNOLOGY AND OTHER SECTORS, CRUSHING OF HONG KONG FREEDOMS, INTIMIDATION OF TAIWAN, TAPPING OF THE GLOBAL CAPITAL MARKETS FOR FUNDING 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 ELEVEN 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.