Prague Security Studies Institute
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The Prague Security Studies Institute is a Czech think-tank established in 2002. It has extensive ties to neoconservative circles, and is mentioned in the Integrity Initiative's EXPOSE network.
Contents
Official narrative
According to its website:
- "PSSI's mission is to help build an ever-growing group of informed and security-minded policy-makers dedicated to the development of democratic institutions and values in the Czech Republic and its regional neighbors. PSSI offers programs that meet the critical requirement to equip new generations of young leaders to manage the complex, security-related challenges of the 21st century."[1].
Neoconservative Connections
The PSSI has a host of neoconservative connections and evolved out of the 1998 establishment of the National Security Assessments Program[2].
Prague Security Studies Institute co-founder Roger W. Robinson, Jr is a former chairman of the Center for Security Policy[3]. Frank Gaffney, of the Committee on the Present Danger and the Project for the New American Century, is on the Institute's executive committee[4]. Vaclav Havel and James Woolsey are both members of the Committee on the Present Danger and the Institute's international advisory board[5]. Robert Pfaltzgraff is a founding member of the Consortium for the Study of Intelligence[6]. Michael Novak is a member of the board of trustees at the Social Affairs Unit[7].
Activities
The PSSI run the Program of Atlantic Security Studies (PASS), in partnership with the The Association for International Affairs[8]. PSSI also operate by organising large scale international seminars. The seminars were run by the National Security Assessments Program prior to 2002, they covered the following topics:
- 1999 NATO and Central European Security in the 21st Century
- 2000 A Tenth Anniversary Assessment of Central European Freedoms
- 2001 Trans-Atlantic Missile Defense and Security Cooperation [9].
- 2003 NATO and the Greater Middle East Conference
- 2004 Energy and Security Conference
- 2005 Business and Security Conference
- 2007 Democracy and Security International Conference
- 2008 Asia-Pacific Security Challenges[10].
2007
From the 31 October-2 November 2007, the institute paid for former UK Home Secretary John Reid to travel to Prague, to attend a Workshop on Terrorism and Communications[11]. The workshop was hosted in partnership with the Prague Institute for Democracy, Economy and Culture (PIDEC), and was entitled "Communication in the Age of Terrorism". The conference participants included distinguished scholars from the US and several European countries and Vaclav Havel delivered the opening remarks, Karel Schwarzenberg also addressed the conference[12]. In 2007 PSSI hosted the Democracy & Security International Conference also known as the “Democracy and Security: Core Values and Sound Policies” conference, together with the Adelson Institute for Strategic Studies at the Shalem Center in Jerusalem and the Spanish Foundation for Social Analysis and Studies[13]. It was held in Prague on the 5-6th of June, overlapping the 2007 G8 summit in Heiligendamm[14].
2008
The 2008 Asia-Pacific Security Challenges conference was co-organised with the Prague Security Studies Institute Washington between the 7-9 September.[15]. Also in 2008, PSSI co-organised a seminar on EU Enlargement with the European Stability Initiative and the UK Commonwealth Office[16].
Funding
As of 2008[17].
Known members
7 of the 33 of the members already have pages here:
| Member | Description |
|---|---|
| Timothy Garton Ash | UK historian, Ditchley Governor with other connections. Presented a paper to the 1989 Bilderberg. Subsequently attended two more, over a span of 30 years. |
| Jiří Pehe | Czech presidential advisor who attended the 2001 Bilderberg. Formerly worked for Freedom House and Radio Free Europe. |
| Robert Pfaltzgraff | Hawkish "terror expert" who in the 1980s visited both the Bilderberg and Le Cercle. |
| Karel Schwarzenberg | Deep state connected Czech diplomat and politician, MSC regular |
| Elie Wiesel | "Chief Witness to The Holocaust" |
| James Woolsey | Ex CIA director still (per 2020) very active in deep state networks. |
| Michael Zantovsky | Bilderberger Czech diplomat |
Sponsors
| Event | Description |
|---|---|
| Atlas Network | |
| German Marshall Fund | According to whistleblower Udo Ulfkotte, a CIA front group. Despite the 'German' in its name, it is a fully US/CIA-controlled operation, mainly to maintain a network of transatlantic European politicians and journalists. Hugely influential behind the scenes. |
| Konrad Adenauer Foundation | |
| NATO | The world's largest military alliance. "Take five broken empires, add the sixth one later, and make one big neo-colonial empire out of it all." |
| Open Society Foundations | A NGO operating in more countries than McDonald's. It has the tendency to support politicians (at times through astroturfing) and activists that get branded as "extreme left" as its founder is billionaire and bane of the pound George Soros. This polarizing perspective causes the abnormal influence of the OSF to go somewhat unanswered. |
References
- ↑ PSSI website, Accessed November 2008
- ↑ History, About PSSI, Prague Security Studies Institute, Accessed 11-June-2009
- ↑ Freedom Flame Award, Roger W. Robinson, Centre for Security Policy, Accessed 11-June-2009
- ↑ Executive Committee, Frank Gaffney, Prague Security Studies Institute, Accessed 11-June-2009
- ↑ Jose Maria Aznar, Speech at the AEI, The Spain Herald, 17-November-2005, Accessed 11-June-2009
- ↑ Founding Members 1979, CONSORTIUM FOR THE STUDY OF INTELLIGENCE, Consortium for the Study of Intelligence, Accessed 11-June-2009
- ↑ Board of Trustees, International Advisory Council, Social Affairs Unit, Accessed 11-June-2009
- ↑ Program of Atlantic Security Studies, Fact Sheet 2005, PASS, Accessed 11-June-2009
- ↑ PSSI, 2 Year Report, Prague Security Studies Institute, Accessed 14-June-2009
- ↑ Communicating Europe Conference,Czech Perspectives on EU Enlargement, European Stability Initiative, Accessed 11-June-2009
- ↑ John Reid, Members Register of Interests, Theyworkforyou.com, Accessed 04-June-2009
- ↑ Communication in the Age of Terrorism, News Archive, Prague Security Studies Institute, Accessed 11-June-2009
- ↑ A Neoconservative International targets Iran, LobeLog, 9 June 2007.
- ↑ Natan Sharansky, PRESIDENT BUSH TO ADDRESS INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE FOR PRO-DEMOCRACY ACTIVISTS, Accessed 08-March-2009
- ↑ PSSI Asia-Pacific Security Challenges: Implications for Europe and Atlantic Alliance, accessed 25 February 2009
- ↑ Communicating Europe Conference,Czech Perspectives on EU Enlargement, European Stability Initiative, Accessed 11-June-2009
- ↑ https://web.archive.org/web/20080511053633/http://www.pssi.cz/en/about-pssi/partners/foundations-and-institutions/
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