PSSI WASHINGTON INC

CHINA/CAPITAL MARKETS TRANSPARENCY INITIATIVEPSSI WASHINGTON INC. LAUNCHED ITS CHINA CMTI IN MARCH, 2019, AN ISSUE AREA THAT HAD BEEN THE SUBJECT OF INTENSIVE RESEARCH BY PSSI PRINCIPALS SINCE 1998. THIS PUBLIC POLICY EDUCATION PROGRAM REACHED "CRITICAL MASS" INTERNALLY WHEN PSSI'S EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR PREPARED 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 A FINANCIAL INTELLIGENCE INITIATIVE, FOCUSED ON HOW U.S.SANCTIONED AND OTHER CHINESE CORPORATE "BAD ACTORS" HAVE BEEN FUNDING THEMSELVES AND THEIR PREDATIONS TO THE TUNE OF SCORES OF BILLIONS OF DOLLARS ANNUALLY VIA THE U.S. DEBT AND EQUITY MARKETS (INCLUDING PRIVATE EQUITY FUNDS). U.S. INVESTOR FUNDING OF THE CHINESE COMMUNIST PARTY (CCP) AND THE PEOPLE'S LIBERATION ARMY (PLA) HAS TAKEN PLACE OVER SOME 25 YEARS AND TOTALED IN THE TRILLIONS OF DOLLARS. SOME NUMBER OF ROUGHLY 5,000 PUBLICLY TRADED CHINESE CORPORATE SECURITIES, TRADED IN THE U.S. CAPITAL MARKETS ARE HELD BY AS MANY AS 75100 MILLION 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, ODNI ,NSC, THE NATIONAL ECONOMIC COUNCIL AND THE SEC. MEMBERS OF CONGRESS AND SEVERAL CONGRESSIONAL COMMITTEES ON A BIPARTISAN BASIS HAVE ALSO TAKEN UP THIS NEW ISSUE AREA AND PASSED SEVERAL PIECES OF LEGISLATION. IN ONE HIGHPROFILE CASE STUDY, PSSI WASHINGTON'S EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR, ROGER ROBINSON, WAS RESPONSIBLE FOR UNCOVERING AND ANALYZING THE ISSUE OF U.S.SANCTIONED CHINESE COMPANIES AND OTHER CORPORATE "BAD ACTORS" BEING ADDED TO THE LIST OF INVESTMENTS OF THE FEDERAL THRIFT SAVINGS PLAN. THE RELEASE OF THIS DATA CREATED WIDESPREAD OPPOSITION TO THIS PLANNED DEVELOPMENT AND ULTIMATELY LED TO PRESIDENT TRUMP'S DIRECT INTERVENTION. MOREOVER, PSSI WASHINGTON IS ALSO PRESENTLY PROVIDING RESEARCH FINDINGS TO SUPPORT A FOX NATION DOCUMENTARY SERIES ENTITLED UNDERWRITING THE ENEMY, HOSTED BY FOX BUSINESS ANCHOR, MARIA BARTIROMO.

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, ANNUALLY BRINGING TOGETHER TOP SPACE 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, TO DATE, BEEN SEVEN LARGE, TWO-DAY CONFERENCES CONVENED IN PRAGUE, WASHINGTON, DC, AND TOKYO.THE LATEST ONE WAS HELD ON JUNE 1517, 2024, IN PRAGUE, AND WAS ENTITLED SPACE SECURITY ECONOMY AND CAPABILITIES: FROM POLICIES TO ACTION. PSSI WASHINGTON INC. HAS ALSO BEEN CONTRACTED BY THE DEFENSE INTELLIGENCE AGENCY TO PROVIDE A COMPREHENSIVE STUDY OF, AMONG OTHER TOPICS, THE "INTERNATIONAL SPACE PARTNERSHIPS" CONCLUDED BETWEEN SOME 50 COUNTRIES AND THE TWO AUTHORITARIAN SPACE POWERS, CHINA AND RUSSIA.OVER THE COURSE OF 2023, 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 NATIONS. THIS WORK WAS THE FIRST OF ITS KIND AND DEFINED AND ESTABLISHED THE CRITICALLY IMPORTANT ECONOMIC AND FINANCIAL DIMENSIONS OF SPACE SECURITY, THE KEY TECHNOLOGIES BEING TRANSFERRED IN THIS MALIGN CONTEXT, AND THE DEPLOYMENT OF PRIVATE SECTOR COMPANIES AS TOOLS OF THE STATELED SPACE STRATEGIES OF THESE AUTHORITARIAN REGIMES.