CSP's "Freedom Flame" logo.

The Center for Security Policy (CSP) is a Washington, D.C. thinktank that focuses on national security issues. The Center was founded in 1988 by Frank Gaffney, Jr., a Reagan-era Defense Department official and former aide to the late Senator Henry M. Jackson. It advocates policies based on a philosophy of "Peace through Strength". CSP states that this belief emerges from their claim that "international peace is most likely achieved, and America most secure, when our nation is strong and engaged with our key allies in ensuring freedom and democracy throughout the world." Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ... Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ... This article is about the institution. ... Security measures taken to protect the Houses of Parliament in London, England. ... Frank J. Gaffney Jr. ... “Reagan” redirects here. ... Federal courts Supreme Court Chief Justice Associate Justices Elections Presidential elections Midterm elections Political Parties Democratic Republican Third parties State & Local government Governors Legislatures (List) State Courts Local Government Other countries Politics Portal      The United States Senate is one of the two chambers of the bicameral United States Congress, the... Henry Martin Scoop Jackson (May 31, 1912 – September 1, 1983) was a U.S. Congressman and Senator for Washington State from 1941 until his death. ...

CSP is a non-profit organization and describes itself as non-partisan. However, many of its most prominent members have been characterized as neoconservatives. CSP specializes in identifying policies, actions, and resource needs that it believes are vital to American security and then seeking to ensure that such issues are the subject of both focused examination and effective action. A non-profit organization (often called non-profit org or simply non-profit or not-for-profit) can be seen as an organization that doesnt have a goal to make a profit. ... Neoconservatism describes several distinct political ideologies which are considered new forms of conservatism. ...

Projects

The CSP's operations are organized into project areas that correspond to what it sees as the principal national security challenges facing the United States. Each project is designed to inform policymakers and the public about what the CSP sees as near and long range threats, devise appropriate actions, and then promote those ideas within the government, Capitol Hill, newspapers, radio, the internet, and television.

The following is a partial list of the CSP's projects:

• Divest Terror. The primary objective of Divest Terror is to force governments to choose between their sponsorship of terrorism and critical partnerships with publicly traded firms. To achieve this goal, it aims at encouraging companies to divest from those regimes designated by the State Department as state sponsors of terrorism.
• The Strategic Defense and Deterrence Project. Through this project, the Center advocates the creation of a national missile defense system, the modernization of America's nuclear capabilities, and the abrogation of U.S. participation in arms control treaties.
• The War of Ideas Project. The War of Ideas project has the goal of educating policymakers about the political and ideological realms of international relations. It seeks to equip decision makers with the understanding they need to use the tools of influence of and persuasion to confront and defeat foreign ideological adversaries.
• Menges Hemispheric Security Project. The Hemispheric Security project focuses on threats to the Western Hemisphere.
• The Islamist Project. The Islamist Project is aimed at publicising what CSP sees as the growing influence of radical Islam within the United States, and highlighting the voices of moderate, non-violent Muslims Muslims Speak Out.
• The Security and Democracy in Asia Project. This project is a reflection of the Center's belief that Asia has the potential to be an area of substantial geostrategic conflict in the 21st Century.

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Recent publications

• EADS: Partner or Proliferator?. A Center for Security Policy Publication. This paper criticises the European defense conglomerate EADS.
• The Smith-Mundt Act of 1948. By Bryan Hill. This article claims that the Smith-Mundt Act of 1948 is in need of revision and reinterpretation.
• The Radical Grassroots: A Danger on the Horizon. By Luis Fleischman and Nicole M. Ferrand. In this article the authors claim the existence of Hezbollah in Venezuela.

Methods

The Center does most of its advocacy work behind the scenes. However, its fellows routinely appear in the media for radio and TV interviews, and all publish widely in newpapers, journals, and other online news outlets..

CSP's official publications fall into a number of different categories:

• Decision Briefs. These policy papers reflect the Center's official position on a wide range of policy issues. After publication, they are distributed to national leaders and the media for immediate action.
• Security Forums. These publications are part of the Center's effort to ensure that important, timely articles on national security issues are given the proper attention and consideration. They reflect the views of the author, and not the Center for Security Policy
• CSP Occasional Papers. This series of papers is intended to function as timely and incisive original research. Preference is given to topics relevant to the national security of the United States and broadly congruent with CSP's research agenda and its motto "peace through strength." Occasional Papers are published with a minimum of editing and do not reflect the views of the Center for Security Policy.

Funding

CSP is a 501(c)(3) organization. It gets funding from private individuals and an assortment of philanthropic foundations. ^[1] The Center's philosophy of "Peace through Strength" holds that America's national power must be preserved and properly used because of America's unique global role in maintaining peace and stability. 501(c)(3) is a provision of the US tax code that provides exempt status, for Federal income tax purposes, for some non-profit organizations in the United States (see 26 U.S.C. Â§ 501(c)(3)). The term refers to: Section 501. ...

Global warming

The Center does not take an official position on global warming - it focuses its work on domestic and international politics. However, it is a member organization of the Cooler Heads Coalition which seeks to "dispel the myths of global warming by exposing flawed scientific, economic, and risk analysis."^[2] The Cooler Heads Coalition was a project of the National Consumer Coalition, itself a project of the 501(c)3 charitable nonprofit organization Consumer Alert. ... Global mean surface temperatures 1850 to 2006 Mean surface temperature anomalies during the period 1995 to 2004 with respect to the average temperatures from 1940 to 1980 Global warming is the observed increase in the average temperature of the Earths atmosphere and oceans in recent decades and the projected...

Family Security Matters and controversial writings

The Center sponsors "Family Security Matters." On August 3, 2007, Family Security Matters published an opinion piece by Philip Atkinson, which advocated for making George W. Bush president-for-life, because "The inadequacy of Democracy, rule by the majority, is undeniable." Furthermore, after giving Atkinson's interpretation of Caesar's treatment of Gaul, the article called for emptying Iraq of its Arabs: George Walker Bush (born July 6, 1946) is the 43rd and current President of the United States, inaugurated on January 20, 2001. ... Look up Caesar in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ... Gaul (Latin: ) was the name given,in ancient times, to the region of Western Europe comprising present-day northern Italy, France, Belgium, western Switzerland and the parts of the Netherlands and Germany on the west bank of the Rhine river. ... Languages Arabic and other minority languages Religions Islam, Christianity, Druzism and Judaism An Arab (Arabic: , arabi) is a member of a complexly defined ethnic group who identifies as such on the basis of one or more of either genealogical, political, or linguistic grounds. ...

If President Bush copied Julius Caesar by ordering his army to empty Iraq of Arabs and repopulate the country with Americans, he would achieve immediate results: popularity with his military; enrichment of America by converting an Arabian Iraq into an American Iraq (therefore turning it from a liability to an asset); and boost American prestige while terrifying American enemies.

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The website removed all articles by Atkinson and references to the writer the next day after complaints were received, but several bloggers found similar passages in other articles by means of Google Cache. ^{[4] [5]} The president of Family Security Matters told The New York Sun that she had sent the submission from Atkinson to the webmaster without reading the essay. ^[6] The modern New York Sun is a daily newspaper published in New York City. ...

This section should be removed as it is in error. The Center for Security Policy has not had a relationship with Family Security Matters since 2005. FSM is a seperate 501C3 organization which the Center neither endorses or sponsors. (Comments by CSP webmaster)

Keeper of the Flame Award

"Since 1990, the Center for Security Policy has recognized individuals for devoting their public careers to the defence of the United States and American values around the world. Those extraordinary individuals are the Keepers of the Flame."^[7] The majority of awards have gone to senior military figures and Republican politicians. A notable exception to this pattern is world chess champion, Garry Kasparov. Garry Kimovich Kasparov (IPA: ; Russian: ) (born April 13, 1963, in Baku, Azerbaijan SSR) (now Azerbaijan) is a Russian chess grandmaster, and former World Chess Champion. ...

• 2006 - Duncan Hunter, Chairman, House Armed Services Committee and Those Who Serve
• 2005 - Sen. James Inhofe and the Heroes of the Homefront
• 2004 - Gen. Peter Pace and the Defenders of Freedom
• 2003 - Paul Wolfowitz, Deputy Secretary of Defense and the Liberators of Iraq
• 2002 - Gen. Richard B. Myers, United States Air Force and the Men and Women of the U.S. Armed Forces
• 2001 - James Schlesinger, former Secretary of Defense, former Secretary of Energy, former Director of Central Intelligence
• 2000 - Floyd Spence, Chairman, House Armed Services Committee
• 1999 - Gen. James L. Jones, Commandant, US Marine Corps
• 1998 - Donald H. Rumsfeld, former and future Secretary of Defense
• 1997 - Christopher Cox, U.S. Congressman
• 1996 - Newt Gingrich, Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives
• 1995 - Ronald Reagan, former President of the United States
• 1994 - Jon Kyl, U.S. Congressman
• 1993 - Malcom S. "Steve" Forbes Jr., Publisher
• 1992 - Malcolm Wallop, U.S. Senator
• 1991 - Garry Kasparov, World Chess Champion
• 1990 - Caspar Weinberger, former Secretary of Defense

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Prominent members

• Richard Perle - Former Chair of the Defense Policy Board
• Douglas J. Feith - Undersecretary of Defense for Policy
• James G. Roche - Secretary of the United States Air Force
• Frank Gaffney - Project for a New American Century
• Jack Dyer Crouch, II - current Deputy National Security Advisor
• Monica Crowley - talk radio host
• Laura Ingraham - talk radio host^[8]

Richard Norman Perle (born 16 September 1941 in New York City) is an American political advisor and lobbyist who worked for the Reagan administration as an assistant Secretary of Defense and worked on the Defense Policy Board Advisory Committee from 1987 to 2004. ... The Defense Policy Board Advisory Committee (DPBAC or DPB) is a federal advisory committee to the United States Department of Defense. ... Douglas Feith. ... James Roche Dr. James G. Roche was the 20th Secretary of the Air Force, serving from January 20, 2001 to January 20, 2005. ... “The U.S. Air Force” redirects here. ... Frank J. Gaffney Jr. ... The Project for the New American Century, or PNAC, is a Washington, DC based think tank. ... Jack Dyer Crouch II was appointed Deputy National Security Advisor by U.S. President George W. Bush in March 2005. ... The Deputy Assistant to the President for National Security Affairs, commonly referred to as the Deputy National Security Advisor, is a member of the Executive Office of the President of the United States, serving as deputy to the Presidents National Security Advisor. ... Monica Crowley (born September 19, 1968) is a conservative radio and television political commentator based in New York City. ... Laura Anne Ingraham (born June 19, 1964 in Glastonbury, Connecticut) is an American conservative talk radio host and author. ...

External links

• Center for Security Policy Official Website
• Muslims Speak Out - website publishing texts of Salim Mansur, consultant with the CSP.

Salim Mansur, PhD, is a Muslim and is an Associate Professor of Political Science at the University of Western Ontario Canada. ...

Notes

1. ^ Center for Security Policy grant listing, Media Transparency.com
2. ^ "About Us" page, GlobalWarming.com
3. ^ Rogers Cadenhead, "Conservative Group Calls for Bush Dictatorship" August 20, 2007
4. ^ http://stewart-rhodes.blogspot.com/2007/08/neocon-think-tank-calls-for-enslaving.html
5. ^ http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=printer_friendly&forum=389&topic_id=1574242&mesg_id=1581802
6. ^ http://www.nysun.com/article/61471
7. ^ Center for Security Policy, Annual Report 2001
8. ^ Rogers Cadenhead, "Conservative Group Calls for Bush Dictatorship" August 20, 2007 http://watchingthewatchers.org/news/1290/conservative-group-calls-bush