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[[Center for Security Policy]] is a Washington-based organization set up by the hardline [[neocon]] [[Frank Gaffney]]. According to Jim Lobe, it is a "a small think tank funded mainly by U.S. defence contractors, far-right foundations, and right-wing Zionists".<ref>Jim Lobe, [http://www.commondreams.org/headlines06/0224-07.htm Neo-Con Superhawk Earns His Wings on Port Flap], ''IPS News'', 24 February 2006.</ref> It operates with the tagline 'promoting peace through strength', by which they appear to mean that global US dominance is the route to peace. | [[Center for Security Policy]] is a Washington-based organization set up by the hardline [[neocon]] [[Frank Gaffney]]. According to Jim Lobe, it is a "a small think tank funded mainly by U.S. defence contractors, far-right foundations, and right-wing Zionists".<ref>Jim Lobe, [http://www.commondreams.org/headlines06/0224-07.htm Neo-Con Superhawk Earns His Wings on Port Flap], ''IPS News'', 24 February 2006.</ref> It operates with the tagline 'promoting peace through strength', by which they appear to mean that global US dominance is the route to peace. | ||
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| + | :To identify challenges and opportunities likely to affect American security, broadly defined, and to act promptly and creatively to ensure that they are the subject of focused national examination and effective action.<ref>Center for Security Policy "[http://www.centerforsecuritypolicy.org/Home.aspx?SID=75 The Center's Role in National Security Policy] accessed 26th February 2008</ref> | ||
==Center for Security Policy Board of Directors== | ==Center for Security Policy Board of Directors== | ||
Revision as of 14:36, 10 August 2009
Center for Security Policy is a Washington-based organization set up by the hardline neocon Frank Gaffney. According to Jim Lobe, it is a "a small think tank funded mainly by U.S. defence contractors, far-right foundations, and right-wing Zionists".[1] It operates with the tagline 'promoting peace through strength', by which they appear to mean that global US dominance is the route to peace.
The Center states its mission as follows:
- To identify challenges and opportunities likely to affect American security, broadly defined, and to act promptly and creatively to ensure that they are the subject of focused national examination and effective action.[2]
Contents
Center for Security Policy Board of Directors
Chairman of the Board
- James T. de Graffenreid Chairman & President, HP Associates
Directors
- M.D.B. Carlisle Former Assistant Secretary of Defense for Legislative Affairs, and former Chief of Staff to Senator Thad Cochran
- Terry Elkes Principal & Co-Owner, Apollo Partners, LLC
- Frank J. Gaffney, Jr. President, Center for Security Policy
- Lt. Col. Marlin L. Hefti, USMC (Ret.) Vice President, Van Scoyoc Associates
- Charles M. Kupperman
- Dominic J. Monetta President, Resource Alternatives, Inc.
- David P. Steinmann (JINSA)
- Allen M. Taylor Lynde and Harry Bradley Foundation
National Security Advisory Council
CSP Board of Advisors has been renamed the National Security Advisory Council(NSAC). Most of its memberships overlaps with the Committee on the Present Danger, including one of the same honorary co-chair.
- Jon Kyl - Honorary co-chairman
- James Woolsey - Honorary co-chairman
Contact
Website: http://www.centerforsecuritypolicy.org
Related Articles
- Jim Lobe, Neo-Cons Driving Iran Divestment Campaign, InterPress Service, 11 May 2007.
Notes
- ↑ Jim Lobe, Neo-Con Superhawk Earns His Wings on Port Flap, IPS News, 24 February 2006.
- ↑ Center for Security Policy "The Center's Role in National Security Policy accessed 26th February 2008
