PSA Advisory Board

Howard BakerUS Senator (R-TN) 1967-85Nancy Kassebaum BakerUS Senator (R-KS) 1978-97Samuel BergerNational Security Advisor 1997-2001Zbigniew BrzezinskiNational Security Advisor 1977-81Warren ChristopherSecretary of State 1993-97Slade GortonUS Senator (R-WA) 1981-87, 1989-2001Lee HamiltonUS Congressman (D-IN) 1965-99 Gary HartUS Senator (D-CO) 1975-87Rita HauserChair, International Peace Academy 1992-presentCarla HillsUS Trade Representative 1989-93 Richard HolbrookeAmbassador to UN 1999-2001Thomas KeanGovernor New Jersey 1982-1990Anthony LakeNational Security Advisor 1993-97John LehmanSecretary of the Navy, 1981-87Richard LeonePresident, The Century Foundation 1989-presentRobert McFarlaneNational Security Advisor 1983-85Donald McHenryAmbassador to UN 1979-81 Sam NunnUS Senator (D-GA) 1972-96William PerrySecretary of Defense 1994-97Thomas PickeringUndersecretary of State 1997-2000Warren RudmanUS Senator (R-NH) 1980-92Theodore SorensenWhite House Special Counsel 1961-63John WhiteheadDeputy Secretary of State 1985-88Frank WisnerUndersecretary of State 1992-93

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US UN Relations

Bipartisan Statement on US-UN Relations PSA released a high level bipartisan statement, calling on the Obama administration to renew the US-UN relationship.
WMD Report Card

WMD Report Card On September 10th, PSA released our WMD Terror Report Card, along with three supporting papers by independent experts on nuclear, chemical, and biological terrorism.

The PSA Blog

Want Middle East peace? Next stop: Damascus The situation in Gaza is going to force the Obama Administration to focus on the Middle East earlier that might have been planned.  Israeli ground troops in Gaza ensures that the conflict will .. Read Article


The clock is ticking Last week the International Republican Institute released a particularly disheartening poll of attitudes and opinions held by the the Pakistani public.  This poll that took place during the second half of October shows an increasing pessimism amongst average Pakistanis.  Eighty Eight (88) percent of Pakistanis .. Read Article


Why Solving Pakistan is the Pivot for Obama's South Asian Security Strategy

In the space of 10 days, two terrorist actions in South Asia highlighted why President-elect Obama’s desire to adopt a regional approach to the interlinked crises of Afghanistan, India and .. Read Article



The Latest from PSA

New for the bookshelf: Shadow ForceAcross the Aisle contributer David Isenberg will soon be publishing a book on private security contractors in Iraq, and is titled "Shadow Force: Private Security Contractors in Iraq."

Allying America and AsiaPSA Board of Directors Co-Chair Jamie Metzl talks about how to develop a mutually beneficial relationship between the United States and Asia.

Top Democrats and Republicans Come Together in NYC on 9/11 AnniversaryOn September 11 in NYC, 9/11 Commission Chair and NJ Gov. Tom Kean, Amb. Tom Pickering and JFK counselor Ted Sorensen came together for a dialogue on finding bipartisan national security consensus.

Former 9/11 Commissioners Release New WMD Terror Report CardIn Washington, DC, on September 10 2008, Advisory Board members and former 9/11 Commissioners Lee Hamilton and Slade Gorton announced PSA's new WMD Terror Report Card.

PSA Co-Chairman Testifies Before the House Committee on Foreign Affairs, Subcommittee on International Terrorism and NonproliferationCan We Prevent the Arms Race of the Human Race? Addressing the National Security Challenges of the Genetics Revoltion