Publications
Security Scholars Program // Adéla Habartová, Michaela Habartová / 14 Jul 2021
China's Navy: A Serious Threat to U.S. Naval Superiority?
PSSI has published another policy paper from the series of Alumni Briefs composed of policy analyses/commentaries on current security issues by the alumni of PSSI´s Robinson-Martin Security Scholars Academy, Cyber Security Academy, NATO Summer School, our former interns, and colleagues. The goal of these Briefs is to inform and enrich public policy debate and official deliberations on breaking national security issues.
Regional Security Program // Michaela Dvořáková, Jonáš Syrovátka / 8 Jul 2021
PSSI Perspective #12 - Vrbětice: Case Study of Czech Resilience Against Hostile Propaganda
PSSI's latest Perspective discusses the spread of hostile propaganda within the Czech media space related to the revelation of Russian GRU involvement in the Vrbětice ammunition depot explosions in 2014, while also examining the Czech response and resilience to hostile propaganda.
Economic & Financial Statecraft Program // Zack Kramer / 22 Jun 2021
PSSI Perspective #11 - Biden Administration Opts To Sustain and Strenghten Trump-era Capital Markets Sanctions on Chinese Corporate Bad Actors
PSSI’s latest Perspective examines the continuity and expansion of capital markets sanctions on Chinese military and other "bad actor" companies across the Trump and Biden administrations.
Space Security Program // PSSI / 2 Jun 2021
Chinese ‘High-Risk’ Corporate Space Actors
Dr. Jana Robinson’s article, entitled “Chinese ‘High-Risk’ Corporate Space Actors”, was published in the 2021 NATO JAPCC Joint Air and Space Power Conference 2021 Read Ahead.
Regional Security Program // Šimon Pinkas / 11 May 2021
PSSI Perspective #10 - Authoritarian Influence in the EU and How to Deal with It: The MEP’ perspective
Economic & Financial Statecraft Program // Zack Kramer, Simone Neads, Zuzana Krulichová / 6 May 2021
PSSI Perspective #9 - Czech-Russian Crisis: High Time to Leave Moscow's International Investment Bank
PSSI Perspective #9 examines the Czech Republic’s membership in the Russia-led International Investment Bank (IIB), a tool of malign Russian influence. The Perspective examines a long overdue action that should be taken by the government forthwith, arguing that, in the context of the current Czech-Russia diplomatic crisis, the Czech government should take steps to resign its membership in the Bank immediately.
Regional Security Program // Edited by Ioannis Armakolas, Barbora Chrzová, Petr Čermák and Anja Grabovac / 26 Apr 2021
Western Balkans at the Crossroads: Ways forward in analyzing External Actors' Influence
The final publication of the second phase of the Western Balkans at the Crossroads incorporates the project's fourteen analytical studies which have focused and analysed specific mechanisms of influence or various aspects related to the role of external actors' presences in the region. It is structured in four sections along broader topics identified as important but under-researched parts of the overall picture. The volume also encompasses a written reflection on the studies by Senada Šelo Šabic, and the concluding chapter written by Ioannis Armakolas.
Economic & Financial Statecraft Program // Roger W. Robinson, Jr., Zack Kramer / 14 Apr 2021
The Security and Human Rights Implications of Chinese Corporate "Bad Actors" Traded on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange
PSSI’s Frankfurt Stock Exchange (FSE) report reveals that dozens of US-sanctioned and other Chinese corporate "bad actors" are presently traded on the Frankfurt exchange, including companies involved in national security and human rights abuses. It also treats how the US has set about addressing this same challenge and Beijing's potential efforts to thwart meaningful European remedial action in the language of the EU-China Comprehensive Agreement on Investment (CAI).
Security Scholars Program // Adéla Klečková / 19 Mar 2021
Open Source Intelligence and Terrorism
PSSI is launching a series of Alumni Briefs, composed of policy analyses/commentaries on current security issues prepared by the alumni of PSSI´s Robinson-Martin Security Scholars Academy, Cyber Security Academy, NATO Summer School, our former interns and colleagues. The goal of these Briefs is to inform and enrich public policy debate and official deliberations on these breaking issues.
Space Security Program // Dr. Jana Robinson, Patrik Martínek, Jakub Pražák and Kristína Sikoraiová / 8 Mar 2021
PSSI Perspective #8 - China Deploys BeiDou to Project Power and Influence
PSSI Perspective #8 reviews how China leverages its economic and financial (E&F) strategies to project power and advance its regional and global economic, strategic and military objectives.