Partnership for a Secure America

Partnership for a Secure America
Abbreviation PSA
Motto Responsible Foreign Policy Through Bipartisan Action
Formation 2005 (2005)
Founder

Lee H. Hamilton

Warren Rudman
Type Nonprofit organization
Headquarters 1629 K. Street NW, Suite 450
Location
  • Washington, D.C.
Website psaonline.org

Partnership for a Secure America (PSA) is a nonprofit organization in Washington, D.C. that seeks to promote bipartisan solutions to today's critical national security and foreign policy issues.[1] Created by former Congressman Lee H. Hamilton and former Senator Warren Rudman (in 2005, the Partnership for a Secure America works with leading Democrats and Republicans to rebuild the bipartisan center in American national security and foreign policy.

Advisory Board

Current members of Partnership for a Secure America's bipartisan Advisory Board include:

Publications

PSA's bipartisan policy statements are signed by influential policy leaders and are pivotal in advancing bipartisan consensus and have garnered coverage by leading newspapers around the world. These statements help create bipartisan consensus among Democrats and Republicans on issues ranging from non-proliferation to climate change.[2][3]

Programs

Partnership for a Secure America is most well-known on Capitol Hill for its bipartisan, bicameral Congressional Partnership Program (CPP), which it has run since 2009. Participants in this program get a special look at foreign policy and national security issues through a number of policy seminars with current and former administration officials. Previous speakers have included members of PSA's bipartisan Advisory Board, Tara Sonenshine[4] and others. Participants in the Congressional Partnership Program have also visited a number of organizations that influence international affairs.[5]

PSA also works with the Harvard Law School Program on Negotiation to equip congressional staff with a foundation of knowledge on negotiation and consensus-building strategies that will help participants develop bipartisan solutions to seemingly intractable issues. The program focuses on countering the win-lose style of negotiations, and instead focuses on win-win negotiation tactics.[6]

Since 2012, Partnership for a Secure America has worked with the US Institute of Peace "to provide opportunities for congressional staff to engage with leading experts and fellow Capitol Hill staffers in bipartisan forums."[7] PSA has put on over two dozen briefings with the US Institute of Peace, on topics ranging from Tunisian security issues and Afghanistan elections to revolutions in Egypt and Ukraine.

References

  1. ↑ "About". Partnership for a Secure America.
  2. ↑ http://www.sherryconsulting.com/files/climate.pdf
  3. ↑ https://climateandsecurity.org/2013/12/03/event-a-changing-security-landscape-u-s-military-response-to-the-next-emerging-challenge/
  4. ↑ http://www.state.gov/r/remarks/2012/198101.htm
  5. ↑ http://www.bbg.gov/blog/2013/11/08/partnership-for-secure-america-fellows-visit-the-bbg/
  6. ↑ http://www.rollcall.com/hill-navigator/staffers-who-argue-lessons-learned-from-harvards-capitol-leaders-negotiation-program/?dcz=
  7. ↑ http://www.usip.org/publications/usip-psa-commence-congressional-briefing-series
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