PSSI is a non-profit, non-governmental public policy organization established in early 2002 to advance the building of a just, democratic, free-market society in the Czech Republic and other post-communist states. PSSI's mission is to help safeguard and strengthen the individual freedoms and democratic institutions of the countries in Central and Eastern Europe and beyond. The Institute also seeks to illuminate select unconventional threats emanating from authoritarian governments that challenge the transatlantic alliance and other partners globally, especially in the economic & financial and space domains. To fulfill its mission, PSSI organizes high-level conferences, and roundtables, publishes analyses of critical security issues and liaises with allied government officials and other like-minded NGOs. It likewise educates and trains new generations of security-minded students and young professionals and expands its growing PSSI Alumni network.