Center for Security Policy

The Center for Security Policy was founded in July 1988 by 30 national security policy practitioners united by an overarching goal to perpetuate the time-tested policy Ronald Reagan used to such transformative effect during his presidency: Peace through Strength. Led by Frank Gaffney, a former Reagan Defense Department official and aide to Senators Henry Scoop Jackson and Senate Armed Services Committee Chairman John Tower, they founded an non-partisan, educational public policy organization with a single, overarching mission: secure freedom. In its early days, the Center for Security Policy became famous for its highly timely and influential Decision Briefs that were regularly faxed to hundreds of national security officials and other policy-makers and influencers. In the years since, the Center has evolved, as has the information technology available to reach ever larger audiences through traditional, earned and social media platforms. Today, the Center complements the efficie...