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Bens Ambassadors Council Web Announcement

BENS Forms Ambassador’s Council, Expanding Its National Security Bench Across Diplomacy, Defense, and Industry

Bringing together former U.S. Ambassadors to provide strategic guidance, insight, and connectivity.

BENS COO Julazadeh

Lt. Gen. David J. Julazadeh Appointed BENS Chief Operating Officer

Retired U.S. Air Force Lieutenant General Dave Julazadeh joins BENS

Fellows Web

Senior Military Leaders Join Forces with BENS as Distinguished Senior Fellows

Welcoming Admiral Christopher Grady, USN (Ret.), General Anthony Cotton, USAF (Ret.), and Vice Admiral Frank “Trey” Whitworth, USN (Ret.)

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How to Fix Argentina’s Currency Crisis

By BENS President & CEO Gen. Tim Ray (Ret.) and BENS Vice Chair Ramon Marks, published in The National Interest. All rights reserved. The United States must do more than…

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Pharmaceutical Blackout: The Hidden Threat to U.S. Security

By BENS Member Stuart Glickman and BENS President & CEO Gen. Tim Ray (Ret.), published in RealClearDefense.

U.S. Navy Airman Rafael Santiago blows debris on the flight deck aboard the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Dwight D. Eisenhower (CVN 69), Jan. 14, 2026. Eisenhower is moored at Norfolk Naval Shipyard for a Planned Incremental Availability maintenance period. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist Seaman Jamison Sutton)

How Capital Markets Can Revive the Defense Industrial Base

By BENS Board Director Frank Finelli and Member David Bonfili, via The National Interest

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Orbit of Opportunity: Harnessing Commercial Innovation for US National Security

By BENS Member Patrick Zeitouni and Initiatives Director Kyle Peterson, via The National Interest

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Re-Imagining America’s Defense Industrial Base

By BENS Board Chairman Mark Gerencser and Initiatives Associate Ethan Ingram,
via The National Interest

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On Critical Minerals: How to Get America Mining Again

By BENS Board Directors David C. McDonald and Anthony Weiss, via The National Interest

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Innovation in Defense is Interesting, but Agility is Everything

By BENS President and CEO retired General Timothy Ray and BENS Board Director Jim Smith
via RealClearDefense