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Re-Imagining America’s Defense Industrial Base

By BENS Board Chairman Mark Gerencser and Initiatives Associate Ethan Ingram, published in The National Interest. All rights reserved. “To meet the realities of modern warfare, America needs to engage…

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On Critical Minerals: How to Get America Mining Again

By BENS Board Directors David C. McDonald and Anthony Weiss, published in The National Interest. All rights reserved. “America’s loss of dominance in mining to China was not inevitable—nor is…

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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

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Japan and the U.S. Can Unlock the Space Economy

By BENS Member Stan Crow, founder of Stan Crow Enterprises and former chief executive of Northrop Grumman Japan, along with Sosuke Nagayama, COO of Deloitte Tohmatsu Space & Security LLC.…

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How to Win the Global South’s Energy Race

This article was written by BENS President and CEO retired General Timothy Ray and BENS Vice Chair Ramon Marks, published in The National Interest. All rights reserved. The United States…

Secretary of Defense Lloyd J. Austin III and Vietnam Minister of National Defense Phan Van Giang stand for the playing of the U.S. and Vietnam national anthems during a bilateral exchange at the Pentagon, Washington, D.C., Sept. 9, 2024. (DoD photo by U.S. Navy Petty Officer 1st Class Alexander Kubitza)

Vietnam Will Expand US Security Ties Incrementally

This article was written by Dr. Joydeep Sen for Oxford Analytica. BENS has been generously granted permission to share with our members. All rights reserved. Hanoi increasingly sees Washington as…

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Vietnam Ties Deepen France’s Indo-Pacific Engagement

This article was written by Dr. Joydeep Sen for Oxford Analytica. BENS has been generously granted permission to share with our members. All rights reserved. France and Vietnam have elevated…

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Pact on Icebreakers Will Strengthen US Arctic Presence

This article was written by Dr. Giles Alston for Oxford Analytica. BENS has been generously granted permission to share with our members. All rights reserved. The United States, Canada and…

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Leveraging U.S. Capital Markets to Support the Future Industrial Network

Editor’s Note: Written by General Joseph L. Votel, USA (Ret.), Francis A. Finelli, and Samuel Cole on behalf of Business Executives for National Security. Published by War on the Rocks.…

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Forging the Industrial Network the Nation Needs

Editor’s Note: Written by General Joseph L. Votel, USA (Ret.) and The Honorable James F. (Hondo) Geurts on behalf of Business Executives for National Security. Published by The National Interest.…