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Defense Contractor Stability Pool: Converting Termination Risk into Insurable Protection 

A Practitioner Recommendation for Mobilizing Private Capital by Andrew Hersh

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The DIB Transition Accelerator: De-Risking M&A to Lower the Cost of Capital for Small Defense Businesses 

A Practitioner Recommendation for Mobilizing Private Capital by Michael Dworkis

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Operation Arsenal Speed: Open Defense Production to Commercial Manufacturers

A Practitioner Recommendation for Mobilizing Private Capital by Stan Crow

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Countering Influence, Securing Opportunity: A Private Sector View from Argentina

Analysis and 10 recommendations following a BENS delegation visit to Buenos Aires, where they examine how a stronger U.S.-Argentina partnership can counter growing Chinese influence

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Arsenal of Democracy 2.0: Mobilizing Modern Capital for America’s Defense

By General Timothy M. Ray, USAF (Ret.) & Al Puchala

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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.

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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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Understanding the AI Competition with China

The development and adoption of artificial intelligence is poised to revolutionize the commercial and military worlds, making it a key focus of the technological competition between the United States and…

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The Cybersecurity Workforce Gap: Confronting National Security Risks in the AI Era

U.S. defensive capabilities in cyberspace will be unable to mitigate evolving information warfare and its accompanying doctrine implemented by state and non-state advanced persistent threat (APT) groups. Private sector estimates…