BENS member Jared Isaacman will be interviewed as part of the Washington Post’s LIVE series on Monday, 10/3, at 11:30am ET – he’ll be discussing the future of commercial space exploration/private space travel and his upcoming Polaris Dawn mission.
General Votel was Accompanied By a Delegation of BENS Members to Engage with Senior Officials in Greece. Learn More About the Impactful Trip Through the Eyes of the Greek Media.
BENS EVENT RECAP
Former SOCOM Deputy Commander VADM Tim Szymanski
In Austin, Texas, former SOCOM Deputy Commander VADM Tim Szymanski, USN (Ret.), addressed BENS members and their guests on the impact of 20 years of constant war on special forces (SOF). Admiral Szymanski shared that SOF’s resourcefulness and creativity was on full display during those 20 years but came at a cost of each force’s unique skills and of training for near peer warfare. One very interesting observation he shared was that everyone serving today below O-5 and E-9 only knows service while fighting the global war on terror. Like the total force, SOF has pivoted to a greater emphasis on near peer warfare.
PODCASTS
ICYMI: Building the Base Interviews Sue Gordon, Former Principal Deputy Director of National Intelligence
Tune in to the Building the Base interview with Sue Gordon, Director at CACI International and former Principal Deputy Director of National Intelligence
REPORT: THE SPECIAL COMPETITIVE STUDIES PROJECT (SCSP)
This report outlines the stakes of the U.S.-China technology competition and presents an agenda to strengthen U.S. competitiveness. It elevates issues that merit the nation’s attention to ensure we improve the U.S. position by 2025, and identifies the technology areas where we must act by 2030 to retain our advantage.
Multiple Dates, Locations BENS Texas luncheon discussions on China and the 20th National Congress of the Chinese Communist Party with Col Heino Klinck, USA (Ret.), Senior Associate, CSIS, and former Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for East Asia.
October 17 | Virtual MEMBERS ONLY: Virtual Conversation with Lieutenant General Christopher T. Donahue, The Last American Soldier To Leave Afghanistan.
November 30 | Dallas Luncheon Discussion of the Southern Border with Todd Bensman, Author, America’s Covert Border War: The Untold Story of the Nation’s Battle to Prevent Jihadist Infiltration.
Vietnam Will Expand US Security Ties Incrementally
October 6, 2024
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…
The U.S.-India relationship will shape the 21st century
September 23, 2024
The key foreign relationships for American presidents have historically been with democratic allies in Europe, the Middle East and East Asia. But there is one nation that is not a…
DOD must accelerate AI adoption amid growing threats: PrimerAI CEO
September 23, 2024
The CEO of a prominent AI company called for the faster adoption of powerful software, particularly by the military, to address growing global threats.
