Global News of Interest

A collection of weekly must-read external news, reports and insights

Plans, Like for Disaster Response, are Great Only if You Can Carry Them Out

April 1, 2021

Winning coaches has a game plan, then work like the devil to make sure players can execute that plan. The federal government has a plan for disaster response but sort…

The War Room Podcast: BENS Report on National Emergency Response

March 3, 2021

Emergency response in the United States typically relies on one saving tenet of operations — a safe haven to prepare and stage and launch from. Natural disasters tend to be…

Executive Spotlight: Mark Gerencser, Gen. Joseph Votel of BENS Discuss National Security Crisis Resulting from COVID-19

February 17, 2021

Mark Gerencser, chairman of Business Executives for National Security (BENS) and 2021 Wash100 Award recipient, and Gen. Joseph Votel, president and chief executive officer of BENS, recently spoke with ExecutiveBiz…

How Can the US Prepare Better When Things Go Wrong?

February 4, 2021

Events over the last couple of decades have shown that the federal government isn’t all that great at responding to crises. No one connected the dots leading to 9/11. Hurricane…

General Joseph Votel on US Military Challenges in the Middle East

April 22, 2020

MEI Distinguished Senior Fellow Joseph Votel, a retired four-star general in the Army and former commander of U.S. Central Command, joins host Alistair Taylor to discuss the challenges facing American…