Beacon Global Strategies
Insight. Strategy. Action. As the leading national security advisory firm, Beacon Global Strategies helps its clients strategically navigate geopolitical risk, defense and national security policy, federal business development, and global technology policy. Beacon Global Strategies is a Washington, D.C.-based strategic advisory firm advising leading companies on national security issues. Beacon supports clients across defense and national security policy, geopolitical risk, global technology policy, and federal business development. Founded in 2013, Beacon develops and supports the execution of bespoke strategies to mitigate business risk, drive growth, and navigate an increasingly complex geopolitical environment. Through its bipartisan team and decades of experience, Beacon provides a global perspective to help clients tackle their toughest challenges.
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Sustain funding for multi‑year defense programs
Treating large defense programs like year-to-year line items misunderstands their multi-year nature; stop-start funding kills momentum and delivery.
Use reconciliation to secure budget increases
People assume skeptical budget offices will block major defense increases, but alternative legislative vehicles can still channel large sums into priority accounts.
Benchmark Investment Against Past Low Watermarks
Ignoring how current investment compares to past low points hides long-term decline risk; underinvesting year after year erodes strategic power.
Budget by Real-Year Growth, Not Economic Share
Treating defense funding as a fixed share of GDP masks whether you’re actually investing to maintain and modernize capabilities.
Make budget targets explicit in defense strategy
Strategies without concrete budget discussions become aspirational plans with little chance of delivery.
Treat the threat environment as highest post‑war urgency
Understating the intensity or coordination of adversaries leads to underinvestment and underprepared forces.
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