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About: Stanley A. Weiss

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Stanley A. Weiss (December 21, 1926 – August 26, 2021) was an American business executive, founder of Business Executives for National Security (BENS), and a writer on international affairs. He has been described as a "self-made man" and a "multi-faceted ... multi-movied bon vivant". Weiss started writing on national security issues in 1983 and has continued to write regularly on a wide range of foreign and domestic issues for titles including the International Herald Tribune, The New York Times, Foreign Affairs, and . He wrote on international affairs for the Huffington Post.

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  • Stanley A. Weiss (December 21, 1926 – August 26, 2021) was an American business executive, founder of Business Executives for National Security (BENS), and a writer on international affairs. He has been described as a "self-made man" and a "multi-faceted ... multi-movied bon vivant". Inspired by the film The Treasure of the Sierra Madre to search for gold in Mexico in the 1950s, Weiss became a successful entrepreneur in the mining industry before turning to politics as co-founder of the Citizen's Party and founder of , and anti-nuclear advocacy group that successfully campaigned for the closure of unnecessary U.S. military bases, reforming Pentagon procurement, passing the Chemical Weapons Convention, and catalyzing President Bill Clinton's 2000 visit to India. Weiss started writing on national security issues in 1983 and has continued to write regularly on a wide range of foreign and domestic issues for titles including the International Herald Tribune, The New York Times, Foreign Affairs, and . He wrote on international affairs for the Huffington Post. His memoir Being Dead is Bad for Business was published by Disruption Books in February 2017. (en)
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  • Georgetown University School of Foreign Service (en)
  • Harvard University Center for International Affairs (en)
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  • Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S. (en)
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  • Christina Weiss Lurie (en)
  • Anthony Weiss (en)
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  • Being Dead is Bad for Business (en)
  • Manganese The Other Uses (en)
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  • Mining Executive; Founding Chairman of Business Executives for National Security ; Philanthropist (en)
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  • Lisa Weiss (en)
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  • Stanley A. Weiss (December 21, 1926 – August 26, 2021) was an American business executive, founder of Business Executives for National Security (BENS), and a writer on international affairs. He has been described as a "self-made man" and a "multi-faceted ... multi-movied bon vivant". Weiss started writing on national security issues in 1983 and has continued to write regularly on a wide range of foreign and domestic issues for titles including the International Herald Tribune, The New York Times, Foreign Affairs, and . He wrote on international affairs for the Huffington Post. (en)
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