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Dr. Jennifer Buss

Chief Executive Officer and Chairman, Board of Directors

Dr. Jennifer Buss is the Chairman & CEO of the Potomac Institute for Policy Studies. She leads a robust team of Research Fellows, Analysts, Scholars, the Board of Regents, and the Board of Directors.

Dr. Buss advises senior leaders in government agencies, corporations, start-up enterprises and currently serves on the advisory boards of Pellonium and Liminary. She has a PhD in Biochemistry from the University of Maryland.

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Economic Security

War By Other Ledgers: A Compilation of Articles on Modern Economic Statecraft

This book grew out of several years of work under the Institute's Global Competition Project. Its chapters expand on an 11-part article series with War on the Rocks, exploring how the United States might evolve contemporary economic statecraft into strategy and practice.

Tim Welter (ed.), Jennifer Buss (ed.), Kimberly Sloan (ed.)

BookSep 30, 2026

Economic Security

Academia’s Critical Role in Developing an Economic Security Workforce

The tenth article in an 11-part series with War on the Rocks. The United States is fighting a new kind of global competition — over supply chains, chips, and sanctions — and the workforce pipeline to support it does not yet exist at the scale the moment requires.

Jennifer Buss

OpinionJul 16, 2026

National Security & Defense

Move Fast or Fall Behind: The Need for a Hybrid Approach to Government Acquisitions

Military procurement and the Defense Industrial Base have forgotten an old truth: an 85% solution today is typically good enough to get the job done. The solution is a hybrid model, where the government provides a clear demand signal and supports rapid delivery of capabilities that are continuously improved.

Jennifer Buss, Bradley Hague

PaperApr 1, 2026

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