James C. Bennett

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James (Jim) Charles Bennett (born 1948) is an American businessman, with a background in technology companies and consultancy, and a writer on technology and international affairs from a conservative point of view.

During the 1980s he was involved in space-launch ventures, being a founder of Starstruck Inc. and of American Rocket Company (AMROC) in 1985; technology of these companies found its way into SpaceShipOne. In the 1990s he was a technology consultant. He is president and chairman of Internet Transactions Transnational, Inc., a 1997 Internet start-up, and vice chairman of Openworld, Inc., a nonprofit group promoting sustainable self-help initiatives.

{{asof|2011}}, he is a proponent of fundamental reform of the U.S. government space program, both in its civilian and military manifestations.

{{cite journal |last=Bennett|first=James C. |title=Proposing a 'Coast Guard' for Space |journal=The New Atlantis: A Journal of Technology and Society |year=2011 |volume=30 |issue=Winter |pages=50–68 |url=http://www.thenewatlantis.com/publications/proposing-a-coast-guard-for-space |accessdate=2011-11-10 }}

His publications and quotes like "democracy, immigration, multiculturalism… pick any two",{{cite web|url=http://hotair.com/archives/2006/12/21/video-keith-ellison-responds-to-dennis-prager-and-virgil-goode/|title=Video: Keith Ellison responds to Dennis Prager and Virgil Goode|work=Hot Air |date=21 December 2006|publisher=}} popularising the idea of Anglospheric exceptionalism in a similar vein as Mark Steyn, have been called misleading by some libertarian writers.{{cite news| url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2004/oct/28/uselections2004.usa4 | work=The Guardian | location=London | title=Blogposts | date=19 August 2008}} He was a columnist for United Press International 2000-3, with a weekly piece The Anglosphere Beat; he has propagated the idea of the Anglosphere as significant, {{As of|2004|lc=on}}, in world affairs and alignments. His book-length study The Anglosphere Challenge: Why the English-Speaking Nations Will Lead the Way in the Twenty-First Century was published in 2004. He is co-founder and current President of the [https://web.archive.org/web/20110408125945/http://www.anglosphereinstitute.info/ Anglosphere Institute] of Alexandria, Virginia.

He is also an Adjunct Senior Fellow of the Hudson Institute, and a contributor to its publications. In addition, Mr. Bennett serves as an Expert at Wikistrat.{{cite web|title=Wikistrat profile on James Bennett|url=http://www.wikistrat.com/analyst/james-bennett/|work=Wikistrat|accessdate=18 January 2012}}

Jim Bennett is one of the directors of the Institute for Molecular Manufacturing (IMM), affiliated with the Foresight Institute.{{Cite web|title=About IMM|url=http://www.imm.org/about/|access-date=2021-10-14}}