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Mark R. Kennedy

Strategic Competition: Diplomatic

Global Engagement

Research Focus

Enhance the ability of the G7 to drive collective action and significantly influence policy direction.
In tandem with allies, offer an engagement alternative that the preponderance of other nations finds more compelling.

Events and Publications

ENHANCING US GLOBAL COMPETITIVENESS: INSIGHTS FROM THE G7 SUMMIT

NEED TO KNOW PODCAST - JUNE 24, 2024

COMPETITION FOR THE GLOBAL SOUTH: DOES THE U.S. HAVE A VALUE PROPOSITION?

PANELIST AT US CHAMBER CHINA BUSINESS CONFERENCE - MAY 8, 2024

ADVANCING THE PARTNERSHIP FOR GLOBAL INFRASTRUCTURE THROUGH TRANSPORTATION, SECURE COMMUNICATIONS, AND RESILIENT SUPPLYCHAINS

WILSON CENTER PANEL RECAP - NOVEMBER 20, 2023

SPEECH: CHALLENGES AND OPPORTUNITIES FOR THE GLOBAL ECONOMY

STATE DEPARTMENT INTERNATIONAL VISITORS PROGRAM - NOVEMBER 15, 2023

CHINA EXPLOITS ISRAEL-HAMAS CONFLICT TO DIMINISH US GLOBAL INFLUENCE, ANALYSTS SAY

QUOTED IN VOA - OCTOBER 13, 2023
Mark Kennedy, director of the Wilson Center's Wahba Institute for Strategic Competition who served as U.S. congressman representing Minnesota from 2001-07, said, "Depending how the tragic Israeli-Hamas conflict plays out, it could actually enhance American standing in its strategic competition with China."

SPEECH: PARTNERING ON TECHNOLOGY, TRADE, AND ENERGY

STATE DEPARTMENT - NIC - EMBASSY OF CANADA - SEPTEMBER 27, 2023

THERE'S MORE TO BE DONE: COLLABORATING TO BETTER MEET GLOBAL INFRASTRUCTURE NEEDS

COLLABORATION WITH US COUNCIL FOR INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS FOUNDATION - SEPTEMBER 15, 2023

RUSSIA, CHINA LOOK TO ADVANCE AGENDAS AT BRICS SUMMIT OF DEVELOPING COUNTRIES

NEWSNATION TV INTERVIEW - AUGUST 22, 2023

COLLABORATION ON INFRASTRUCTURE VITAL TO ACHIEVING GLOBAL GOALS

WILSON CENTER POLICY BRIEF - JULY 17, 2023

G7 STRUGGLES WITH RESPONSE TO CHINA ‘ECONOMIC COERCION’ THREAT

QUOTED BY AL JAZEERA - MAY 17, 2023
“Europe has witnessed the impact of coercion within its ranks more vividly than the US, most recently in Lithuania, and endured the pain from overreliance on a sole supplier as it weaned itself off reliance on Russian energy,” Kennedy told Al Jazeera. “A focus on de-risking by diversifying supply chain … by building partnerships with low- and middle-income countries through investment and aid is very unifying. It also can be presented to the Global South as a location for alternative sourcing.”

REPRESENTATIVE ANALYZES GEOPOLITICAL IMPLICATIONS OF BEJING'S EXPANDING GLOBAL INFLUENCE

NEWSNATION LIVE INTERVIEW - MARCH 13, 2023

PRIVATE SECTOR CAN PLAY CRITICAL ROLE IN EASING WORLD HUNGER

OP ED WITH RICHARD LEACH - MINNEAPOLIS STAR TRIBUNE - OCTOBER 6, 2018

TOGETHER WE REACH HIGHER

UND SUMMER COMMENCEMENT AUGUST 3. 2018

HOSTING FINLAND PRESIDENT SAULI NIINISTÖ

ECONOMIC CLUB OF MINNESOTA -- SEPTEMBER 27, 2017
As Co-Founder and Chairman of the Economic Club of Minnesota, it was an honor to host Finland's President.