Mark R. Kennedy
Strategic Competition: Info-Tech
Allies and Partners
Research Focus
Attract the greatest share of the world to the US led tech ecosystem.
Events and Publications
US - Japan Information-Communications Technology R&D Collaboration
NICT FORUM - WASHINGTON DC - SEPTEMBER 18, 2024
Bridging the Transatlantic Divide in Norm-Setting Around digital Economies
ROUNDTABLE CONVERSATION IN GENEVA, SWITZERLAND - SEPTEMBER 11, 2024
A collaboration between the Konrad Adenauer Stiftung - Geneva and the Wilson Center's Wahba Institute on the margins of the WTO Public Forum.
A New Development Model for Vietnam in the New Economic Era
CENTRAL THEORETICAL COUNCIL - HANOI, VIETNAM - SEPTEMBER 6, 2024
Discussed how best to implement the country's new Digitization and Artifical Intelligence Plans.
DISCUSSION WITH VIETNAM POLITBURO MEMBER ON AI STRATEGIES AND TECH DEVELOPMENT
INDO-PACIFIC SPARK PROGRAM IN COLLABORATION WITH BOSTON GLOBAL FORUM - AUGUST 2, 2024
Profesor Dr. Nguyen Xuan Thang, a member of Vietnam's Politburo and Chairman of the Central Theory Council (middle), Boston Global Forum CEO Tuan Nguyen (right) and Vietnam's Ambassador to the US Nguyen Quoc Dzung (left)
SPEECH: PARTNERING ON TECHNOLOGY, TRADE, AND ENERGY
STATE DEPARTMENT - NIC - EMBASSY OF CANADA - SEPTEMBER 27, 2023
OPEN RAN: STATUS OF GLOBAL DEPLOYMENT AND POLICY CONSIDERATIONS
WILSON CENTER EVENT - APRIL 20, 2023
ALLIES’ CRITICAL INFRASTRUCTURE—AND ITS RESILIENCE—ARE ESSENTIAL TO DETER AUTHORITARIAN RIVALS
WILSON CENTER POLICY BRIEF WITH ALEX BOTTING, JANUARY 26, 2023
BROADENING DIGITAL TRANSFORMATION: A FIRESIDE CHAT WITH MINISTER KAREN MAKISHIMA
WILSON CENTER EVENT - JULY 13, 2022
Interview of Representative Karen Makishima, Minister of Japan's new Digital Agency.
JAXA TSUKUBA SPACE CENTER
TOUR IN JAPAN - APRIL 26, 2022
Learned a lot from my visit to Japan's JAXA Tsukuba Space Center. They are a great NASA - National Aeronautics and Space Administration -partner. Here inside model of Japanese Experiment Module “Kibo” of the International Space Station.
Lam-Xi meeting suggests Vietnam's supply chain balance tilting toward China
Quoted in Voice of America Article. - August 22, 2024
Kennedy said, “A sounder path for Vietnam is to develop its own manufacturing capabilities that rely on supply chains from a diversified group of nations” other than China.