Mark R. Kennedy
Strategic Competition: Military
Military Industrial Base
Mark Kennedy has observed the importance of a nation's military industrial base as United States Congressman, University President, Civic Leader supporting the Secretary of the Air Force, Director of the Wilson Center's Wahba Institute and Senior Fellow at CNA - Center for Naval Analyses.
Research Focus
Provide an edge to US military. Be interoperable with alliance partners, immune from interruption by potential rivals and able to surge in an event of conflict.
Events and Publications
U.S. TO LAUNCH ARCTIC DEFENSE ROUNDTABLE EYEING RUSSIA, CHINA
If China were to operate more freely in the Arctic, "its Polar Silk Road will be cleared with Chinese icebreakers," wrote Mark Kennedy, director of the Wahba Institute for Strategic Competition, in a paper for the Wilson Center last week. "Collectively, NATO trails Russia and China in icebreakers," he added. While the U.S. has only two aging diesel icebreakers in the Arctic, Russia has seven nuclear-powered icebreakers and around 30 diesel-powered ones, with more being built. China operates three, but as the world's top shipbuilder, has capacity to expand its fleet.
PORTSMOUTH, NH NAVAL SHIPYARD
US, AUSTRALIA, UK FORGE LANDMARK NUCLEAR SUBMARINE DEAL
"This is really more a response to the very aggressive military buildup that China has had, as opposed to anything we're doing that would be provoking to China," Mark Kennedy, director of the Wahba Institute for Strategic Competition at the Wilson Center, told VOA.
AUSTRALIA SHOULD WORK CLOSELY WITH U.S. TO MASTER NUCLEAR SUBMARINE BUILDING, CONGRESSMEN SAY
References "The Geopolitical Importance of Southeast Asia and The Pacific" panel
POWERFUL PARTNERSHIPS AND LEADERSHIP IN EMERGING AREAS CONTINUE TO GROW CU'S IMPACT ON AEROSPACE
EXPANDING THE SPRINGS' AEROSPACE AND DEFENSE IMPACT
Op Ed with Frank Backes, Kevin O’Neil and Venkat Reddy
VISIT TO THE CATALYST CAMPUS FOR TECHNOLOGY & INNOVATION
Great collaboration by Kevin O'Neill and team that is fueling Colorado's #Aerospace industry.
