Mark R. Kennedy
Strategic Competition: Military
Securing Europe - NATO
Research Focus
Ensure a stronger US - led NATO can defeat and deter aggression on the continent with Europe fielding most of the alliance’s conventional capabilities, thereby allowing the US to lead in deterring aggression in other theaters. Enhance interoperability with allies and collective resilient.
Featured Media
REASONS FOR OPPOSING UKRAINE AID ARE BASELESS
WILSON CENTER POLICY BRIEF - OCTOBER 20, 2023
HOW COULD FROZEN RUSSIAN ASSETS BE USED TO FUND UKRAINE’S RECONSTRUCTION?
WILSON CENTER PANEL DISCUSSION WITH BOB ZOELLICK AND PHIL ZELIKOW - OCTOBER 4, 202
Events and Publications
Briefings at NATO Headquarters in Brussels
NATO Headquarters in Brussels, Belgium - September 9, 2024
Great briefings at NATO in Brussels on how Europe is stepping up to invest in its own defense and how NATO is collectively building its industrial base. I also met with the NATO Parliamentary Assembly.
MEETING WINSTON CHURCHILL'S GRANDSON, LORD SOAMES OF FLETCHING
INAUGURAL SPEAKER OF THE WILSON CENTER'S WINSTON CHURCHILL LECTURE SERIES - MAY 22, 2024
MEDIATING DISPUTES IN AGE OF STRATEGIC COMPETITION
ROUNDTABLE DISCUSSION - DOHA, QATAR - MAY 20, 2024
CHINA, RUSSIA REAFFIRM CLOSE TIES AS MOSCOW PRESSES UKRAINE OFFENSE
NEWSNATION INTERVIEW - MAY 16, 2024
HOW CHINA'S AD-HOC TECH PIPELINE FUELS RUSSIA'S UKRAINE WAR EFFORTS
QUOTED IN NIKKEI ASIA - MAY 1, 2024
Blinken’s visit comes after repeated warnings by the U.S. government that it may widen its sanctions against Russia to include Chinese banks that have facilitated trade. “The United States has already given ample warning that this could happen, “Mark Kennedy, director of the Wilson Center think tank’s Wahba Institute for Strategic Competition, told Nikkei Asia. “I haven’t seen anything come back from China suggesting that they’re paying attention to those warnings.”
DIALOGUE WITH DEPUTY PRIME MINISTER OF LIECHTENSTEIN SABINE MONAUNI
WILSON CENTER ROUNDTABLE - APRIL 30, 2024
US SECRETARY OF STATE ACCUSES CHINA OF HELPING RUSSIAN WAR EFFORT
NEWSNATION INTERVIEW - APRIL 26, 2024
WILL THE NEW SANCTIONS AGAINST RUSSIA MAKE A DIFFERENCE?
WILSON CENTER SMART TAKE - MARCH 1, 2024
MOMENTUM BUILDS IN EFFORTS TO SEIZE RUSSIAN ASSETS FOR UKRAINE
QUOTED IN VOICE OF AMERICA - FEBRUARY 14, 2024
“The general view by many lawyers from multiple countries is that if this decision is made by international bodies, that it is an ‘authorized taking,’ whether it be the pledge against loans or just expropriating the assets themselves,” Mark Kennedy, director of the Wilson Center’s Wahba Institute for Strategic Competition, told VOA. “I think it is going to happen in some way, shape or form, though whether it's near term or not is yet to be seen,” he said. “There’s a feeling that this is appropriate justice, vis-a-vis Russia.
EXPERTS WARN THAT CHINA MAY BE HAPPY TO SEE AID TO UKRAINE GRADUALLY DRY UP
VOICE OF AMERICA CHINA - DECEMBER 21, 2023
“Abandoning the Ukraine struggle that is central to European security would embolden Xi Jinping in Asia as it suggests a lack of enduring American resolve to defend freedom and support allies.”
REASONS FOR OPPOSING UKRAINE AID ARE BASELESS
WILSON CENTER POLICY BRIEF - OCTOBER 20, 2023
IF A WAR BREAKS OUT ACROSS THE TAIWAN STRAIT, CAN THE U.S. MILITARY TAKE CARE OF THE THREE-PARTY BATTLEFIELD?
QUOTED IN RADIO FREE ASIA - OCTOBER 13, 2013
"In past conflicts related to Israel, the United States was a key material aid provider, but it has never directly intervene in the war. Therefore, the United States’ focus on East Asia and the military resources invested in East Asia will not be distracted.” "The United States recently moved an aircraft carrier to the sea off Israel. Its purpose was to warn Iran and Russia not to intervene in the war, but this aircraft carrier has always been in the Middle East. The United States Navy has strategic deployments in the Middle East and East Asia. The Ukraine and Israel Conflict will not tip the balance in which the United States is now focused on East Asia."
ROUNDTABLE WITH EUROPEAN CENTER OF EXCELLENCE FOR COUNTERING HYBRID THREATS
MEETING WITH VIKTORIJA RUSINAITÉ - DIRECTOR OF RESEARCH AND ANALYSIS - OCTOBER 11, 2023
SPEECH: REASONS FOR OPPOSING UKRAINE AID ARE BASELESS
NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF EVANGELICALS - OCTOBER 4, 2023
HOW COULD FROZEN RUSSIAN ASSETS BE USED TO FUND UKRAINE’S RECONSTRUCTION?
WILSON CENTER PANEL DISCUSSION - OCTOBER 4, 2023
Panel included Philip Zelikow, Professor of History at the University of Virginia and Distinguished Visiting Fellow at Stanford University’s Hoover Institution and Robert Zoellick, US Trade Representative from 2001 to 2005 and President of the World Bank from 2007 to 2012.
RUSSIA, CHINA LOOK TO ADVANCE AGENDAS AT BRICS SUMMIT OF DEVELOPING COUNTRIES
NEWSNATION TV INTERVIEW - AUGUST 22, 2023
NATO NOT EXPANDING EASTWARD INTO ASIA, SAYS US AMBASSADOR
QUOTE IN VOICE OF AMERICA - JULY 12, 2023
As NATO committed to work together to address the systemic challenges posed by the PRC to Euro-Atlantic security, the most important action the alliance can take is to stay unified, said Mark Kennedy, director of the Wahba Institute of Strategic Competition at the Wilson Center. “That was exhibited in the communique,” he told VOA. “The key will be to translate these commitments into reality.”
VON DER LEYEN LEADERSHIP STRENGTHENS THE ATLANTIC ALLIANCE
WILSON CENTER POST - APRIL 3, 2023