Mark R. Kennedy
Strategic Competition: Military
Securing the Seas
Research Focus
Retain supremacy at sea, enhance interoperability with allies and collective resilient.
Mitigate non-military maritime security risks (ports-logistic tech).
See Military Industrial Base relative to shipbuilding capacity.
Featured Media
IT’S TIME FOR A COMPREHENSIVE NATIONAL MARITIME STRATEGY
OP-ED WITH DR. JEFF KUCIK - MARCH 28, 2024
360° VIEW OF POLICIES NEEDED TO SECURE SHIPPING CHOKEPOINTS
360° VIEW of Wilson Center Experts - FEBRUARY 13, 2024
MARINE CORPS RISKS MOVING TOO FAST, BUT ALSO TOO SLOW
LETTER IN WALL STREET JOURNAL - APRIL 2, 2022
We must focus on the capabilities to deter China, not on preserving legacy systems and structures more suited to past conflicts.
Events and Publications
U.S. TO LAUNCH ARCTIC DEFENSE ROUNDTABLE EYEING RUSSIA, CHINA
QUOTED IN NIKKEIASIA ARTICLE - JULY 24, 2024
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.
NAVAL SURFACE WARFARE CENTER PANAMA CITY DIVISION
BRIEFING - PANAMA CITY, FLORIDA - JULY 17, 2024
Thanks to Capt. Beck and the Naval Surface Warfare Center Panama City Division for the briefing on their important research to develop new technologies to defend America and freedom.
NAVAL SUPPORT ACTIVITY PANAMA CITY
BASE TOUR - PANAMA CITY, FLORIDA - JULY 17, 2024
Thanks to Commander Michael "Kong" Mosi and Bay Defense Alliance President Tom Neubauer for tour of base's capabilities and training facilities for diving and explosive ordinance disposal.
ICE PACT, AUKUS AND BEYOND
360° VIEW OF AMERICA’S “ICE PACT” POLAR ICEBREAKER PARTNERSHIP WITH CANADA AND FINLAND - JULY 17, 2024
NSA BAHRAIN - HOME OF NAVY'S 5TH FLEET
TOUR OF BASE - MAY 18, 2024
BALTIMORE BRIDGE COLLAPSE: A WAKE-UP CALL FOR AMERICA TO UPGRADE ITS MARITIME STRATEGY
WILSON CENTER SMART TAKE - APRIL 4, 2024
COMPETITION AT SEA: BUILDING RESILIENCE IN A MARITIME ENTERPRISE IN CRISIS
MODERATED WILSON CENTER EVENT - MARCH 28, 2024
IT’S TIME FOR A COMPREHENSIVE NATIONAL MARITIME STRATEGY
OP-ED WITH DR. JEFF KUCIK - MARCH 28, 2024
REPLACING PORT CRANES JUST ONE PORTION OF MARITIME COMMERCE VULNERABILITIES
WILSON CENTER POLICY BRIEF WITH LEA THOME - FEBRUARY 26, 2024
BENEATH THE ICE: NAVIGATING LEGAL FRAMEWORKS AND COLLABORATIVE SOLUTIONS FOR SUBSEA INFRASTRUCTURE PROTECTION IN THE ARCTIC
INTRODUCTION OF WILSON CENTER DISCUSSION - FEBRUARY 21, 2024
CHOKEPOINTS LIVING UP TO THEIR NAME
360° VIEW OF POLICIES NEEDED TO SECURE SHIPPING CHOKEPOINTS - FEBRUARY 13, 2024
FOCUS ON INTERNATIONAL PORTS VITAL TO SECURITY AND PROSPERITY
WILSON CENTER POLICY BRIEF - DECEMBER 6, 2023
ACHIEVING MORE RESILIENT AND SUSTAINABLE MARITIME COMMERCE
DISCUSSION WITH PSA INTERNATIONAL GROUP CEO IN SINGAPORE - JUNE 30, 2023
STRENGTHENING COMPETITIVENESS BY INVESTING IN MARITIME TRANSPORTATION
WILSON CENTER PANEL DISCUSSION - JUNE 29, 2023
STRATEGIC COMPETITION DEMANDS AMERICA UP ITS GAME IN MARITIME COMMERCE
WILSON CENTER POST - MAY 8,2023
THE GEOPOLITICAL IMPORTANCE OF SOUTHEAST ASIA AND THE PACIFIC
FIRESIDE CHAT WITH REP. NORCROSS AND REP. WITTMAN - OCTOBER 7, 2022
MARINE CORPS RISKS MOVING TOO FAST, BUT ALSO TOO SLOW
LETTER IN WALL STREET JOURNAL - APRIL 2, 2022
We must focus on the capabilities to deter China, not on preserving legacy systems and structures more suited to past conflicts.
U.S. NAVY COMMANDER FLEET ACTIVITIES YOKOSUKA
TOUR OF US NAVY BASE IN TOKYO - OCTOBER 12, 2018
With George Washington University Graduate School of Political Management graduate Akiko Kawai.
COMMISSIONING OF USS GERALD FORD
NORFOLK, VA - JULY 22, 2017
CRUISE ABOARD USS JOHN C. STENNIS
PEARL HARBOR, HA TO SAN DIEGO, CA. -AUGUST 3-11, 2016
NAVAL AIR STATION PENSACOLA
PENSACOLA, FL - APRIL, 2010
NAVAL STATION NEWPORT
NEWPORT, RI - MARCH, 2010
NAVY WALTER REED MEDICAL CENTER
BETHESDA, MD - AUGUST 1, 2009
COMMISSIONING OF USS GEORGE HW BUSH
NORFOLK, VA - JANUARY 10, 2009
COMMISSIONING OF USS RONALD REAGAN
NORFOLK, VA - JULY 12, 2003
USS ENTERPRISE
VISIT AT SEA - NOVEMBER 9, 2001
Joined Secretary of the Navy Gordon England in welcoming home sailors who "kicked the door open" on the War on Terror.
USS JOHN F. KENNEDY
OVERNIGHT VISIT AT SEA - JULY 14, 2001
NAVAL SUBMARINE BASE NEW LONDON
TOURED BASE - USS CONNECTICUT - GROTON, CT - MARCH, 2001