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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