Mark R. Kennedy
Strategic Competition: Diplomatic
Global Engagement
Research Focus
Enhance the ability of the G7 to drive collective action and significantly influence policy direction.
In tandem with allies, offer an engagement alternative that the preponderance of other nations finds more compelling.
Events and Publications
ADVANCING THE PARTNERSHIP FOR GLOBAL INFRASTRUCTURE THROUGH TRANSPORTATION, SECURE COMMUNICATIONS, AND RESILIENT SUPPLYCHAINS
SPEECH: CHALLENGES AND OPPORTUNITIES FOR THE GLOBAL ECONOMY
CHINA EXPLOITS ISRAEL-HAMAS CONFLICT TO DIMINISH US GLOBAL INFLUENCE, ANALYSTS SAY
Mark Kennedy, director of the Wilson Center's Wahba Institute for Strategic Competition who served as U.S. congressman representing Minnesota from 2001-07, said, "Depending how the tragic Israeli-Hamas conflict plays out, it could actually enhance American standing in its strategic competition with China."
SPEECH: PARTNERING ON TECHNOLOGY, TRADE, AND ENERGY
G7 STRUGGLES WITH RESPONSE TO CHINA ‘ECONOMIC COERCION’ THREAT
“Europe has witnessed the impact of coercion within its ranks more vividly than the US, most recently in Lithuania, and endured the pain from overreliance on a sole supplier as it weaned itself off reliance on Russian energy,” Kennedy told Al Jazeera. “A focus on de-risking by diversifying supply chain … by building partnerships with low- and middle-income countries through investment and aid is very unifying. It also can be presented to the Global South as a location for alternative sourcing.”
HOSTING FINLAND PRESIDENT SAULI NIINISTÖ
As Co-Founder and Chairman of the Economic Club of Minnesota, it was an honor to host Finland's President.