Mark R. Kennedy
Strategic Competition: Economic
Economic Engagement with the Indo-Pacific
Research Focus
Enhance mutually beneficial trade, while reducing vulnerabilities in each other’s supply chains.
Featured Media
A CONVERSATION ON THE INDO-PACIFIC ECONOMIC FRAMEWORK WITH SECRETARY OF COMMERCE GINA RAIMONDO
WILSON CENTER EVENT - JULY 25, 2023
THE INDO-PACIFIC ECONOMIC FRAMEWORK (IPEF) - PRIVATE SECTOR PERSPECTIVES
MODERATING WILSON CENTER PANEL - JULY 25, 2023
360° VIEW OF SECRETARY RAIMONDO'S RECENT VISIT TO CHINA
WILSON CENTER POLICY BRIEF - SEPTEMBER 5, 2023
Events and Publications
Partners in the Indo-Pacific: US Policy in the Next Administration
WILSON CENTER PANELIST - DECEMBER 9, 2024
Panel includes Park Jin, Former Foreign Minister, Republic of Korea.
Biden, Xi to Meet in Peru following Trump Election Win
INTERVIEW ON NEWSNATION - NOVEMBER 14, 2024
Advancing Both National Security and Economic Diplomacy in the Developing World
WILSON CENTER POLICY BRIEF WITH COURTNEY FINGAR - OCTOBER 29, 2024
Courtney Fingar and I contend that restrictions on exports to protect security must be paired with opening markets for our tech products to both retain global leadership and advance economic development.
Roundtable Discussion with Australia's Lowy Institute
Wilson Center - September 23, 2024
With Rory Linehan, Sam Barr, Roland Rajah, Alexandre Dayant, Dr. Prashanth Parameswaran, Chell Lyons and Jeff Kucik.
Roundtable with Japan International Cooperation Agency President Akihiko Tanaka
WILSON CENTER INDO-PACIFIC PROGRAM - SEPTEMBER 19, 2024
US - Japan Information-Communications Technology R&D Collaboration
NICT Forum - Washington DC - September 18, 2024
A New Development Model for Vietnam in the New Economic Era
Central Theoretical Council - Hanoi, Vietnam - September 6, 2024
Discussed how best to implement the country's new Digitization and Artifical Intelligence Plans.
Discussing Economic Collaboration with Vietnam's Khanh Hoa Province
Meetings with Province Leadership - September 4, 2024
Wilson Center - Wahba Institute Collaboration with the Boston Global Forum.
Indo-Pacific Spark Initiative
KTV Interview - Nha Trang, Vietnam - September 2, 2024
It was a pleasure to join Tuan Nguyen, CEO of Global Forum, in Nha Trang, Vietnam for a talk show discussion on our collaboration to chart a path for closer economic ties between Vietnam and the US and allied nations.
Lam-Xi meeting suggests Vietnam's supply chain balance tilting toward China
Quoted in Voice of America Article - August 22, 2024
Kennedy said, “A sounder path for Vietnam is to develop its own manufacturing capabilities that rely on supply chains from a diversified group of nations” other than China.
DISCUSSION WITH VIETNAM POLITBURO MEMBER ON AI STRATEGIES AND TECH DEVELOPMENT
INDO-PACIFIC SPARK PROGRAM IN COLLABORATION WITH BOSTON GLOBAL FORUM - AUGUST 2, 2024
Profesor Dr. Nguyen Xuan Thang, a member of Vietnam's Politburo and Chairman of the Central Theory Council (middle), Boston Global Forum CEO Tuan Nguyen (right) and Vietnam's Ambassador to the US Nguyen Quoc Dzung (left)
PRC CHALLENGES AND FOREIGN ASSISTANCE STRATEGIES IN EURASIA
PANELIST FOR DEPARTMENT OF STATE / USAID WORKSHOP - APRIL 22, 2024
SOUTH KOREA MINISTER OF TRADE, INDUSTRY AND ENERGY
WILSON CENTER BRIEFING WITH MINISTER AHN DUK-GUEN - APRIL 10, 2024
US INFRASTRUCTURE INTERESTS IN THE INDO-PACIFIC
POLICY BRIEF WITH SAM BARR - MARCH 21, 2024
HOW US AND SOUTH KOREA OPTIMALLY PARTNER IN STRATEGIC COMPETITION
VOA KOREA INTERVIEW - DECEMBER 2, 2023
ROUNDTABLE WITH SINGAPORE BASED THINK TANK
EXCHANGE OF IDEAS WITH RAJARATNAM SCHOOL OF INTERNATIONAL STUDIES (RSIS), NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY - NOVEMBER 9, 2023
Shown with the Wilson Center's Robert Daly and Sinderpal Singh is Senior Fellow and Assistant Director, S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies (RSIS), Nanyang Technological University, Singapore
ROUNDTABLE WITH TAIWAN INSTITUTE OF ECONOMIC RESEARCH
WILSON CENTER COLLABORATION - NOVEMBER 6, 2023
Conversation on Economic Development of Taiwan and the partnership with the United States with Dr. Ko-Hsiung, Lien - Director, Taiwan Institute of Economic Research Research Division VIII and our mutual colleagues.
360° VIEW OF SECRETARY RAIMONDO'S RECENT VISIT TO CHINA
WILSON CENTER POLICY BRIEF - SEPTEMBER 5, 2023
RAIMONDO: COUNTRIES THAT FLOUT IPEF RULES WON’T ‘SEE THE BENEFITS’
WORLD TRADE ONLINE ARTICLE - JULY 26, 2023
The panel moderator, Mark Kennedy, director of the Wahba Institute for Strategic Competition at the Wilson Center, noted that the supply chain pillar agreement announced in May still was undergoing “legal scrubbing” and that it was not known whether it would include a dispute resolution mechanism, among other outstanding questions.
THE INDO-PACIFIC ECONOMIC FRAMEWORK (IPEF) - PRIVATE SECTOR PERSPECTIVES
MODERATING WILSON CENTER PANEL - JULY 25, 2023
A CONVERSATION ON THE INDO-PACIFIC ECONOMIC FRAMEWORK WITH SECRETARY OF COMMERCE GINA RAIMONDO
WILSON CENTER EVENT - JULY 25, 2023
BUILDING A FREE AND OPEN PACIFIC
MEETING WITH AUSTRALIA TRADE AND INVESTMENT COMMISSION IN CANBERRA - JULY 4, 2023
INDIA'S FINANCIAL SYSTEM: BUILDING THE FOUNDATION FOR STRONG AND SUSTAINABLE GROWTH
WILSON CENTER EVENT - APRIL 25, 2023
'INFLATION REDUCTION ACT IS IN CLEAR VIOLATION OF KORUS FTA'
QUOTED IN KOREAN TIMES - SEPTEMBER 6, 2022
"I am pleased that the Biden administration has agreed to discuss South Korea's concerns regarding the Inflation Reduction Act," he said in an email interview with The Korea Times. "Just as America wants to ensure that others abide by the terms of trade agreements, it is important that America does so as well."
NAVIGATING A CHAOTIC GLOBAL SITUATION
SPEECH - JAPAN'S CHAMBER OF COMMERCE - SEPTEMBER 13, 2022 TOKYO
JAPANESE PRIME MINISTER SHINZO ABE
ADDRESS TO JOINT SESSION OF CONGRESS - APRIL 29, 2015
HOSTING BANK OF JAPAN GOVERNOR HARUHIKO KURODA
ECONOMIC CLUB OF MINNESOTA - APRIL 19, 2015