Mark R. Kennedy
Strategic Competition: Info-Tech
Winning the Tech Race
Research Focus
In partnership with allies, preserve the edge in securing and harnessing digital information and other technologies.
Events and Publications
States of Confusion: Despite Much Discussion – and Hundreds of Legislative Proposals – AI Policy Lacks Clarity
“The U.S. is at an inflection point,” Mark Kennedy, a former congressman and university president who is now director of the Wilson Center’s Wahba Institute for Strategic Competition, said in a November 25 speech at a Boston Global Forum AI World Society conference. “Depending on our response, we will either retain our edge in AI and other technologies that underwrites our economic leadership and our military superiority, or surrender it to an ascendant China at great risk to our future prosperity and national security.”
Strategies for Democracy to Win in the AI Battle
Moderated by Harvard Prof. Thomas Patterson with MIT’s Prof. Alex 'Sandy' Pentland (on my left), Taiwan’s Deputy Minister of Digital Affairs Dr. Yi-Jing Lin (on my right) and MIT’s Prof. Daniela Rus.
Advancing Both National Security and Economic Diplomacy in the Developing World
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.
SPEECH: AMERICA MUST AWAKEN FROM COMPLACENCY TO WIN TECH RACE
TECHNOLOGY RESTRICTIONS MUST BE PAIRED WITH PROMOTING TRADE
Technology restrictions only succeed in tandem with other advanced economies. As restrictions bifurcate markets, America will lose foreign consumers unless it embraces trade.
NASA JET PROPULSION LABORATORY AT CAL TECH - CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY
Thanks to Richard Cook, Mars Sample Return Program Manager at NASA - National Aeronautics and Space Administration's NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory at Cal Tech - California Institute of Technology Here with replicas of JPL's NASA's Perseverance Mars Rover and Ingenuity Mars helicopter.
UND: ACE AWARD FOR INSTITUTIONAL TRANSFORMATION
I appreciated current University of North Dakota Andrew Armacost recognizing my contributions as the immediate past President of UND as he accepted UND's American Council on Education / Fidelity Investments Award for Institutional Transformation. Congrats to whole UND Team.
COLORADO’S BEST MINDS + CU INNOVATORS = A BETTER FUTURE
President Mark Kennedy and host Emily Davies speak with serial entrepreneur, Stan Lapidus, about his accomplishments and insights on business collaboration in advancing health care, from ingenuity to implementation.
DOES FREEDOM DEPEND ON TECHNOLOGICAL LEADERSHIP?
None of us have lived in a world where a democracy was not home to the most advanced technology. Only recently have we begun to worry about whether an autocratic nation could achieve technological leadership and what the consequences would be if it did.
