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Mark Kennedy appears in media and public forums discussing artificial intelligence, strategic competition, economic security, alliances, leadership, and institutional change.

A former Fortune 100 executive, U.S. Congressman, president of two flagship public universities, and Director of NYU’s Development Research Institute, Kennedy brings uncommon perspective across markets, government, higher education, and global affairs. His commentary combines strategic analysis with real-world leadership experience.

TECHNOLOGY & ECONOMIC POWER

The Systems Race

• April 29, 2026: The U.S.–Japan Alliance Is Becoming a Systems Alliance
• April 14, 2026: America’s AI Problem Isn’t Technology—It’s Thinking Too Transactionally
• April 3, 2026: America Just Entered the AI Systems Race

Artificial Intelligence & Technology Competition

• April 21, 2026: Speech - Digital Trade and the Rise of Trade Tech
• March 5, 2026: Roundtable Insights: What It Will Take to Scale a Trusted AI Stack
• December 13, 2025: America’s AI Exports Program Comments (Commerce Department submission)
• November 25, 2025: NEWSNATION TV - Standing With Japan, Staying Ahead in the Compute Race
• March 17, 2025: A Strategic Vision for US AI Leadership (OSTP submission)
• February 11, 2025: Speech --AI Action Summit – Paris
• January 24, 2025: America’s AI Strategy: Playing Defense While China Plays to Win
• December 4, 2024: Speech - Ten Steps to Win the AI Race

Trusted Telecom, Data & Digital Infrastructure

• December 11, 2025: Securing the World’s Digital Arteries

China, Trade & Strategic Competition

• December 4, 2025: Goldman Sachs Top of Mind Interview
• October 15, 2025: Interview -The World’s Worst Bet: How the Globalization Gamble Went Wrong—And What Would Make It Right.
• August 31, 2023: Washington Post - Quoted by Josh Rogin regarding Chinese economic policy

Supply Chain Resilience & Critical Minerals

• April 2, 2026: America Just Won a Cobalt Mine. The Real Test Is What Comes Next.
• November 7, 2025: NEWSNATION TV - America’s Return to Central Asia: Diversification as Deterrence

Capital, Infrastructure & Energy

• April 9, 2026: Roundtable Insights - Why America Struggles to Compete on Global Infrastructure
• March 18, 2026: The Infrastructure of Intelligence Is the New Development Divide
• January 14, 2026 - The Nuclear Stack: Why America Needs a Coherent Strategy for the Atomic Age
• January 8, 2026: Economic Club of Minnesota I founded hosts Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent
• July 31, 2025 - A Stronger DFC for a Freer, More Open World

Productive Capacity & Industrial Policy

• April 11, 2025: NEWSNATION TV - Countering China’s Manufacturing Dominance
• November 20, 2025: America Can’t Go It Alone
• October 23, 2025: Sparking an Industrial Reawakening
• September 19, 2025: Speech - Geoeconomic Statecraft: Power Through Markets, Rules, and Infrastructure
• August 27, 2025: Made in Democracy — Why Industrial Power Decides Strategic Competition

SECURITY & GEOPOLITICAL ORDER

Alliances & Democratic Coordination

• April 21, 2026: Panel at G1 Silicon Valley – The U.S.–Japan Alliance Is Becoming a Systems Alliance
• April 9, 2026: NEWSNATION TV - NATO Needs a Stronger Europe—and a More Collaborative America
• September 24, 2025: 360° View of Alliances: How They Benefit America—And How They Must Evolve
• September 17, 2025: Roundtable at WTO Public Forum – Aligning Transatlantic Digital Policies
• August 22, 2016: Foreign Policy – American Leadership Can Survive Today’s Storm

National Security & Deterrence

• March 17, 2026: Speech at Pacific Forum – AI and the Future of Deterrence
• March 11, 2026: Center for Maritime Strategy – Ports of Power and China’s Maritime Toolkit
• January 17, 2026: TV - Xi Jinping’s Military Purge: Strategic Implications
• August 18, 2025: Peace Requires Strength and Allies
• June 3, 2025: NEWSNATION TV - U.S. Must Catch Up Quickly in Drone Production
• April 1, 2022: Wall Street Journal – Marine Corps transformation

World Order & Global Standards

• April 8, 2026: America Will Regret Sitting Out the High Seas Treaty
• September 24, 2025: Who Writes the Digital Rules, Wins the Future
• August 22, 2023: NEWSNATION TV - Russia, China Look to Advance Agenda at BRICS Summit of Developing Countries

Middle Powers Digital Agency

• December 2, 2025: Building an AI Stack the World Wants to Choose

LEADERSHIP & GOVERNANCE

Governance, Trust & Democratic Capacity

• November 18, 2025: Slow Government in a Fast World
• January 15, 2021: Denver Post Op-Ed - Higher Education Can Counter What Drives Political Violence

Institutional Leadership & Change

• March 17, 2026: The Officer’s Role Beyond the Battlefield

GEOGRAPHIES

Japan

• April 21, 2026: G1 Silicon Valley – The U.S.–Japan Alliance Is Becoming a Systems Alliance
• February 8, 2026: Reading Japan’s Election Structurally, Not Politically
• October 13, 2025: G1 Global Tokyo – Trump 2.0: Decoding U.S. Politics for Japan
• July 23, 2025: Beyond the Deal: Building a U.S.–Japan Economic Alliance for the Long Term

Southeast Asia

• November 4, 2025: Speech - From Reconciliation to Renewal: Thirty Years of the U.S.–Vietnam Partnership
• October 28, 2025: Address to Vietnam President Tô Lâm: Building a 24/7 Government Powered by Trust and Technology
• October 16, 2025: Roundtable on Maritime Security with Singapore's NTU RSIS
• April 1, 2025: 360° View of How Southeast Asia Can Attract More FDI in Chips and AI

Indo-Pacific & Eurasia

• March 17, 2026: Speech at Pacific Forum – AI and the Future of Deterrence
• March 16, 2026: Roundtable on Strengthening Pacific Resilience: Infrastructure and Development Partnerships in the Pacific Islands
• February 4, 2026: The AI Systems Race Runs Through India
• November 7, 2025: NEWSNATION TV - America’s Return to Central Asia: Diversification as Deterrence
• July 25, 2023: Panel on The Indo-Pacific Economic Framework (IPEF) – Private Sector Perspectives

Europe & Transatlantic

• April 9, 2026: NEWSNATION TV - NATO Needs a Stronger Europe—and a More Collaborative America
• August 18, 2025: Peace Requires Strength and Allies
• September 24, 2025: Who Writes the Digital Rules, Wins the Future
• September 17, 2025: Roundtable at WTO Public Forum – Aligning Transatlantic Digital Policies
• December 6, 2022: South China Morning Post – quoted on EV subsidies and coordination
• December 2022: National Journal - quoted on U.S.–EU green subsidies dispute

Middle East

• April 22, 2026: NEWSNATION TV - From Bombs to Bargaining: Can Pressure Deliver a Better Iran Deal?

Americas

• March 27, 2023: China’s Ties to Honduras Show Its Increasing Influence

Global Middle / Emerging Markets

• March 18, 2026: The Infrastructure of Intelligence Is the New Development Divide
• April 20, 2026: NYU DRI Annual Conference | International Development: Which way now?
• November 1, 2023: 360° View of the African Growth and Opportunity Act (AGOA)

MAJOR PUBLICATIONS

• Goldman Sachs “Top of Mind” Interview
• Washington Post -- Quoted on pharmaceutical supply chain vulnerabilities
• The Hill - Short-sighted US policy is emboldening China
• Washington Post - Quoted by Josh Rogin regarding Chinese economic policy
• National Journal - Quoted regarding U.S. - EU green subsidies dispute
• NPR - Quoted regarding consequences of Chinese ownership of U.S. land
• South China Morning Post - Quoted regading U.S. - EU coordination on EV subsidies
• Wall Street Journal -- Quoted on Marine Corp transformation
• Foreign Policy – American Leadership Can Survive Today’s Storm

CURRENT FOCUS

Recent commentary centers on:

• AI stack deployment at scale
• Capital market alignment in the AI era
• Productive capacity and industrial resilience
• Energy constraints and compute geography
• Alliance-based scaling of trusted systems
• Strategic competition in a fragmented world

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