Mark R. Kennedy | Foreign Policy

Hon. Mark R. Kennedy, a member of the Council on Foreign Relations, leads George Washington University's Graduate School of Political Management and is Chairman of the Economic Club of Minnesota. He previously served three terms in the U.S. House of Representatives and was Senior Vice President and Treasurer of Federated Department Stores (now Macy's).

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Brexit Is a Russian Victory

Russia is playing chess with the United States. The United States is playing checkers back.

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It’s Time to Ditch Trump, Not the TPP

The trade deal is huge accomplishment — and one that makes America stronger.

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What America Could Learn from Xi Jinping and Pope Francis

Two leaders came to Washington last week, each embodying heritages instrumental to building the foundations for a hemisphere: China in the East, and the Catholic ...

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Five Questions for Obama Ahead of Xi Jinping’s Visit

What the United States plans to do when China supplants it as the world's leading economy is the most pressing question in American politics.

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Is Donald Trump the Heir to Teddy Roosevelt’s Legacy?

Are these two high-rolling populists cut from the same cloth?

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How to Swing the Votes to Win the TPA Fight

Achieving the decisive votes to pass Trade Promotion Authority (TPA) in the U.S. House of Representatives will require targeting two groups — Republicans concerned with ...

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How ‘Top Gun’ Explains the TPA Trade Bill

I admit freely that I have an unusual way of winding down at night. Often I do so by watching either the first or last ...

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The Rocky Road to Passing Trade Promotion Authority

The bipartisan push for passage of Trade Promotion Authority (TPA) is akin to epic dramas where competing leaders set aside their quarrels to join forces ...

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Dump Realism. It’s Time For a Conservative Internationalism

It's time to devise a new middle ground foreign policy.

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Republicans Must Support Free Markets and Fast Track

If the Republican brand stands for anything at all, it's a belief in free markets. Advancing free trade agreements has the added benefit of spreading ...

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