Scott Kennedy

Scott Kennedy is a senior advisor and trustee chair in Chinese business and economics at the Center for Strategic and International Studies.

Articles by Scott Kennedy
A rare-earth refinery north of the Inner Mongolian city of Baotou on Aug. 20, 2012.
A rare-earth refinery north of the Inner Mongolian city of Baotou on Aug. 20, 2012.

Does Xi Have Trump’s Number? This article has an audio recording

Analysis
Scott Kennedy
Bessent leans into speak to Trump as they sit at a table with a presidential seal on the front of it and a U.S. flag behind them.
Bessent leans into speak to Trump as they sit at a table with a presidential seal on the front of it and a U.S. flag behind them.

Don’t Expect a Trade Deal in Geneva

Analysis
Scott Kennedy
An illustration shows a line of large shopping carts facing down a small Donald Trump figure holding two shopping bags. The stars of China's flag are in the upper left corner.
An illustration shows a line of large shopping carts facing down a small Donald Trump figure holding two shopping bags. The stars of China's flag are in the upper left corner.

Why Beijing Thinks It Can Beat Trump

Analysis
Scott Kennedy
Chinese President Xi Jinping and U.S. President Donald Trump attend a welcoming ceremony in Beijing on Nov. 9, 2017.
Chinese President Xi Jinping and U.S. President Donald Trump attend a welcoming ceremony in Beijing on Nov. 9, 2017.

Markets Are Underpricing the Possibility of a U.S.-China Economic War

Analysis
Scott Kennedy
Chinese President Xi Jinping attends a meeting with Tunisian President Kais Saied (not pictured) at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing.
Chinese President Xi Jinping attends a meeting with Tunisian President Kais Saied (not pictured) at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing.

Why Is Xi Not Fixing China’s Economy?

Analysis
Scott Kennedy
U.S. President Joe Biden and Chinese President Xi Jinping shake hands.
U.S. President Joe Biden and Chinese President Xi Jinping shake hands.

Xi-Biden Meeting May Help End China’s Destructive Isolation

Argument
Scott Kennedy
People walk beneath cherry blossoms near the National Assembly in Seoul on April 9, after two years of the area being closed to the public for COVID-19 control.
People walk beneath cherry blossoms near the National Assembly in Seoul on April 9, after two years of the area being closed to the public for COVID-19 control.

China’s Neighbors Are Navigating COVID-19, Beijing, and Washington

Argument
Scott Kennedy
Backpacks and belongings of Afghan people post-Kabul airport bombing
Backpacks and belongings of Afghan people post-Kabul airport bombing

Chinese Firms Don’t Want to Pay Afghanistan’s Costs

Argument
Scott Kennedy

In China’s Credit Ratings, Democracies Pay a Price

Infographic
Scott Kennedy
BEIJING, CHINA - MARCH 18: U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson speaks during a joint press conference with Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi (not pictured) at Diaoyutai State Guesthouse on March 18, 2017 in Beijing, China. Tillerson is on his first visit to Asia as Secretary of State. (Photo by Lintao Zhang - Pool/Getty Images)
BEIJING, CHINA - MARCH 18: U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson speaks during a joint press conference with Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi (not pictured) at Diaoyutai State Guesthouse on March 18, 2017 in Beijing, China. Tillerson is on his first visit to Asia as Secretary of State. (Photo by Lintao Zhang - Pool/Getty Images)

Did Tillerson’s Beijing Visit Box Him in, or Start a Reboot?

ChinaFile
Scott Kennedy, Shen Dingli
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It’s Time for China Analysts to Stop Talking Past One Another

Tea Leaf Nation
Scott Kennedy
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Let China Join the Global Monetary Elite

Tea Leaf Nation
Scott Kennedy
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Washington’s Big China Screw-up

ChinaFile
Stephen S. Roach, Zha Daojiong, Scott Kennedy, Patrick Chovanec
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Good Leap Forward

Argument
Scott Kennedy, Wang Qun
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