Scott Kennedy

Scott Kennedy is a senior advisor at the Center for Strategic and International Studies.

Articles by Scott Kennedy

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China’s Tech Obsession Is Weighing Down Its Economy

Essay

Scott Kennedy, Scott Rozelle

October 10, 2025, 3:00 PM

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

Does Xi Have Trump’s Number?

Analysis

June 16, 2025, 11:31 AM

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

May 9, 2025, 11:29 AM

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

April 10, 2025, 3:28 PM

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

October 31, 2024, 11:25 AM

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

June 3, 2024, 10:55 AM

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

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

Argument

November 14, 2022, 3:25 PM

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

September 13, 2022, 11:22 AM

Backpacks and belongings of Afghan people post-Kabul airport bombing

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

Argument

August 27, 2021, 9:36 AM

In China’s Credit Ratings, Democracies Pay a Price

Infographic

August 8, 2019, 1:50 PM

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

March 29, 2017, 12:06 PM

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It’s Time for China Analysts to Stop Talking Past One Another

Tea Leaf Nation

August 24, 2016, 9:31 AM

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Let China Join the Global Monetary Elite

Tea Leaf Nation

August 20, 2015, 4:49 PM

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Washington’s Big China Screw-up

ChinaFile

Stephen S. Roach, Zha Daojiong, Scott Kennedy, Patrick Chovanec

March 26, 2015, 2:19 PM

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Good Leap Forward

Argument

Scott Kennedy, Wang Qun

March 10, 2011, 11:31 PM

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