Updated Agenda

Hearing on China’s Proliferation Practices and Role in the North Korea Crisis

Thursday, March 10, 2005

Room 562 Dirksen Senate Office Building

First Street and Constitution Avenue, NE

Washington, D.C.

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Hearing Cochairs:  Commissioners Carolyn Bartholomew, Fred D. Thompson and Larry M. Wortzel

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CHINA’S PROLIFERATION PRACTICES

 9:00 – 9:30 am           Panel I: Congressional Perspectives

- Congressman Edward J. Markey (D-MA)

 9:30 – 10:30 am         Panel II: Administration Perspectives

- The Honorable Stephen G. Rademaker, Assistant Secretary of State for Arms Control   

-     The Honorable Peter W. Rodman, Assistant Secretary of Defense for International Security Affairs

10:30 am – 12:00 pm  Panel III: Recent Developments and Implications

- Dr. Daniel A. Pinkston, Director, The East Asia Nonproliferation Program, The Center for Nonproliferation Studies, Monterey Institute of International Studies (Monterey, CA)

                                    -     Mr. Gary Milhollin, Director, The Wisconsin Project on Nuclear Arms Control (Washington, DC) 

- The Honorable Ashton Carter, Professor of Science and International Affairs, The John F. Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University (Cambridge, MA) 

12:00 – 1:00 pm          Lunch Break

CHINA’S ROLE IN THE NORTH KOREA CRISIS

1:00 – 2:00 pm            Panel IV: Congressional Perspectives

- Congressman Curt Weldon (R-PA)

- Congressman Solomon P. Ortiz (D-TX)

2:00 – 4:00 pm            Panel V: Recent Developments and Implications 

- Mr. Selig Harrison, Director, The Asia Program, The Center for International Policy (Washington, DC)

- Ms. Balbina Hwang, Policy Analyst, The Asian Studies Center, The Heritage Foundation (Washington, DC)

- Mr. Henry Sokolski, Executive Director, The Nonproliferation Policy Education Center (Washington, DC)

4:00 – 4:30 pm            Panel VI: Administration Perspectives

- The Honorable Joseph DeTrani, Special Envoy for the Six-Party Talks, U.S.     Department of State