Hearing on China's Military Modernization and Cross-strait Balance
September 15, 2005
385 Russell Senate Office Building
Delaware and Constitution Avenue, NE
Washington, DC 20510
Hearing Co chairs: Commissioners Steven Bryen ( Taiwan), Thomas Donnelly (Military-Defense), and Chairman Dick D'Amato
9:00 9:30 am Panel I: Congressional Perspectives
- Representative Rob Simmons (R-CT)
9:30 10:30 am Panel II: Administration Perspectives
- Mr. James Keith, Senior Advisor for East Asia and Pacific Affairs, Department of State, Washington, DC
10:30 am 12:00 pm Panel III: China's Military Modernization and Force Deployments
- Rear Admiral Eric McVadon, USN (Retired), Director, Asia-Pacific Studies, Institute of Foreign Policy Analysis
- Dr. Laurent Murawiec, Sr. Fellow, Hudson Institute, Washington, DC
- Dr. Joan Johnson-Freese, Chair, National Security Decision Making Dept., Naval War College, Newport, RI
- Mr. Dennis Blasko, Independent Consultant, Atlantic Beach, FL
12:00 1:00 pm Lunch Break
1:00 2:30 pm Panel IV: U.S. Force Posture in the Pacific
- Dr. Roger Cliff, Sr. Analyst, International and Security Policy, RAND, Arlington, VA
- Dr. James Mulvenon, Director Advanced Studies, Center for Intelligence Research and Analysis, Washington, DC
- Dr. Kurt Campbell, Director International Security Program, Center for Strategic and International Studies, Washington, DC
2:30 4:00 pm Panel V: Taiwan's Self-Defense Needs and Risks to the United States
- Mr. Dan Blumenthal, Resident Fellow, American Enterprise Institute, Washington, DC
- Dr. Thomas J. Christensen, Professor of Politics and International Affairs, Princeton University, Princeton, NJ
- Mr. Fu S. Mei, Editor, Director, Taiwan Security Analysis Center (TAISAC), NYC, NY
- Dr. Adam Cobb, Associate Professor, Dept. of Warfighting Strategy, USAF Air War College, Montgomery, AL
4:00 5:30 pm Panel VI: How Are Evolving Political, Economic and Social Realities Affecting the Cross-strait Balance?
- Mr. Richard Bush, Senior Researcher, The Brookings Institution, Washington, DC
- Mr. Merritt T. (Terry) Cooke, Managing Director, G3C Strategy, Bryn Mawr, PA
- Dr. Vincent Wei-cheng Wang, Dept. of Political Science, University of Richmond, Richmond, VA