Hearing on “China's Military Modernization and Its Impact on the United States and the Asia-Pacific”
March 29-30, 2007
Room 562 Dirksen Senate Office Building
First Street and Constitution Avenue, NE
Washington, DC 20510
Hearing Co Chairs: Commissioners William Reinsch and Larry Wortzel
Thursday, March 29
9:00 to 10:00 am Panel I: Congressional Perspectives
- Congresswoman Madeleine Bordallo (D-Guam)
- Congressman Tim Ryan (D-OH)
- Congressman Dana Rohrabacher (R-CA)
- Congressman Duncan Hunter (R-CA)
10:15 to 12:00 pm Panel II: Beijing’s Doctrine on the Conduct of “Irregular Forms of Warfare”
- Dr. William Schneider, Jr., Chairman, Defense Science Board, Washington, DC
- Mr. Michael G. Vickers, Senior Vice President for Strategic Studies, Center for Strategic and Budgetary Assessments, Washington, DC
- Dr. Derek S. Reveron, Associate Professor of National Security Affairs, U.S. Naval War College, Newport, RI
- Dr. Robert J. Bunker, CEO, Counter-OPFOR Corporation, Claremont, CA
12:15 to 1:00 pm Lunch Break
1:15 pm to 2:30 pm Panel III: PLA Modernization in Traditional Warfare Capabilities: Force Integration and Force Projection
- General James E. Cartwright, Commander, U.S. Strategic Command, Offutt Air Force Base, NE
- Dr. Andrew S. Erickson, Assistant Professor, Strategic Research Department, U.S. Naval War College, Newport, RI
- Mr. Cortez A. Cooper, III, Director of the East Asia Studies Center, Hicks and Associates, Inc., McLean, VA
2:45 to 4:00 pm Panel IV: The Taiwan Strait Military Balance
- RADM Eric A. McVadon USN (Ret), Director of Asia-Pacific Studies, The Institute for Foreign Policy Analysis, Inc., Washington, DC
- Dr. Bernard D. Cole, Professor of International History, National War College, Washington, DC
- Mr. Mark Cozad, Senior Defense Intelligence Analyst for China, Defense Intelligence Agency, Washington, DC
Friday, March 30
8:30 to 10:00 am Panel V: Information Warfare, Missile Warfare, Cyber Operations, and Other Disruptive Capabilities of the PLA
- Dr. Ehsan Ahrari, Professor of Counterterrorism, Asia-Pacific Center for Security Studies, Honolulu, HI
- Dr. James A. Lewis, Director and Senior Fellow of the Technology and Public Policy Program, Center for Strategic and International Studies, Washington, DC
10:00 to 11:30 am Panel VI: The PLA’s Objectives in Space
- Dr. Michael P. Pillsbury, Consultant, Department of Defense, Washington, DC
- Mr. Eric D. Hagt, Director of the China Program, World Security Institute, Washington, DC
- Mr. Dean Cheng, Research Fellow, Center for Naval Analysis Corporation, Alexandria, VA
- Ms. Mary C. Fitzgerald, Research Fellow, Hudson Institute, Washington, DC