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China and the Middle East

AGENDA

Hearing on "China and the Middle East"

Friday, April 19, 2024

Dirksen Senate Office Building, Room 215, and Webex

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Hearing Co-Chairs: Commissioner Aaron Friedberg [Opening Statement] and Commissioner Jonathan Stivers [Opening Statement]

9:30 AM – 9:40 AM: Co-Chairs' Opening Remarks
 
9:40 AM – 11:10 AM: Panel I: Energy, Investment, and Economic Interests

  • Erica Downs, Senior Research Scholar, Center on Global Energy Policy at Columbia SIPA [Testimony]
  • Mohammed Soliman, Director of the Strategic Technologies and Cyber Security Program, Middle East Institute [Testimony]
  • Karen Young, Senior Research Scholar, Center on Global Energy Policy at Columbia SIPA [Testimony]

11:10 AM – 11:20 AM: Break

11:20 AM – 12:50 PM: Panel II: China’s Diplomatic Engagement with the Middle East Bolsters Efforts to Shape a New World Order

  • Jonathan Fulton, Nonresident Senior Fellow, Atlantic Council [Testimony]
  • Jon Alterman, Senior Vice President, Center for Strategic and International Studies [Testimony] 
  • Dawn Murphy, Associate Professor, National Defense University [Testimony]

12:50 PM – 1:50 PM: Lunch Break

1:50 PM – 3:20 PM: Panel III: China’s Security Interests and Activities in the Middle East

  • Grant Rumley, Senior Fellow, Washington Institute for Near East Policy [Testimony]
  • Maria Papageorgiou, Lecturer, University of Exeter [Testimony]
  • Alessandro Arduino, Affiliate Lecturer, King’s College London [Testimony]

3:20 PM – 3:25 PM: Closing Remarks

3:25 PM: Adjourn

Transcript
April 19, 2024 Hearing Transcript3.25 MB

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