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China’s Activities and Influence in South and Central Asia

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Hearing on "China’s Activities and Influence in South and Central Asia" 

Thursday, May 12, 2022

Dirksen Senate Office Building, Room 215, and Webex

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Hearing Co-Chairs: Commissioner Carolyn Bartholomew [Opening Statement] and Commissioner Randall Schriver [Opening Statement]

9:30 AM – 9:40 AM: Co-Chairs' Opening Remarks
 
9:40 AM – 11:10 AM: Panel I: China’s Interests in Afghanistan and Pakistan

  • Jennifer Brick Murtazashvili, Founding Director, Center for Governance and Markets, University of Pittsburgh [Testimony]
  • M. Tayyab Safdar, Postdoctoral Researcher, University of Virginia [Testimony]
  • Raffaello Pantucci, Senior Fellow at the S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies (RSIS) [Testimony]

11:10 AM – 11:20 AM: Break

11:20 AM – 12:20 PM: Panel II: China’s Reach in Central Asia

  • Nargis Kassenova, Senior Fellow and Director, Program on Central Asia, Harvard University  Davis Center for Russian and Eurasian Studies [Testimony]
  • Niva Yau, Senior Researcher, OSCE Academy [Testimony]

12:20 PM – 1:20 PM: Lunch Break

1:20 PM – 2:50 PM: Panel III: China’s Influence in Continental South Asia

  • Tanvi Madan, Director of The India Project, Brookings Institution [Testimony]
  • Jagannath Panda, Head of the Stockholm Centre for South Asian and Indo-Pacific Affairs, Institute for Security and Development Policy [Testimony]
  • Akhil Bery, Director of South Asia Initiatives, Asia Society Policy Institute [Testimony]

2:50 PM – 3:00 PM: Break

3:00 PM – 4:30 PM: Panel IV: Competing Visions for the Indian Ocean

  • Darshana M. Baruah, Fellow, South Asia Program, Carnegie Endowment for International Peace [Testimony]
  • Christopher Colley, Assistant Professor of Security Studies, National Defense College of the United Arab Emirates [Testimony]
  • Samantha Custer, Director of Policy Analysis, AidData at William & Mary's Global Research Institute [Testimony]

4:30 PM – 4:35 PM: Closing Remarks

4:35 PM: Adjourn

Transcript
May 12, 2022 Hearing Transcript4.62 MB

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