AGENDA
Hearing on "China's Evolving Counter Intervention Capabilities and Implications for the United States and Indo-Pacific Allies and Partners"
Thursday, March 21, 2024
Dirksen Senate Office Building, Room 406, and Webex
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Hearing Co-Chairs: Vice Chair Reva Price [Opening Statement] and Commissioner Randall Schriver [Opening Statement]
10:00 AM – 10:10 AM: Co-Chairs' Opening Remarks
10:10 AM – 11:40 AM: Panel I: China’s Capabilities and Concepts for “Counter-Intervention”
- Thomas Shugart, Adjunct Senior Fellow, Center for a New American Security (CNAS) [Testimony]
- J. Michael Dahm, Senior Resident Fellow for Aerospace and China Studies, Mitchell Institute for Aerospace Studies [Testimony]
- Cristina L. Garafola, Policy Researcher, RAND Corporation [Testimony]
11:40 AM – 11:50 AM: Break
11:50 AM – 1:20 PM: Panel II: Countering China’s Military Strategy in the Indo-Pacific Region
- Maryanne Kivlehan-Wise, Director, China Studies Program, Center for Naval Analyses (CNA) [Testimony]
- Christopher Johnstone, Senior Adviser and Japan Chair, Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS) [Testimony]
- Caitlin Lee, Director, Acquisition and Technology Policy Program; Senior Political Scientist, RAND Corporation [Testimony]
1:20 PM – 2:20 PM: Lunch Break
2:20 PM – 3:50 PM: Panel III: Regional Views on China’s Military Capabilities and Implications for Regional Security Architecture
- Tetsuo Kotani, Professor, Meikai University and Senior Fellow, Japan Institute of International Affairs (JIIA), Japan [Testimony]
- Edcel John A. Ibarra, Assistant Professor, Department of Political Science, University of the Philippines Diliman, Philippines [Testimony]
- Bec Shrimpton, Director, Defense Strategy and National Security, Australian Strategic Policy Institute (ASPI), Australia [Testimony]
3:50 PM – 3:55 PM: Closing Remarks
3:55 PM: Adjourn