AGENDA
Hearing on “China’s Military Power Projection and U.S. National Interests”
Thursday, February 20, 2020
Rayburn House Office Building, Room 2172
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9:00 AM – 9:10 AM: Opening Remarks: Commissioner Wortzel and Commissioner Fiedler
9:10 AM – 10:10 AM: Administration Perspective
- Chad Sbragia, Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for China, U.S. Department of Defense [Testimony]
10:10 AM – 10:20 AM: Break
10:20 AM – 11:50 AM: Panel I: Rationales for China’s Power Projection
- Admiral Dennis Blair, Distinguished Senior Fellow (Non-Resident), Sasakawa Peace Foundation USA [Testimony]
- Kristen Gunness, Chief Executive Officer, Vantage Point Asia, LLC; Adjunct Senior International Policy Analyst, RAND Corporation [Testimony]
11:50 AM – 12:50 PM: Lunch Break
12:50 PM – 2:20 PM: Panel II: Building an Expeditionary Force: Hardware, Logistics, and Bases
- Chad Peltier, Senior Analyst, Consulting, Jane’s [Testimony]
- Kevin McCauley, Independent Analyst [Testimony]
- Isaac Kardon, Ph.D., Assistant Professor, Strategic and Operational Research Department, U.S. Naval War College [Testimony]
2:20 PM – 2:30 PM: Break
2:30 PM – 4:00 PM: Panel III: China’s Power Projection in Asia, Africa, and Latin America
- Greg Poling, Director, Asia Maritime Transparency Initiative, Center for Strategic and International Studies [Testimony]
- Paul Nantulya, Research Associate, Africa Center for Strategic Studies, National Defense University [Testimony]
- Cynthia Watson, Ph.D., Dean of Faculty and Academic Affairs, National War College, National Defense University [Testimony]
4:00 PM – 4:05 PM: Closing Remarks
4:05 PM: Adjourn