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China’s Military Power Projection and U.S. National Interests

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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

 

Transcript
February 20, 2020 Hearing Transcript.pdf8.61 MB

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