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China’s Nuclear Forces

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Hearing on "China's Nuclear Forces" 

Thursday, June 10, 2021

Dirksen Senate Office Building, Room 430, and Webex
 

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9:30 AM – 9:40 AM: Opening Remarks: Hearing Co-Chairs Commissioner Jeffrey Fiedler [Opening Statement] and Commissioner Alex Wong [Opening Statement]
 
9:40 AM – 11:10 AM: Panel I: Chinese Nuclear Hardware, Delivery Systems, and Supporting Infrastructure

  • Hans Kristensen, Director of the Nuclear Information Project, Federation of American Scientists [Testimony] 
  • Phillip C. Saunders, Ph.D., Director of the Center for the Study of Chinese Military Affairs, National Defense University [Testimony] 
  • Mark Hibbs, Nonresident Senior Fellow, Carnegie Endowment for International Peace [Testimony] 

11:10 AM – 11:20 AM: Break

11:20 AM – 12:50 PM: Panel II: Why China is Modernizing and Expanding its Nuclear Forces

  • Christopher Twomey, Ph.D., Associate Professor, Naval Postgraduate School [Testimony] 
  • David Logan, Ph.D. Candidate in Security Studies, Princeton University [Testimony] 
  • Caitlin Talmadge, Ph.D., Associate Professor of Security Studies, Georgetown University School of Foreign Service [Testimony] 

12:50 PM – 1:35 PM: Lunch Break

1:35 PM – 3:05 PM: Panel III: Implications for the United States, the Region, and the Global Non-Proliferation Regime

  • Brad Roberts, Ph.D., Director of the Center for Global Security Research, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory [Testimony] 
  • Abraham Denmark, Director of the Asia Program, Wilson Center [Testimony] 
  • Valerie Lincy, Executive Director, Wisconsin Project on Nuclear Arms Control [Testimony] 

3:05 PM – 3:10 PM: Closing Remarks

3:10 PM: Adjourn

Transcript
June 10, 2021 Hearing Transcript5.68 MB

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