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Hearing: China's Military Modernization and Its Impact on the United States and the Asia-Pacific

March 29-30, 2007


Room 562 Dirksen Senate Office Building
First Street and Constitution Avenue, NE
Washington, DC  20510


Hearing Co Chairs: Commissioners William Reinsch and Larry Wortzel

AGENDA

OPENING STATEMENTS

  • Opening Statement of Chairman Carolyn Bartholomew - Day 1 (PDF) - Day 2 (PDF)
  • Opening Statement of Commissioner William Reinsch (PDF)
  • Opening Statement of Commissioner Larry Wortzel, Co-chair (PDF)

Thursday, March 29

Panel I: Congressional Perspectives

  • Congressman Dana Rohrabacher (R-CA) (PDF)
  • Congresswoman Madeleine Bordallo (D-Guam) (PDF)
  • Congressman Tim Ryan (D-OH) (PDF)
  • Congressman Duncan Hunter (R-CA) (PDF)

Panel II: Beijing’s Doctrine on the Conduct of “Irregular Forms of Warfare”

  • Dr. William J. Schneider, Jr., Chairman, Defense Science Board, Washington, DC (PDF)
  • Mr. Michael G. Vickers, Senior Vice President for Strategic Studies, Center for Strategic and Budgetary Assessments, Washington, DC
  • Dr. Derek S. Reveron, Associate Professor of National Security Affairs,  U.S. Naval War College, Newport, RI (PDF)
  • Dr. Robert J. Bunker, CEO, Counter-OPFOR Corporation, Claremont, CA (PDF) Bunker Figure PowerPoint (PPT)

Panel III: PLA Modernization in Traditional Warfare Capabilities: Force Integration and Force Projection

  • General James E. Cartwright, Commander, U.S. Strategic Command, Offutt Air Force Base, NE
  • Dr. Andrew S. Erickson, Assistant Professor, Strategic Research Department, U.S. Naval War College, Newport, RI (PDF) Supplement Document - (PDF)
  • Mr. Cortez A. Cooper, III, Director of the East Asia Studies Center, Hicks and Associates, Inc., McLean, VA (PDF)

Panel IV: The Taiwan Strait Military Balance

  • RADM Eric A. McVadon USN (Ret), Director of Asia-Pacific Studies, The Institute for Foreign Policy Analysis, Inc., Washington, DC (PDF)
  • Dr. Bernard D. Cole, Professor of International History, National War College, Washington, DC (PDF)
  • Mr. Mark Cozad, Senior Defense Intelligence Analyst, Defense Intelligence Agency, Washington, DC (PDF)

Friday, March 30

Panel V: Information Warfare, Missile Warfare, Cyber Operations, and Other Disruptive Capabilities of the PLA

  • Dr. Ehsan Ahrari, Professor of Counterterrorism, Asia-Pacific Center for Security Studies, Honolulu, HI (PDF)
  • Dr. James A. Lewis, Director and Senior Fellow of the Technology and Public Policy Program, Center for Strategic and International Studies, Washington, DC (PDF)

Panel VI: The PLA’s Objectives in Space

  • Dr. Michael P. Pillsbury, Consultant, Department of Defense, Washington, DC (PDF)
  • Mr. Eric D. Hagt, Director of the China Program, World Security Institute, Washington, DC (PDF)
  • Mr. Dean Cheng, Research Fellow, Center for Naval Analysis Corporation, Alexandria, VA (PDF)
  • Ms. Mary C. Fitzgerald, Research Fellow, Hudson Institute, Washington, DC  (PDF)
Transcript
3.29-30.07HearingTranscript.pdf3.59 MB

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