Wednesday, April 01, 2015
SD-562 Dirksen Senate Office Building
Washington, DC
Hearing Co-Chairs: Vice Chairman Dennis Shea and Commissioner Katherine Tobin Ph.D.
9:00a - 9:15a Co-Chairs’ remarks: Vice Chairman Dennis Shea and Commissioner Katherine Tobin Ph.D.
9:15a – 10:45a Panel I: China’s Conventional Missiles
- Mark Stokes, Executive Director, Project 2049 Institute (Testimony)
- Toshi Yoshihara, Ph.D., Professor and van Beuren Chair of Asia-Pacific Studies, U.S. Naval War College (Testimony)
- Dennis Gormley, Senior Lecturer, Graduate School of Public and International Affairs, University of Pittsburgh (Testimony)
10:45a – 10:55a Break
10:55a - 12:25p Panel II: China’s Nuclear Weapons and Emerging Missile Technologies
- Christopher Twomey, Ph.D., Associate Professor, U.S. naval Postgraduate School (Testimony)
- Christopher Yeaw, Ph.D., Director, Center for Assurance, Deterrence, Escalation, and Nonproliferation Science and Education, Louisiana Tech Research Institute (Testimony)
- James Acton, Ph.D., Co-Director of Nuclear Policy Program and Senior Associate, Carnegie Endowment for International Peace (Testimony)
12:25p - 1:25p Lunch Break
1:30p - 3:00p Panel III: Implications for the United States
- Robert Haddick, Independent Contractor, U.S. Special Operations Command (Testimony)
- Evan Montgomery, Ph.D., Senior Fellow, Center for Strategic and Budgetary Assessments (Testimony)
- Elbridge Colby, Gates Fellow, Center for New American Security (Testimony)
2:55p – 3:00p Closing Remarks
3:00p Adjourn
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