Thursday, June 05, 2014

Hearing Co-Chairs: Commissioner Daniel M. Slane and Commissioner Katherine C. Tobin, Ph.D.

8:30 am-8:40 am       Commissioners’ Opening Remarks

8:40 am-10:10 am     Panel I: Cross-Strait Economic and Political Issues

• Ms. JoAnn Fan, Visiting Fellow, Center for East Asia Policy Studies, Brookings Institution, Washington, D.C. (Testimony)
• Mr. Rupert Hammond-Chambers, President, U.S.-Taiwan Business Council, Arlington, VA (Testimony) (Addendum)
• Dr. Vincent Wei-cheng Wang, Professor of Political Science and Associate Dean, School of Arts and Sciences, University of Richmond, Richmond, VA (Testimony)

10:10 am-10:25 am    Break

10:25 am-11:55 am    Panel II: Cross-Strait Military and Security Issues

• Mr. William Murray, Associate Research Professor, U.S. Naval War College, Newport, RI (Testimony)
• Mr. Ian Easton, Research Fellow, The Project 2049 Institute, Arlington, VA (Testimony)
• Mr. David Firestein, Perot Fellow and Vice President for the Strategic Trust-Building Initiative and Track 2 Diplomacy, EastWest Institute, Washington, D.C. (Testimony)

11:55 am-12:45 pm    Lunch Break

12:45 pm-2:15 pm      Panel III: China and North Korea

• Ms. Stephanie Kleine-Ahlbrandt,Director of Asia-Pacific Programs, U.S. Institute of Peace, Washington, D.C. (Testimony)
• Dr. Sue Mi Terry, Senior Research Scholar, Weatherhead East Asian Institute, Columbia University, New York, NY (Testimony)
• Ambassador Joseph DeTrani, President, Intelligence and National Security Alliance, Arlington, VA (Testimony)

2:15 pm                      Adjourn