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A ‘World-Class’ Military: Assessing China’s Global Military Ambitions

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Hearing on “A ‘World-Class’ Military: Assessing China’s Global Military Ambitions”

Thursday, June 20, 2019

Rayburn House Office Building, Room 2255

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9:30 AM – 9:40 AM: Opening Remarks: Commissioner Lewis and Commissioner McDevitt

9:40 AM – 11:10 AM:  Panel I: Administration Perspectives

  • Christopher A. Ford, Assistant Secretary for International Security and Nonproliferation, U.S. Department of State [Testimony]
  • Mary Beth Morgan, Acting Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for East Asia, U.S. Department of Defense [Testimony]
  • Daniel K. Taylor, Acting Defense Intelligence Officer for East Asia, Defense Intelligence Agency

11:10 AM – 11:20 AM:  Break

11:20 AM – 12:50 PM:  Panel II: Drivers, Ambitions, and Resources of a World-Class Military

  • Dean Cheng, Senior Research Fellow, Asian Studies Center, Heritage Foundation [Testimony]
  • M. Taylor Fravel, Ph.D., Arthur and Ruth Sloan Professor of Political Science, Massachusetts Institute of Technology [Testimony]
  • Phillip C. Saunders, Ph.D., Director of the Center for the Study of Chinese Military Affairs, National Defense University [Testimony]

12:50 PM – 1:40 PM: Lunch Break

1:40 PM – 3:10 PM:  Panel III: Building a World-Class Military: Missions, Modernization, and Bases

  • Isaac B. Kardon, Ph.D., Assistant Professor, Strategic and Operational Research Department, U.S. Naval War College [Testimony]
  • Christopher D. Yung, Ph.D., Donald Bren Chair of Non-Western Strategic Thought and Director of East Asian Studies, Marine Corps University [Testimony]
  • David Santoro, Ph.D., Director and Senior Fellow for Nuclear Policy, Pacific Forum [Testimony]

3:10 PM – 3:20 PM:  Break

3:20 PM – 4:50 PM:  Panel IV: Implications of a World-Class Chinese Military for the United States and U.S. Allies and Partners  

  • Thomas G. Mahnken, Ph.D., President and Chief Executive Officer, Center for Strategic and Budgetary Assessments [Testimony]
  • Abraham M. Denmark, Director, Asia Program, Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars [Testimony]

4:50 PM – 4:55 PM: Closing Remarks

4:55 PM:  Adjourn

STATEMENT FOR THE RECORD:

  • Elbridge Colby, Director, Defense Program, Center for a New American Security [Statement]
  • Derek Grossman, Senior Defense Analyst, RAND Corporation [Statement]
Transcript
June 20, 2019 Hearing Transcript.pdf7.47 MB

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