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

U.S.-China Economic and Security Review Commission hearing in Washington, DC.

Hearing Co Chairs:    Commissioners William Reinsch and Larry Wortzel

Hearing Agenda: HTML | PDF

OPENING STATEMENTS

• Opening Statement of Commissioner William Reinsch (HTML) (PDF)
• Opening Statement of Commissioner Larry Wortzel, Co-chair (HTML) (PDF)

Thursday, March 29

Panel I: Congressional Perspectives

• Congressman Dana Rohrabacher (R-CA) (HTML) (PDF)
• Congresswoman Madeleine Bordallo (D-Guam) (PDF)
• Congressman Tim Ryan (D-OH) (HTML) (PDF)
• Congressman Duncan Hunter (R-CA) (HTML) (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 (HTML) (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 (HTML) (PDF)
• Dr. Robert J. Bunker, CEO, Counter-OPFOR Corporation, Claremont, CA (HTML) (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 (HTML) (PDF) Supplement Document - (PDF)
• Mr. Cortez A. Cooper, III, Director of the East Asia Studies Center, Hicks and Associates, Inc., McLean, VA (HTML) (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   (HTML) (PDF)
• Dr. Bernard D. Cole, Professor of International History, National War College, Washington, DC (HTML) (PDF)
• Mr. Mark Cozad, Senior Defense Intelligence Analyst, Defense Intelligence Agency, Washington, DC

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 (HTML) (PDF)
• Dr. James A. Lewis, Director and Senior Fellow of the Technology and Public Policy Program, Center for Strategic and International Studies, Washington, DC (HTML) (PDF)

Panel VI: The PLA’s Objectives in Space

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