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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.
When:
March 29, 2007 12:00am to March 30, 2007 12:00am
Where
Hearing Co Chairs: Commissioners William Reinsch and Larry Wortzel
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)
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