Hearing on “China's Active Defense Strategy and its Regional Impact”
Thursday, January 27, 2011
2212 Rayburn House Office Building
Independence Avenue and South Capitol Street
Washington, DC 20003
[HEARING TRANSCRIPT]
[PRESS RELEASE]
Hearing Co-Chairs: Commissioners Carolyn Bartholomew and Larry M. Wortzel
8:50 am – 9:00 am Hearing Co-Chairs Opening Statements
9:00 am – 9:30 am Panel I: Congressional Perspectives
- Rep. Robert J. Wittman (R-VA) [Testimony]
- Senator Daniel K. Inouye (D-HI) [Testimony]
9:40 am – 11:00 am Panel II: China’s Active Defense and Anti-Access Strategy
- Dr. Roger Cliff, Senior Political Scientist, The RAND Corporation, Arlington, VA [Testimony]
- Oriana Skylar Mastro, Doctoral Candidate, Princeton University, Princeton, NJ [Testimony]
- Cortez Cooper, Senior International Policy Analyst, The RAND Corporation, Arlington, VA [Testimony]
11:10 am – 12:30 am Panel III: China’s Non-traditional Access Control Strategies
- Lt Gen (Ret.) David A. Deptula, President and CEO, The Deptula Group, LLC, Oakton, VA [Testimony]
- Dr. Martin C. Libicki, Senior Management Scientist, The RAND Corporation, Arlington, VA [Testimony]
- Dean Cheng, Research Fellow, The Heritage Foundation, Washington, D.C. [Testimony]
12:30 pm – 1:15 pm Lunch Break
1:15 pm – 2:30 pm Panel IV: Implications for East Asia
- Dr. Balbina Hwang, Visiting Professor, Georgetown University, Washington, D.C. [Testimony]
- Jim Thomas, Vice President for Studies, Center for Strategic and Budgetary Assessments, Washington, D.C. [Testimony]
- CAPT Stacy Pedrozo, Military Fellow (U.S. Navy), Council on Foreign Relations, New York, NY [Testimony]
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