HearingChina's Evolving Counter Intervention Capabilities and Implications for the United States and Indo-Pacific Allies and Partners, USCC, Mar. 21, 2024.
The U.S.-China Economic and Security Review Commission will hold a hearing tomorrow, March 21, on "China's Evolving Counter Intervention Capabilities and Implications for the United States and Indo-Pacific Allies and Partners" starting at 10:00 a.m. ET.
Commissioners and witnesses will participate in person and by videoconference. Members of the public will be able to attend in person in the Dirksen Senate Office Building, Room 406, or view a live webcast via the Commission’s website. View the livestream and full agenda here.
The hearing will:
Assess China's capabilities and concepts to prevent, block, or blunt U.S. military actions in the Indo-Pacific.
Examine U.S. efforts to contest and defeat China's counter-intervention capabilities with a focus on China's perception of those efforts.
Consider the perspectives and strategies of key U.S. allies including Japan, the Philippines, and Australia on China's military capabilities and the implications for regional security architecture.
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Hearing Co-Chairs: Vice Chair Reva Price and Commissioner Randall Schriver
10:00 AM – 10:10 AM: Co-Chairs' Opening Remarks
10:10 AM – 11:40 AM: Panel I: China’s Capabilities and Concepts for “Counter-Intervention”
Thomas Shugart, Adjunct Senior Fellow, Center for a New American Security (CNAS)
J. Michael Dahm, Senior Resident Fellow for Aerospace and China Studies, Mitchell Institute for Aerospace Studies [Testimony]
Cristina L. Garafola, Policy Researcher, RAND Corporation [Testimony]
11:40 AM – 11:50 AM: Break
11:50 AM – 1:20 PM: Panel II: Countering China’s Military Strategy in the Indo-Pacific Region
Maryanne Kivlehan-Wise, Director, China Studies Program, Center for Naval Analyses (CNA) [Testimony]
Christopher Johnstone, Senior Adviser and Japan Chair, Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS) [Testimony]
Caitlin Lee, Director, Acquisition and Technology Policy Program; Senior Political Scientist, RAND Corporation [Testimony]
1:20 PM – 2:20 PM: Lunch Break
2:20 PM – 3:50 PM: Panel III: Regional Views on China’s Military Capabilities and Implications for Regional Security Architecture
Tetsuo Kotani, Senior Fellow at the Japan Institute of International Affairs (JIIA), Japan [Testimony]
Edcel John A. Ibarra, Assistant Professor, Department of Political Science, University of the Philippines Diliman, Philippines [Testimony]
Bec Shrimpton, Director, Defense Strategy and National Security, Australian Strategic Policy Institute (ASPI), Australia [Testimony]
3:50 PM – 3:55 PM: Closing Remarks
3:55 PM: Adjourn
U.S.-China Economic and Security Review Commission