China’s Military Diplomacy and Overseas Security Activities, Hearing, USCC, Jan. 26, 2023.
Hearing Co-Chairs: Chairman Carolyn Bartholomew [Opening Statement] and Commissioner Randall Schriver [Opening Statement]
9:30 AM – 9:40 AM: Co-Chairs' Opening Remarks
9:40 AM – 11:10 AM: Panel I: Military Diplomacy: Concepts and Strategy
Phillip Saunders, Director of the Center for the Study of Chinese Military Affairs, National Defense University Institute for National Strategic Studies [Testimony]
Kristen Gunness, Senior Policy Researcher, RAND Corporation [Testimony]
Jordan Link, Independent Researcher [Testimony]
11:10 AM – 11:20 AM: Break
11:20 AM – 12:50 PM: Panel II: Military Diplomacy for Improving Capabilities and Access
Richard Weitz, Senior Fellow and Director of the Center for Political-Military Analysis, Hudson Institute [Testimony]
Jeffrey Becker, Research Program Director of the Indo-Pacific Security Affairs Program, Center for Naval Analyses [Testimony]
Melodie Ha, Management Analyst, U.S. Department of Defense [Testimony]
12:50 PM – 1:50 PM: Lunch Break
1:50 PM – 2:50 PM: Panel III: China’s Foreign Military Sales and Technological Acquisition
April Herlevi, Senior Research Scientist, Center for Naval Analyses [Testimony]
Meia Nouwens, Senior Research Fellow for Chinese Security and Defense Policy, International Institute for Strategic Studies [Testimony]
2:50 PM – 2:55 PM: Closing Remarks
2:55 PM: Adjourn
Statement for the Record
Isaac Kardon, Senior Fellow for China Studies, Carnegie Endowment for International Peace [Statement]