Hearing: China's Maritime Disputes in the East and South China Seas (Webcast)

Thursday, April 4, 2013

Room G-50 Dirksen Senate Office Building

First Street and Constitution Avenue, NE

Washington, DC 20002

[Press Release]

Hearing Co-Chairs: Commissioner Peter Brookes and Commissioner Katherine C. Tobin

9:00a – 9:15a:            Opening Remarks

• Katherine C. Tobin (Remarks)

9:15a – 10:45a:          Panel I: China’s Strategic Thinking and Regional Security

• Rear Admiral Michael McDevitt (Ret.), Senior Fellow, Strategic Studies, CNA (Testimony)
• Dr. Michael Swaine, Senior Associate, Asia Program, Carnegie Endowment for International Peace (Testimony)

10:45a – 11:00a:        Break

11:00a – 12:30a:        Panel II: Domestic Drivers, Policy, and Law

• Peter Dutton, Professor and Director, China Maritime Studies Institute, U.S. Naval War College (Testimony)
• Dr. Jessica Chen Weiss, Assistant Professor, Department of Political Science, Yale University (Testimony)

12:30a – 1:30p:          Lunch Break

1:30p – 3:00p:            Panel III: Resources and Economic Drivers

• Dr. Steven Lewis, Fellow and Professor, Baker Institute for Public Policy, Rice University (Testimony)
• Lloyd Thrall, Project Associate, RAND Corporation (Testimony)

3:00p                           Adjourn