Hearing: The Implications of China’s Naval Modernization for the United States

June 11, 2009

Room 562 Dirksen Senate Office Building
 First Street and Constitution Avenues, NE
Washington, DC 20510

Hearing Co-Chairs: Vice Chairman Larry Wortzel and Commissioner Peter Videnieks

AGENDA

Commissioners’ Opening Statements

• Opening Statement of Vice Chairman Larry Wortzel [Remarks]
• Opening Statement of Commissioner Peter Videnieks [Remarks]

Panel I: Congressional Perspectives

• Congresswoman Madeleine Z. Bordallo (D-Guam) [Testimony]
• Congressman J. Randy Forbes (R-VA)

Panel II: Strategic Impact of PLA Naval Modernization

• RADM Michael McDevitt (USN, Ret.), V.P. and Director of Strategic Studies, CNA, Alexandria, VA [Testimony]
• Mr. Peter Dutton, Associate Professor of Strategic Studies, China Maritime Studies Institute, U.S. Naval War College, Newport, RI [Testimony]
• Mr. Paul S. Giarra, President, Global Strategies and Transformation, Herndon, VA [Testimony]

Panel III: Operational Activities of the PLA Navy

• Mr. Cortez Cooper, Senior International Policy Analyst, The RAND Corporation, Arlington, VA [Testimony]
• Mr. Fred Vellucci, China Analyst, CNA, Alexandria, VA [Testimony]

Panel IV: Technical Developments of the PLA Navy

• Mr. Ronald O’Rourke, Naval Affairs Specialist, Congressional Research Service, Washington, DC [Testimony]
• Mr. Richard D. Fisher, Jr., Senior Fellow on Asian Military Affairs, International Assessment and Strategy Center, Alexandria, VA [Testimony]

Panel V: Views from Former Secretaries of the Navy

• Senator John Warner, KBE
• Senator Jim Webb (invited) [Testimony]