AGENDA
Hearing on "China’s Activities and Influence in South and Central Asia"
Thursday, May 12, 2022
Dirksen Senate Office Building, Room 215, and Webex
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Hearing Co-Chairs: Commissioner 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: China’s Interests in Afghanistan and Pakistan
- Jennifer Brick Murtazashvili, Founding Director, Center for Governance and Markets, University of Pittsburgh [Testimony]
- M. Tayyab Safdar, Postdoctoral Researcher, University of Virginia [Testimony]
- Raffaello Pantucci, Senior Fellow at the S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies (RSIS) [Testimony]
11:10 AM – 11:20 AM: Break
11:20 AM – 12:20 PM: Panel II: China’s Reach in Central Asia
- Nargis Kassenova, Senior Fellow and Director, Program on Central Asia, Harvard University Davis Center for Russian and Eurasian Studies [Testimony]
- Niva Yau, Senior Researcher, OSCE Academy [Testimony]
12:20 PM – 1:20 PM: Lunch Break
1:20 PM – 2:50 PM: Panel III: China’s Influence in Continental South Asia
- Tanvi Madan, Director of The India Project, Brookings Institution [Testimony]
- Jagannath Panda, Head of the Stockholm Centre for South Asian and Indo-Pacific Affairs, Institute for Security and Development Policy [Testimony]
- Akhil Bery, Director of South Asia Initiatives, Asia Society Policy Institute [Testimony]
2:50 PM – 3:00 PM: Break
3:00 PM – 4:30 PM: Panel IV: Competing Visions for the Indian Ocean
- Darshana M. Baruah, Fellow, South Asia Program, Carnegie Endowment for International Peace [Testimony]
- Christopher Colley, Assistant Professor of Security Studies, National Defense College of the United Arab Emirates [Testimony]
- Samantha Custer, Director of Policy Analysis, AidData at William & Mary's Global Research Institute [Testimony]
4:30 PM – 4:35 PM: Closing Remarks
4:35 PM: Adjourn
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