Hearing: China's Proliferation Practices and Role in the North Korea Crisis

March 10, 2005

Room 562 Dirksen Senate Office Building
First Street and Constitution Avenue,
NE Washington, D.C.

Co-Chairs: Commissioners Carolyn Bartholomew, Fred D. Thompson and Larry M. Wortzel

AGENDA

OPENING STATEMENTS

• OPENING STATEMENT BY CHAIRMAN C. RICHARD D’AMATO [Remarks]
• OPENING STATEMENT BY VICE CHAIRMAN ROGER W. ROBINSON, JR. [Remarks]
• OPENING STATEMENT BY COMMISSIONER FRED THOMPSON [Remarks]
• OPENING STATEMENT BY COMMISSIONER CAROLYN BARTHOLOMEW [Remarks]
• OPENING STATEMENT BY COMMISSIONER LARRY WORTZEL [Remarks]

CHINA'S PROLIFERATION PRACTICES

Panel I: Congressional Perspectives

• Congressman Edward J. Markey (D-MA) [Remarks]

Panel II: Administration Perspectives

• The Honorable Stephen G. Rademaker, Assistant Secretary of State for Arms Control [Testimony]
• The Honorable Peter W. Rodman, Assistant Secretary of Defense for International Security Affairs [Testimony]

Panel III: Recent Developments and Implications

• Dr. Daniel A. Pinkston, Director, The East Asia Nonproliferation Program, The Center for Nonproliferation Studies, Monterey Institute of International Studies (Monterey, CA) [Testimony]
• Mr. Gary Milhollin, Director, The Wisconsin Project on Nuclear Arms Control (Washington, DC) [Testimony]
• The Honorable Ashton Carter, Professor of Science and International Affairs, The John F. Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University (Cambridge, MA)

CHINA'S ROLE IN THE NORTH KOREA CRISIS

Panel IV: Congressional Perspectives

• Congressman Curt Weldon (R-PA)
• Congressman Solomon P. Ortiz (D-TX) [Testimony]

Panel V: Recent Developments and Implications

• Mr. Selig Harrison, Director, The Asia Program, The Center for International Policy (Washington, DC) [Testimony]
• Ms. Balbina Hwang, Policy Analyst, The Asian Studies Center, The Heritage Foundation (Washington, DC) [Testimony]
• Mr. Henry Sokolski, Executive Director, The Nonproliferation Policy Education Center (Washington, DC) [Testimony]

Panel VI: Administration Perspectives

• The Honorable Joseph DeTrani, Special Envoy for the Six-Party Talks, U.S. Department of State [Testimony]