Hearing on China’s Space and Counterspace Programs

Wednesday, February 18, 2015

Hearing Co-Chairs: Commissioner Jeffrey L. Fiedler and Senator James M. Talent

8:30 am – 8:40 am       Co-Chairs’ remarks: Commissioner Jeffrey L. Fiedler and Commissioner James M. Talent

8:40 am – 10:35 am     Panel I: China’s Civilian/Dual-Use and Military Space Programs

• Mr. Kevin Pollpeter, Deputy Director, Study of Innovation and Technology in China, Institute on Global Conflict and Cooperation, University of California-San Diego, San Diego, CA (Testimony)
• Dr. Joan Johnson-Freese, Professor, National Security Studies, U.S. Naval War College, Newport, RI (Testimony)
• Mr. Dean Cheng, Senior Research Fellow, Asian Studies Center, The Heritage Foundation, Washington, DC (Testimony)

10:35 am – 10:50 am      Break

10:50 am – 12:45 pm      Panel II: Inputs to China’s Space Program

• Dr. Alanna Krolikowski, Princeton-Harvard China and the World Fellow, Fairbank Center for Chinese Studies, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA (Testimony)
• Mr. Tate Nurkin, Managing Director of Research and Thought Leadership, Jane’s IHS Aerospace, Defense and Security, Arlington, VA (Testimony)
• Mr. Mark Stokes, Executive Director, Project 2049 Institute, Arlington, VA (Testimony)

12:45 pm – 1:35 pm    Lunch Break

1:35 pm – 3:30 pm      Panel III: Implications for the United States

• Mr. Richard D. Fisher, Jr., Senior Fellow, Asian Military Affairs, International Assessment and Strategy Center, Alexandria, VA (Testimony)
• Dr. Roger Handberg, Professor, Department of Political Science, University of Central Florida, Orlando, FL (Testimony)
• Dr. Phillip Saunders, Distinguished Research Fellow and Director, Center for the Study of Chinese Military Affairs, Institute for National Strategic Studies, National Defense University, Washington, DC (Testimony)

3:30 pm                       Adjourn