CMSI Professors to Speak at China Defense and Security Conference
David Reese, “CMSI Professors to Speak at China Defense and Security Conference,” Naval War College Public Affairs, 10 January 2010.
Andrew Erickson and Nan Li, professors with the China Maritime Studies Institute at the Naval War College, will serve as guest panelists at the China Defense and Security 2011 conference in Washington, D.C. on February 10. Their panel will examine issues involving Naval Modernization and Strategic Thinking.
Erickson’s “China’s Anti-Access/Area Denial Capabilities” will explore the People’s Liberation Army (PLA)’s pursuit of a two-level approach to military modernization. This involves consistent focus on increasingly formidable high-end ‘anti-access/area denial’ (A2/AD) capabilities to support major combat operations in China’s ‘Near Seas’ (Yellow, East, and South) and their approaches, and relatively low-intensity but gradually growing capabilities to influence strategic conditions further afield (e.g., in the Indian Ocean) in China’s favor.
“The PLAN’s Evolving Naval Doctrine and Strategy” will be the topic of Li’s presentation. He’ll examine changes in China’s naval strategy, drivers for changes and implications. Li will also explain the issue of translation, the issue of Soviet influence on China’s naval strategy, and the relationship between China’s naval strategy, military strategy and national strategy.
The Jamestown Foundation, an independent, non-partisan research institution, is hosting the event to explore the challenges to China’s military rise and its implications for global security. The conference will also discuss how China’s rise as a global power has raised increasingly complex and far-reaching political, economic and security issues.
Other panels will examine “China’s Rise and Global Security,” “Force Structure and Missions” and “The Future of China Defense and Security.”
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For further information, see: China Defense & Security 2011
Thursday, 10 February 2011
Featuring Keynote Address by The Honorable Kurt M. Campbell, Assistant Secretary of State for East Asian and Pacific Affairs
Location: Carnegie Endowment for International Peace
Root Conference Room, 1779 Massachusetts Avenue Northwest, Washington D.C., DC 20036-2109
*Registration for this conference has opened*
$65 Early Bird Registration/ Per Person $80 Late Registration Fee (Early Bird Registration closes at 5 P.M. on Wednesday, February 9th) *ALL TICKET SALES ON OR AFTER FEBRUARY 7th ARE NON-REFUNDABLE
*To Register for the Feburary 10 Conference please visit the Jamestown Foundation’s Registration Website.*
**Members of the Friends of Jamestown Program will receive a 50% discount on conference admission.**
REGISTRATION:
8:30 A.M. – 9:00 A.M.
OPENING REMARKS:
9:00 A.M. – 9:15 A.M
“MILITARY POWER IN CHINA’S GRAND STRATEGY”
Arthur Waldron Lauder Professor of International Relations, University of Pennsylvania
PANEL ONE:
9:15 A.M. – 10:30 A.M.
CHINA’S RISE & GLOBAL SECURITY
Moderator:
L.C. Russell Hsiao Editor, China Brief
Presenters:
“Beijing’s Quasi-Superpower Diplomacy & Expanding Core Interests” Willy Lam Senior Fellow, The Jamestown Foundation
“China’s Rise in the Changing Strategic Landscape” Michael Green Senior Adviser and Japan Chair, CSIS Associate Professor, Georgetown University
“Military Balance and Cross-Strait Relations” Shuai Hua-Ming Legislator, Foreign Affairs and Defense Committee Republic of China (Taiwan)
COFFEE BREAK:
10:30 A.M. – 10:45 A.M.
PANEL TWO:
10:45 A.M. – 12:00 P.M.
THE FUTURE OF CHINA’S DEFENSE & SECURITY
Moderator:
RADM Michael McDevitt, USN (Ret.) Vice President, Center for Naval Analyses
”Science & Technology in China’s Defense Modernization” Tai Ming Cheung, Associate Research Scientist, IGCC
“Information Warfare and China’s Cyber-warfare Capabilities” James Mulvenon, Vice-President of Defense Group, Inc.’s Intelligence Division and Director of DGI’s Center for Intelligence Research and Analysis
“Advances in China’s Space Program” Dean Cheng Research Fellow, Heritage Foundation
LUNCHEON AND KEYNOTE ADDRESS
12:00 PM – 1:15 PM
The Honorable Kurt Campbell Assistant Secretary of State Bureau of East Asian and Pacific Affairs
Q & A
PANEL THREE:
1:15 PM – 2:30 PM
FORCE STRUCTURE & MISSIONS
Moderator: Ambassador Stapleton Roy Director, Kissinger Institute on China and the United States, Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars
Presenters: “The Chinese Armed Forces’ Structure and Evolving Missions” Dennis Blasko Former Military Intelligence Officer and Foreign Area Officer specializing in China
“The Ten Pillars of the PLAAF”
Kenneth Allen Senior Research Analyst, DGI’s Center for Intelligence Research
“Second Artillery Corps”
Mark Stokes Executive Director, Project 2049 Institute
COFFEE BREAK:
2:30 P.M. – 2:45 P.M.
PANEL FOUR:
2:45 P.M. – 4:00 P.M
MILITARY MODERNIZATION & STRATEGIC THINKING
Moderator: Richard C. Bush III Director of the Center for Northeast Asian Policy Studies, Brookings Institution
Presenters:
“Strategic Thinking in China’s Naval Modernization”
Dan Blumenthal
Resident Fellow, American Enterprise Institute
“China’s Anti-Access/Area Denial Capabilities”
Andrew Erickson Associate Professor, U.S. Naval War College
“The PLAN’s Evolving Naval Doctrine & Strategy” Nan Li Associate Professor, U.S. Naval War College
CONCLUSION:
4:00 P.M.
