Jamestown Foundation Conference 10 February: “China Defense & Security 2011”
DVD of conference available here.
Featuring Keynote Address by
The Honorable Kurt M. Campbell
Assistant Secretary of State for East Asian and Pacific Affairs
Thursday, February 10, 2011
Root Conference Room
Carnegie Endowment for International Peace
1779 Massachusetts Avenue Northwest
Washington D.C., DC 20036-2109
*Registration for this conference will open on January 3, 2011*
**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”
To be announced (TBA)
COFFEE BREAK:
10:30 A.M. – 10:45 A.M.
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PANEL TWO:
10:45 A.M. – 12:00 P.M.
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
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
NAVAL MODERNIZATION & STRATEGIC THINKING
Moderator:
RADM Michael McDevitt, USN (Ret.)
Vice President, Center for Naval Analyses
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
COFFEE BREAK:
2:30 P.M. – 2:45 P.M.
PANEL FOUR:
2:45 P.M. – 4:00 P.M
THE FUTURE OF CHINA DEFENSE & SECURITY
Moderator:
Richard C. Bush III
Director of the Center for Northeast Asian Policy Studies, Brookings Institution
Presenters:
“Science & Technology in China’s Defense Modernization”
Tai Ming Cheung
Associate Research Scientist, IGCC
“Information Warfare and China’s Cyber-warfare Capabilities”
To be announced (TBA)
“Advances in China’s Space Program”
Dean Cheng
Research Fellow, Heritage Foundation
CONCLUSION:
4:00 P.M.
