Andrew S. Erickson

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I deliver my main testimony (statement) from 1:24:07–1:32:54.

I answer questions from Congressman Randy Forbes on how to address China’s Maritime Militia from 1:40:40–1:43:02, and on why the South China Sea matters to America and Americans from 1:47:02–1:48:22.

I reminisce with Congressman Rick Larsen about our April 2011 trip with four other Members of Congress to military, defense industrial, and government-related facilities in Beijing, Qingdao, Chengdu, and Shanghai and answer a question from him about the utility of a U.S. Asia-Pacific Strategy from 2:03:42–2:07:15.

Finally, at the invitation of Chairman Forbes, I offer closing remarks from 2:24:44–2:27:28.

HEARING: 

SEAPOWER AND PROJECTION FORCES IN THE SOUTH CHINA SEA

Date: 

Wednesday, September 21, 2016 – 2:00pm

Location: 

2212 Rayburn House Office Building, Washington, DC 20515

House Armed Services Committee

Subcommittees: 

• Seapower and Projection Forces (114th Congress)

WITNESSES

Dr. Andrew S. Erickson, Ph.D. 
Professor of Strategy, China Maritime Studies Institute, U.S. Naval War College

• Statement
• Bio

Ms. Bonnie S. Glaser 
Senior Adviser for Asia and Director, China Power Project, Center for Strategic and International Studies

• Statement
• Bio

Dr. James Kraska, S.J.D. 
Professor of International Law, Oceans Law and Policy, Stockton Center for the Study of International Law, U.S. Naval War College

• Statement
• Bio