What next? How to manage? I suggest the next steps: as China challenges, the United States must keep calm and press on.
Challenging China’s newly assertive behavior in the South China Sea, this week the U.S. Navy sailed some of its biggest ships inside the nine-dash line, exercising its claim to freedom of movement in international […]
Chairman Salmon’s Opening Statement, As Prepared for Delivery
Committee on Foreign Affairs, Subcommittee on Asia and the Pacific
“America’s Role in Ensuring Stability and Security in the South China Sea”
Thursday, July 23, 2015 | 2:00 pm
Overlapping territorial claims of the South China Sea have been a source of international friction since 2009, and it’s no secret that China’s claims […]
Andrew S. Erickson, Testimony before the House Committee on Foreign Affairs Subcommittee on Asia and the Pacific, Hearing on “America’s Security Role in the South China Sea,” Rayburn House Office Building, Washington, DC, 23 July 2015.
In this testimony, I offer my assessment of the current situation in the South China Sea, followed by my recommendations […]
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“America’s Security Role in the South China Sea,” hearing by House Committee on Foreign Affairs Subcommittee on Asia and the Pacific | 2172 Rayburn House Office Building Washington, DC 20515 | Jul 23, 2015 2:00pm to 5:00pm
Witnesse
Patrick M. Cronin, Ph.D.
Senior Advisor and Senior Director
Asia-Pacific Security Program
Center for […]
Andrew S. Erickson, “Did the Game Just Change in the South China Sea? (And What Should the U.S. Do About It?),” A ChinaFile Conversation, The Asia Society, 29 May 2015.
As the 14th annual Asia Security Summit—or the Shangri-la Dialogue, as it has come to be known—gets underway in Singapore, we asked contributors to comment on what […]
Ely Ratner, Elbridge Colby, Andrew Erickson, Zachary Hosford, and Alexander Sullivan, More Willing and Able: Charting China’s International Security Activism (Washington, DC: Center for a New American Security, May 2015).
The Center for a New American Security (CNAS) Asia-Pacific Security Program has released a new report, More Willing and Able: Charting China’s International Security Activism. The report examines China’s […]
2014 Annual Report to Congress of the U.S.-China Economic and Security Review Commission, One Hundred Thirteenth Congress, Second Session (Washington, DC: USCC, 20 November 2014).
Report PDFs:
2014 Annual Report to Congress
Executive Summary
Comprehensive List of Recommendations
Chapters:
Chapter 1 U.S.-China Economic and Trade Relations
Chapter 1; Section 1 Year in Review – Economics and Trade
Chapter 1; Section 2 U.S.-China Bilateral […]
Witnesses’ bios and written testimony now available.
Hearing on “China’s Military Modernization and its Implications for the United States”
Thursday, January 30, 2014
Room 2118, Rayburn House Office Building, 45 Independence Ave SW, Washington, DC 20515
Hearing Co-Chairs: Senator James M. Talent and Commissioner Katherine C. Tobin, PhD
The hearing will examine the inputs to China’s military modernization, including […]
Hearing: “China’s Military Modernization and its Implications for the United States”
U.S.-China Economic and Security Review Commission
Thursday, January 30, 2014
Dirksen Senate Office Building, Room 608
Washington, DC 20002
Hearing Co-Chairs: Senator James M. Talent and Commissioner Katherine C. Tobin, Ph.D
9:00a – 9:15a Co-Chairs’ remarks: Senator James M. Talent and Commissioner Katherine C. Tobin, Ph.D
9:15a – 10:45a Panel I: Inputs to China’s Military […]
Andrew S. Erickson, “China’s Naval Modernization: Implications and Recommendations,” Testimony before the House Armed Services Committee Seapower and Projection Forces Subcommittee, “U.S. Asia-Pacific Strategic Considerations Related to PLA Naval Forces” hearing, Washington, DC, 11 December 2013.
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The archived Webcast is available here.
For an article that builds on this testimony, see […]
Andrew S. Erickson, “China’s Naval Modernization: Implications and Recommendations,” Testimony before the House Armed Services Committee Seapower and Projection Forces Subcommittee, “U.S. Asia-Pacific Strategic Considerations Related to PLA Naval Forces” hearing, Washington, DC, 11 December 2013.
Click here for complete information on the House Armed Services Committee Seapower and Projection Forces Subcommittee hearing, “U.S. Asia-Pacific Strategic […]
Check out the tremendous contributions from testimony by former Princeton-Harvard China and the World Program Fellow Dr. Dawn Murphy and from her Ph.D. dissertation Rising Revisionist? China’s Relations with the Middle East and Sub-Saharan Africa in the post-Cold War Era (Washington, DC: George Washington University, 2012).
2013 Annual Report to Congress of the U.S.-China Economic and […]
Christopher C. Cavas, “No Clear Strategy on China, Experts Say,” Defense News, 11 December 2013.
No real US strategy exists right now for dealing with China, even as the country challenges the territorial status quo of nearby Asian waters, several experts said Wednesday. …
China expert Andrew Erickson of the Naval War College noted “the US has […]
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Andrew S. Erickson, “China’s Naval Modernization: Implications and Recommendations”
December 11, 2013 3:30 PM
U.S. Asia-Pacific Strategic Considerations Related to PLA Naval Forces Modernization
House Armed Services Committee
Subcommittee on Seapower and Projection Forces
Rayburn HOB – 2118
Witnesses
Dr. Seth Cropsey
Senior Fellow, The Hudson Institute
Witness Statement [PDF] Added 12/11/2013 at 04:25 PM
Witness Truth in […]
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Contact: Robert McAlister (202) 225-2539
HASC Hearing Schedule December 9-13, 2013
WASHINGTON – House Armed Services Committee Chairman Howard P. “Buck” McKeon released the following schedule featuring (1) hearing for the week of December 9-13.
Wednesday, December 11, 2013
U.S. Asia-Pacific Strategic Considerations Related to P.L.A. Naval Forces Modernization
House Committee on Armed Services
Subcommittee on Seapower and […]
This promises to be a very interesting and timely event.
For Immediate Release: December 5, 2013
Contact: Robert McAlister (202) 225-2539
HASC Hearing Schedule December 9-13
WASHINGTON – House Armed Services Committee Chairman Howard P. “Buck” McKeon released the following schedule featuring (1) hearing for the week of December 9-13.
Wednesday, December 11, 2013
U.S. Asia-Pacific Strategic Considerations Related to P.L.A. Naval Forces Modernization
House […]
Andrew S. Erickson, A Statement before the U.S.-China Economic and Security Review Commission, Panel III: “China’s Political and Security Challenges in the Middle East,” “China and the Middle East” hearing, Washington, DC, 6 June 2013.
Click here to watch webcast of hearing.
My testimony reflects my personal views and not the policies or estimates of the U.S. Navy or […]
U.S.-China Economic and Security Review Commission
Thursday, June 6, 2013
Dirksen Senate Office Building, Room 608
Washington, DC 20002
Hearing Co-Chairs: Commissioners Jeffrey L. Fiedler and James Talent
9:00a–9:05a Co-Chairs’ remarks: Commissioners Jeffrey L. Fiedler and James Talent (Comm. Fiedler Opening Remarks) (Comm. Talent Opening Remarks)
9:05a–10:20a Panel I: China’s Perspectives and Policy in the Middle East
Dr. Dawn Murphy, Postdoctoral Research Fellow, […]
– HEARING NOTICE –
China and the Middle East
Hearing Co-Chairs: Commissioners Jeffrey L. Fiedler and James Talent
WHAT: Public Hearing on “China and the Middle East.” The hearing will examine China’s policies and perspectives related to the Middle East, including on energy security, trade and investment, regional conflicts, and instability in countries like Syria and Iran. […]
Maritime Gray Zone Operations: Challenges and Countermeasures in the Indo-Pacific
Oxford Bibliography: “The People’s Liberation Army (PLA)”
China’s Climate Cooperation Smokescreen: A Roadmap for Seeing Through the Trap and Countering with Competition
Large-Scale Amphibious Warfare in Chinese Military Strategy
Rebalancing U.S. Forces: Basing and Forward Presence in the Asia-Pacific
China’s Near Seas Combat Capabilities
Chinese Anti-Ship Ballistic Missile (ASBM) Development: Drivers, Trajectories and Strategic Implications
Asia’s Rising Energy and Resource Nationalism: Implications for the United States, China, and the Asia-Pacific Region
Chinese Aerospace Power: Evolving Maritime Roles
China’s S-Curve Trajectory: Structural Factors Will Likely Slow the Growth of China’s Economy and Comprehensive National Power
China, the United States, and 21st-Century Sea Power: Defining a Maritime Security Partnership
China Goes to Sea: Maritime Transformation in Comparative Historical Perspective
China’s Energy Strategy: The Impact on Bejing’s Maritime Policies
China’s Future Nuclear Submarine Force
Chinese Mine Warfare: A PLA Navy 'Assassin’s Mace' Capability
China’s Nuclear Force Modernization
