Andrew S. Erickson

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, […]

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– 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. […]

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Andrew S. Erickson, “China’s Defense Budget: A Richer Nation Builds a Stronger Army,” Inaugural Presentation in “China Reality Check” Speaker Series, Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS), Washington, DC, 8 April 2012.
Click here to watch a webcast of the event.
Also available on YouTube.
Sponsored and Moderated by Christopher K. Johnson, Senior Adviser and Freeman Chair […]

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Andrew S. Erickson, “Chinese Aircraft Carrier Update,” presented in “Session 1: Developments in Aircraft Carriers,” at “Maritime Security Challenges (MSC) 2012” conference, Maritime Forces Pacific, Canadian Navy, Victoria, Canada, 2 October 2012.
 
For recent analysis, see Andrew S. Erickson and Gabriel B. Collins, “The Calm Before the Storm: China’s […]

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View C-Span Video with timeline transcript here.
Click here for a webcast of entire event.
For Deputy Secretary of Defense Ashton Carter’s keynote address, go to minutes 27:45-1:04:18.
For my presentation on China’s naval and air force modernization, see minutes 1:22:50-1:33:13; 1:58:36-2:00:39.
In Strategic Asia 2012-13: China’s Military Challenge by the National Bureau of Asian Research, leading experts assessed […]

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Strategic Asia 2012-13: China’s Military Challenge – Book Launch Event
The National Bureau of Asian Research (NBR) will hold the launch of the twelfth volume in the Strategic Asia series this Wednesday, 3 October 2012, from 8:30 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. at the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars in Washington, DC.
Select contributors from Strategic Asia 2012-13: China’s […]

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Ashley J. Tellis and Travis Tanner, eds., Strategic Asia 2012-13: China’s Military Challenge (Seattle, WA: National Bureau of Asian Research, 2012).
Electronic version available on September 25, 2012
Paperback Release: October 3, 2012
Paperback edition now available for pre-order
ISBN: 978-0-9818904-3-2
Paperback: $34.95
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The Strategic Asia annual edited volume incorporates assessments of economic, political, and military trends and focuses on […]

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“Photo Essay: The U.S. Pivot and China Relations,” The Diplomat, 20 April 2012.
Last week, The Diplomat co-hosted with Harvard University a panel of leading analysts on U.S.-China relations. Following are some of the highlights from the discussion.
Speaking at the event were U.S. Congressman J. Randy Forbes, who is chairman of the House Armed Services Readiness […]

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“AMERICA’S PIVOT TO THE PACIFIC”–U.S.-CHINA RELATIONS IN 2012
Harvard University Science Center, Hall C
One Oxford St., Cambridge, MA, 02238
(617) 495-2779
(One block north of the Harvard Square T stop).
With the United States winding down wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, President Barack Obama has indicated his administration’s intention to refocus the country’s diplomatic and military efforts on the […]

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5th Annual Tufts China-US Symposium
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March 9-10th, 2012 in ASEAN auditorium at The Cabot Intercultural Center of Tufts University. 
The China-US Symposium, 塔夫兹大学中美关系年会, believes in building on the crossroads of ideas, nations, and people, at Tufts University.  To do this, we seek to bring the communities of Tufts and Boston, into close contact with […]

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Presented on “China’s Place in the World–Increasingly Assertive?” panel, “The ‘Chinese Century’: Promises. Pitfalls. Presumption?” China Summit conference, sponsored by The Economist, 18 November 2011, Sofitel Wanda Beijing.
Many observers say the 21st century belongs to China. But with political, macroeconomic and social stability concerns looming in the next few years, many questions abound. Where is […]

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Having served as a Fellow in the Princeton-Harvard China and the World Program (CWP, 中国国与世界研究项目) from 2010-11, I cannot endorse it more strongly. It offers entrée into just the community of specialists that I had always dreamed of joining when I decided to become a China scholar—serious but interesting intellectuals who contribute to the theoretical, […]

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Prof. Andrew S. Erickson, “Chinese Aerospace Power: Evolving Maritime Roles,” Eight Bells Book Lecture, Naval War College Museum, 8 September 2011.
This talk by Dr. Andrew S. Erickson, China Maritime Studies Institute (CMSI), introduced Chinese Aerospace Power: Evolving Maritime Roles, the 5th volume in the Naval Institute Press Series “Studies in Chinese Maritime Development.” This is […]

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This talk by Dr. Andrew S. Erickson, China Maritime Studies Institute (CMSI), will introduce his new co-edited volume Chinese Aerospace Power: Evolving Maritime Roles. This is the first book to address both the Chinese aerospace challenge and its implications for U.S. naval strategy.
This is the first event in a new season of the 8 Bells […]

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“Fuguo Qiangbing (富国強兵) Revisited: An Interdisciplinary Analysis of Economic and Fiscal Factors in the Making of China’s Foreign and Security Policy since the Late Qing”
Click here for a copy of the conference flyer.
Workshop Date: Friday, May 13, 2011, 1:00 pm
Location: Harvard University, CGIS South, Room S050, 1730 Cambridge Street, Cambridge, MA
Organizers: Felix Boecking, University of […]

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Andrew S. Erickson, “Chinese Sources Discuss the ASBM Threat to the U.S. Navy,” presented at China Maritime Studies Institute Lecture of Opportunity, Naval War College, 21 March 2011.
Click here for an adaptive version of the video on Vimeo, as well as the latest sources and analysis.
Click here for a link to videos of this and other CMSI […]

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The Rise of China’s Military: Consequences for the U.S. and Our Allies
Andrew S. Erickson, “Beijing’s Maritime-Aerospace Revolution: Trajectory and Implications,” Presented at “The Rise of China’s Military: Consequences for the U.S. and Our Allies” panel discussion, Center for National Policy, Washington, DC, 9 February 2011.
Complete webcast and transcript of panel discussion available here.
Where
Center for National […]

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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 […]

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Andrew S. Erickson, “Aerospace Development: an Indicator of China’s Future Trajectory,” presented through Princeton-Harvard China and the World Program, Center for Government and International Studies, Harvard University, 14 October 2010.

Thursday, October 14, 2010 12:15 pm
Aerospace Development: An Indicator of China’s Future Trajectory
Dr. Andrew S. Erickson, U.S. Naval War College; China and the World Postdoctoral Fellow
China is the […]

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