The Second Annual China Defense & Security Conference

 Presents

   

The Second Annual China Defense & Security Conference

  

     Thursday, February 16, 2012
9:00 A.M. - 4:30 P.M.

Carnegie Endowment for International Peace
Root Conference Rooms
1779 Massachusetts Ave. NW, 2nd Floor
Washington, D.C. 

 

 

$85 Per Person

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 Conference Agenda

REGISTRATION: 8:30 A.M. - 9:00 A.M.

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Welcome 

9:00 A.M. – 9:10 A.M.

 

Glen E. Howard

President, The Jamestown Foundation

 

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OPENING REMARKS:9:10 A.M. - 9:40 A.M. 

 Admiral Timothy Keating, USN (Ret.)
Former Commander, U.S. Pacific Command

Q & A

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PANEL ONE:9:40 A.M. - 10:40 A.M.

 CHINA'S RISE & REGIONAL SECURITY

 Moderator:L.C. Russell HsiaoSenior Research Fellow, Project 2049 Institute
Presenters:

China’s Leadership Succession and Its Impact on Chinese Security PolicyWilly LamSenior Fellow, The Jamestown Foundation.
 Japan and South Korea View China’s RiseVictor Cha (Invited)Director of Asian Studies, Georgetown University
Cross-Strait Relations after the ElectionT.B.A.

 Q & A

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COFFEE BREAK:
10:40 A.M. – 11:00 A.M.

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PANEL TWO:11:00 A.M. - 12:15 P.M.

 TRENDS IN MILITARY MODERNIZATION 

 Moderator:RADM Michael McDevitt, USN (Ret.)Senior Fellow, CNA Corporation
Presenters:

PLA Self-Assessments and the Direction of ModernizationDennis BlaskoFormer Army Attaché in Beijing from 1992-1995 and in Hong Kong from 1995-1996
 China’s Evolving Naval StrategyBernard "Bud" ColeProfessor of International History, U.S. National War College
The PLA Air Force Foreign Relations Program: Implications for ModernizationKenneth AllenSenior Research Analyst, DGI’s Center for Intelligence Research

Q & A  

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LUNCHEON12:15 P.M. - 12:50 P.M. 

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KEYNOTE ADDRESS12:50 P.M. – 1:45 P.M.

Robert L. Suettinger“Analytic Challenges for Understanding Chinese Security”

Analytic Director, CENTRA Technology
Former National Intelligence Officer for East Asia
Former Director for Asian Affairs, National Security Council

Q & A

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COFFEE BREAK:
1:45 P.M. – 2:00 P.M.  

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PANEL THREE:2:00 P.M. - 3:00 P.M. 

 CHINA’S C4ISR MODERNIZATION 

 Moderator:James Mulvenon (Invited)Vice-President of Defense Group, Inc.'s Intelligence Division and Director of DGI¹s Center for Intelligence Research and Analysis.

 Presenters:

Informationization and Joint OperationsKevin PollpeterChina Program Manager of Defense Group, Inc.'s Center for Intelligence Research and Analysis.
China’s C4ISR Modernization: Problems, Progress, and ProspectsDean ChengResearch Fellow, Heritage Foundation
China’s Space-Based Intelligence, Surveillance and ReconnaissanceMark StokesExecutive Director, Project 2049 Institute

Q & A  

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COFFEE BREAK:
3:00 P.M. - 3:15 P.M.

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PANEL FOUR:3:15 P.M. - 4:30 P.M.

CHINA’S CIVIL-MILITARY RELATIONS

Moderator:Ambassador Stapleton RoyDirector, Kissinger Institute on China and the United States, Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars

Presenters:

China’s National Security Policymaking CapacityDavid FinkelsteinVice President and Director of China Studies, CNA Corporation
The PLA as an Interest Group in Chinese PoliticsPhillip SaundersDirector of Studies and the Director of the Center for Study of Chinese Military Affairs, National Defense University
PLA Professionalization and the Civil-Military GapAndrew Scobell (Invited)Senior Political Scientist, RAND Corporation

  Q & A

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CONCLUSION:4:30 P.M.