Wednesday, March 18, 2015
418 Russell Senate Office Building
Washington, DC
Hearing Co-Chairs: Vice Chairman Dennis Shea and Commissioner Katherine Tobin Ph.D.
9:00a - 9:15a Co-Chairs’ remarks: Vice Chairman Dennis Shea and Commissioner Katherine Tobin Ph.D.
9:15a – 10:45a Panel I: China’s Silk Road Policy
- Mr. Raffaello Pantucci, Director of International Security Studies, Royal United Services Institute for Defence and Security Studies, London, UK (Testimony)
- Dr. Marlene Laruelle, Director, Central Asia Program, Institute for European, Russian and Eurasian Studies, Elliot School of International Affairs, George Washington University, Washington, DC (Testimony)
- Dr. S. Frederick Starr, Chairman, Central Asia-Caucasus Institute and Silk Road Studies Program, Johns Hopkins University School of Advanced International Studies, Washington, DC (Testimony)
10:45a – 11:00a Break
11:00a - 12:30p Panel II: Trade, Infrastructure, and Natural Resources in China’s Central Asia Engagement
- Dr. Alexander Cooley, Professor, Political Science, Barnard College, Columbia University, New York, NY (Testimony)
- Dr. Sebastien Peyrouse, Research Professor of International Affairs, George Washington University, Washington, DC (Testimony)
- Dr. Erica Downs, Senior Analyst, Eurasia Group, Washington, DC (Testimony)
12:30p - 1:30p Lunch Break
1:30p - 3:00p Panel III: China’s Security Engagement in Central Asia and the Question of Afghanistan
- Dr. Michael Clarke, Senior Research Fellow, Griffith Asia Institute, Griffith University, Nathan, Australia (Testimony)
- Dr. Niklas Swanström, Director, Institute for Security and Development Policy, Stockholm, Sweden (Testimony)
- Mr. Andrew Small, Transatlantic Fellow, German Marshall Fund of the United States (Testimony)
3:00p Adjourn
