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.

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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 Hsiao
Senior Research Fellow, Project 2049 Institute

Presenters:

China’s Leadership Succession and Its Impact on Chinese Security Policy
Willy Lam
Senior Fellow, The Jamestown Foundation.

  Japan and South Korea View China’s Rise
Victor Cha (Invited)
Director of Asian Studies, Georgetown University

Cross-Strait Relations after the Election
T.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.)
Consultant, CNA Corporation

Presenters:

PLA Self-Assessments and the Direction of ​Modernization​
Dennis Blasko
Former Army Attaché in Beijing from 1992-1995 and in Hong Kong from 1995-1996

China’s Evolving Naval Strategy
Toshi Yoshihara (Invited)
John A. van Beuren Chair of Asia-Pacific Studies, U.S. Naval War College

The PLA Air Force Foreign Relations Program: Implications for ​Modernization​
Kenneth Allen
Senior Research Analyst, DGI’s Center for Intelligence Research

Q & A    

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LUNCHEON
12:15 P.M. - 12:50 P.M.   

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KEYNOTE ADDRESS
12:50 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:

​Informationiz​ation and Joint Operations
Kevin Pollpeter
China Program Manager of Defense Group, Inc.'s Center for Intelligence Research and Analysis.

China’s C4ISR ​Modernization​: Problems, Progress, and Prospects
Dean Cheng
Research Fellow, Heritage Foundation

China ’s Space-Based Intelligence, Surveillance and ​Reconnaissanc​e
Mark Stokes
Executive 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 Roy
Director, Kissinger Institute on China and the United States, Woodrow Wilson ​International​ Center for Scholars

Presenters:

China’s National Security Policymaking Capacity
David Finkelstein
Vice President and Director of China Studies, CNA Corporation

The PLA as an Interest Group in Chinese Politics
Philip Saunders (Invited)
Director of Studies and the Director of the Center for Study of Chinese Military Affairs, National Defense University

PLA ​Professionali​zation and the Civil-Military Gap
Andrew Scobell (Invited)
Senior Political Scientist, RAND Corporation

   Q & A

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CONCLUSION:
4:30 P.M.