The American Foreign Policy Council in conjunction with the Robert Strauss Center for International Security & Law and the University of Texas-Austin's LBJ School of Public Affairs invite you to attend:

Countering China’s Security State: A Bipartisan Approach

JUNE 6 | 9 AM - 2:15 PM
ROOM 216 HART SENATE OFFICE BUILDING

* BREAKFAST AND LUNCH WILL BE PROVIDED *

Conference Schedule:

9-9:10am: Welcome Remarks:

Joshua Eisenman, Senior Fellow for China Studies, American Foreign Policy Council, and Distinguished Scholar, Strauss Center and Assistant Professor, LBJ School of Public Affairs, University of Texas at Austin

9:10-10:00am: Senators’ Statements:

Senator Ted Cruz (R-TX)

Senator Chris Coons (D-DE)

Introductions: Herman Pirchner, President American Foreign Policy Council

10:10-11:10am: Panel 1: Understanding China’s Methods and Intentions

Melanie Hart, Director of China Policy, the Center for American Progress

Robert Daly, Director of the Kissinger Institute on China and the United States, Wilson Center

Moderator: Joshua Eisenman

11:20-12:20pm: Panel 2: China’s Technologies of Repression and Influence

James Mulvenon, General Manager, Special Programs, SOS International

Elsa Kania, Adjunct Senior Fellow, Technology and National Security, Center for a New American Security

Moderator: David Shullman, Senior Advisor, International Republican Institute

12:30-2:15pm: Luncheon Keynotes

Ambassador Derek Mitchell, President, National Democratic Institute

Daniel Twining, President, International Republican Institute