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Testimony
Iran's Human Rights Abuses
Testimony presented before the House Foreign Affairs Committee, Subcommittee on The Middle East and South Asia on September 22, 2011.
The Future of Al Qa'ida
Testimony presented before the House Foreign Affairs Committee, Subcommittee on Terrorism, Nonproliferation and Trade on May 24, 2011.
Transitioning to Afghan-Led Counterinsurgency
Testimony presented before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee on May 10, 2011.
The Muslim Brotherhood in the West: Characteristics, Aims and Policy Considerations
Testimony presented before the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, subcommittee on Terrorism, HUMINT, Analysis, and Counterintelligence on April 13, 2011.
The J-20 Episode and Civil-Military Relations in China
Written testimony submitted to the U.S. China Economic and Security Review Commission on March 10, 2011.
Joint Anti-Access Operations: China's "System-of-Systems" Approach
Testimony presented before the U.S. China Economic and Security Review Commission on January 27, 2011.
Anti-Access Measures in Chinese Defense Strategy
Testimony presented before the U.S. China Economic and Security Review Commission on January 27, 2011.
2010 and prior
June 18, 2010
Considerations for the Use of Private Security Contractors in Future U.S. Military Deployments
Testimony presented before the Commission on Wartime Contracting.
May 20, 2010
Potential Effects of Chinese Aerospace Capabilities on U.S. Air Force Operations
Testimony presented before the U.S.-China Economic and Security Review Commission.
May 20, 2010
The Development of China's Air Force Capabilities
Testimony presented before the U.S.-China Economic and Security Review Commission.
March 18, 2010
Questions of Balance: The Shifting Cross-Strait Balance and Implications for the U.S.
Testimony presented before the U.S.-China Economic and Security Review Commission.
February 22, 2010
Stabilization from the Bottom Up
Testimony presented before the Commission on Wartime Contracting.
January 28, 2010
Reconstructing Haiti
Testimony presented before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee.
December 15, 2009
Iran Sanctions: Options, Opportunities, and Consequences
Testimony presented before the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee, Subcommittee on National Security and Foreign Affairs.
November 17, 2009
Examining U.S. Counterterrorism Priorities and Strategy Across Africa's Sahel Region
Testimony presented before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, Subcommittee on African Affairs.
June 11, 2009
The PLA Navy's "New Historic Missions": Expanding Capabilities for a Re-emergent Maritime Power
Testimony presented before the U.S.-China Economic and Security Review Commission.
May 6, 2009
NATO After the Summit: Rebuilding Consensus
Testimony presented before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, Subcommittee on European Affairs.
May 5, 2009
From Strategy to Implementation: The Future of the U.S.-Pakistan Relationship
Testimony presented before the House Foreign Affairs Committee .
April 2, 2009
U.S. Strategy in Afghanistan
Testimony presented before the House Foreign Affairs Committee, Subcommittee on Middle East and South Asia.
March 26, 2009
Counterinsurgency in Afghanistan
Testimony presented before the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee, Subcommittee on National Security and Foreign Affairs.
March 11, 2009
Antecedents and Implications of the November 2008 Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) Attack Upon Several Targets in the Indian Mega-City of Mumbai
Testimony presented before the ouse Homeland Security Committee, Subcommittee on Transportation Security and Infrastructure Protection.
February 26, 2009
Counterinsurgency in Afghanistan
Testimony presented before the Senate Armed Services Committee.
September 24, 2008
U.S.-Pakistan Relations: Assassination, Instability, and the Future of U.S. Policy
Testimony presented before the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee, Subcommittee on National Security and Foreign Affairs.
Testimony unavailable - oral remarks only.
July 15, 2008
Does America Need A New Grand Strategy?
Testimony presented before the House Armed Services Committee, Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations.
April 3, 2008
An Iraqi Modus Vivendi: How Would It Come About and What Would It Look Like?
Testimony presented before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee.
April 2, 2008
Getting Back on Track in Afghanistan
Testimony presented before the House Foreign Affairs Committee, Subcommittee on the Middle East and South Asia.
February 14, 2008
Ungoverned Territories
Testimony presented before the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee, Subcommittee on National Security and Foreign Affairs.
January 29, 2008
International Perspectives on Interagency Reform
Testimony presented before the House Armed Services Committee, Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations.
January 16, 2008
U.S.-Pakistan Relations: Assassination, Instability, and the Future of U.S. Policy
Testimony presented before the House Foreign Affairs Committee, Subcommittee on the Middle East and South Asia.
December 10, 2007
The State of the Afghan Insurgency
Testimony presented before the Canadian Senate National Security and Defence Committee.
November 7, 2007
Negotiating with Iran
Testimony presented before the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, Subcommittee on National Security and Foreign Affairs.
October 25, 2007
Testimony before the French Paper Commission on Defense and National Security
Testimony presented before the Commission du Livre blanc sur la défense et la sécurité nationale, Paris, France.
September 5, 2007
The Role of the Department of Defense in Provincial Reconstruction Teams
Testimony presented before House Armed Services Committee, Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations.
July 17, 2007
U.S. Policy Options in the Iraq Crisis
Testimony presented before the House Committee on Foreign Affairs.
June 13, 2007
A Comparative Evaluation of United Nations Peacekeeping
Testimony presented before the House Committee on Foreign Affairs, Subcommittee on International Organizations, Human Rights, and Oversight.
May 18, 2007
Two Years After Andijan: Assessing the Past and Thinking Towards the Future
Testimony presented before the Commission on Security and Cooperation in Europe.
March 28, 2007
Iraqi Security Forces: Defining Challenges and Assessing Progress
Testimony presented before House Armed Services Committee, Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations.
March 8, 2007
Ending Afghanistan's Civil War
Testimony presented before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee.
January 30, 2007
Ending Afghanistan's Civil War
Testimony presented before the House Armed Services Committee.
July 18, 2006
Islam and the West: Searching for Common Ground: The Terrorist Threat and the Counter-Terrorism Effort
Testimony presented to the Senate Foreign Relations Committee.
May 4, 2006
The Use of the Internet by Islamic Extremists
Testimony presented to the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence.
April 6, 2006
Trends in the United Kingdom's Naval Shipbuilding Industrial Base: Lessons for the United States
Testimony presented before the Senate Armed Services Committee, Subcommittee on Seapower.
March 16, 2006
Advances Underway in China's Defense Industries
Testimony presented to the U.S.-China Economic and Security Review Commission on March 16, 2006.
March 9, 2006
Afghanistan: Is the Aid Getting Through?
Testimony presented to the House International Relations Committee, Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigation.
Testimony unavailable - oral remarks only.
February 16, 2006
Combating Al Qaeda and the Militant Islamic Threat
Testimony presented to the House Armed Services Committee, Subcommittee on Terrorism, Unconventional Threats and Capabilities.
February 3, 2006
Challenges to China's Internal Security Strategy
Testimony presented to the US-China Economic and Security Review Commission.
November 9, 2005
Stabilization and Reconstruction: No Longer a Non-Traditional Mission?
Testimony presented to the House Armed Services Committee, Non-Traditional Missions Panel.
Testimony unavailable - closed hearing
November 3, 2005
Moderate and Radical Islam
Testimony presented to the House Armed Services Committee Defense Review, Panel on Terrorism and Radical Islam Gap.
September 29, 2005
Does Our Counter-Terrorism Strategy Match the Threat?
Testimony presented to the House International Relations Committee, Subcommittee on International Terrorism and Nonproliferation.
September 15, 2005
China's Military Modernization and the Cross-Strait Balance
Testimony presented to the U.S.-China Economic and Security Review Commission.
July 20, 2005
Accelerating Economic Progress in Iraq
Testimony presented to the Senate Foreign Relations Committee.
May 19, 2005
China and Globalization
Testimony presented to the U.S.-China Economic and Security Review Commission.
April 14, 2005
Chinese Government Responses to Rising Social Unrest
Testimony presented to the US-China Economic and Security Review Commission.
February 2, 2005
Emerging Threats to National Security
Testimony presented to the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence.
September 23, 2004
The Hong Kong Legislative Election of September 12, 2004: Assessment and Implications
Testimony presented to the Congressional-Executive Commission on China.
July 14, 2004
U.S. Policy Toward Southeast Europe: Unfinished Business in the Balkans
Testimony presented to the Senate Committee on Foreign Relations.
June 23, 2004
Hong Kong at the Crossroads
Testimony presented to the House Committee on International Relations, Subcommittee on Asia and the Pacific.
March 31, 2004
The
Effect of Terrorist Attacks in Spain on Transatlantic Cooperation
in the War on Terror
Testimony presented to the Senate Committee on Foreign Relations, Subcommittee on European Affairs.
March 10, 2004
A
Fresh Start for Haiti? Charting Future U.S. Haitian Relations
Testimony presented to the Senate Committee on Foreign Relations, Subcommittee on Western Hemisphere, Peace Corps, and Narcotic Affairs.
February 6, 2004
Analyzing China's Defense Industries and the Implications for Chinese Military Modernization
Testimony presented to the U.S.-China Economic and Security Review Commission.
December 4, 2003
China's Economic and Political Impact on South Asia
Testimony presented to the U.S.-China Economic and Security Review Commission.
September 23, 2003
Next Steps in Iraq and Beyond
Testimony presented before the Senate Committee on Foreign Relations.
April 3, 2003
The Baltic States and NATO Membership
Testimony presented before the Senate Committee on Foreign Relations.
April 17, 2002
The Future of NATO and Enlargement
Testimony presented before the House Committee on International Relations, Subcommittee on Europe.
December 12, 2001
Southeast Asia After 9/11: Regional Trends and U.S. Interests
Testimony presented to the Subcommittee on East Asia and the Pacific, Committee on International Relations, U.S. House of Representatives.
December 7, 2001
Excerpts from the U.S.-China Security Review Commission Hearings
Testimony presented to the U.S.-China Security Review Commission Hearings.
June 13, 2001
Turkey,
Greece, and the U.S. in a Changing Strategic Environment
Testimony presented to the Subcommittee on Europe, International Relations Committee, U.S. House of Representatives.
April 3, 2001
Protecting American Interests Abroad: U.S. Citizens, Businesses, and Non-Governmental Organizations
Testimony resented to the Subcommittee on National Security, Veterans Affairs, and International Relations, Committee on Government Reform, U.S. House of Representatives.
March 9, 2000
The European Security and Defense Identity (ESDI) and American Interests
Testimony presented to the Subcommittee On European Affairs, Committee On Foreign Relations, U.S. Senate.
May 1, 1998
Iran: Limits to Rapprochement
Testimony presented to the Subcommittee on Near Eastern and South Asian Affairs, Committee on Foreign Relations, U.S. Senate.
March 25, 1998
International Cooperation in Research and Development
Testimony presented to the Committee on Science, U.S. House Of Representatives.
Briefings
For more information on these and other Congressional briefings, contact the Office of Congressional Relations.
The Outlook for U.S.-Russian Relations in Putin's Third Term
Moderated by Andrew Weiss
April 11, 2012
1:00 p.m. – 2:00 p.m.
B-340 Rayburn House Office Building
Nurturing the Arab Spring: What Can Be Done to Remove Existing Barriers to Freedom of Expression in the Arab World?
Presented by Lowell Schwartz and Jeffrey Martini
June 13, 2011
1:00 p.m. – 2:00 p.m.
2255 Rayburn House Office Building
Rebuilding Haiti
Presented by James Dobbins, Keith Crane and Laurel Miller
October 18, 2010
1:00 p.m. – 2:00 p.m.
2220 Rayburn House Office Building
Tackling Corruption in Afghanistan: A Report from Kabul
Presented by Cheryl Benard and Elvira Loredo
May 21, 2010
11:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.
2255 Rayburn House Office Building
Building Civil Defense Forces in Afghanistan
Presented by Arturo Munoz
May 10, 2010
1:00 p.m. – 2:00 p.m.
2200 Rayburn House Office Building
Dealing with a Defiant North Korea
Presenters: Chaibong Hahm
Bruce Bennett
June 12, 2009
11:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.
2200 Rayburn House Office Building
Engaging Iran: Opportunities and Obstacles
Panelists: Keith Crane
Frederic Wehrey
Alireza Nader
Moderator: David Aaron
June 8, 2009
1:00 p.m. – 2:00 p.m.
Room 215 SVC Capitol Visitor Center
Revitalizing the Transatlantic Security Partnership: An Agenda For Action
Panelists: Stephen Larrabee, RAND Corporation
Julian Lindley-French, Netherlands Defence Academy and Defence Academy of the United Kingdom
Robert Hunter, RAND Corporation
Klaus Scharioth, Ambassador of the Federal Republic of Germany to the United States
Moderators: James Dobbins, RAND Corporation
Josef Janning, Bertelsmann Stiftung
11:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.
2220 Rayburn House Office Building
Asia Responds to China's Rise
Presented by Evan S. Medeiros
December 11, 2008
11:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.
2255 Rayburn House Office Building
Piracy and Armed Violence at Sea: How Can Policymakers Make the World's Oceans Safer?
Presented by Peter Chalk
December 9, 2008
1:00 p.m. - 2:00 p.m.
2247 Rayburn House Office Building
Deterrence: Past, Present, & Future
Panelists: Austin Long, RAND Corporation
Jeffrey Lewis, New America Foundation
David E. Mosher, RAND Corporation
Moderator: David Ochmanek, RAND Corporation
November 17, 2008
11:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.
210 Cannon House Office Building
The Challenge of Nuclear Armed Regional Adversaries
Presented by David Ochmanek
August 11, 2008
1:00 p.m. - 2:00 p.m.
2212 Rayburn House Office Building
Understanding Russia's Foreign Policy
Presented by Olga Oliker
July 14, 2008
1:00 p.m. - 2:00 p.m.
2200 Rayburn House Office Building
Counterinsurgency in Aghanistan
Presented by Seth Jones
June 9, 2008
1:00 pm — 2:00 pm
2200 Rayburn House Office Building
Women and Nation-Building: Lessons from Afghanistan
Presented by Cheryl Benard
April 14, 2008
1:00 pm – 2:00 pm
2203 Rayburn House Office Building
Pandemic Influenza Preparedness in Southeast Asia and the Middle East
Presented by Melinda Moore
March 10, 2008
1:00 P.M. – 2:00 P.M.
430 Dirksen Senate Office Building
War by Other Means—Building Complete and Balanced Capability for Countering Insurgency
Presented by David Gompert and John Gordon
February 11, 2008
1:00 P.M. – 2:00 P.M.
2212 Rayburn House Office Building
Ungoverned Territories: Incubators of Terrorism
Presented by the RAND Corporation, in conjunction with Security for a New Century
Speaker: Dr. Angel Rabasa, Senior Political Scientist with RAND
December 7, 2007
10:00 A.M. – 11:00 A.M.
S-120 (U.S. Capitol, Senate side)
China as an International Actor
Presented by William Overholt
June 11, 2007
1:00 P.M.
Location TBA
Building Moderate Muslim Networks
Presented by Angel Rabasa
April 9, 2007
3:00 P.M. — 4:00 P.M.
2212 Rayburn House Office Building
America's Iran Problem: Confrontation, Containment or Engagement?
March 21, 2007
9:00 A.M. — 5:30 P.M.
G-50 Dirksen Senate Office Building
On "Other War": Lessons from Five Decades of RAND Counterinsurgency Research
Panelists: Bruce Hoffman, James Dobbins, and Austin Long
Moderator: Michael Rich
November 29, 2006
12:00 P.M. — 1:00 P.M.
B-354 Rayburn House Office Building
Improving the Qatari Education System
Presented by Charles Goldman and Catherine Augustine
July 10, 2006
12:00 P.M. — 1:30 P.M.
B-338 Rayburn House Office Building
Central Asia and Its Asian Neighbors: Security and Commerce at the Crossroads
Presented by Rollie Lal
Held in conjunction with the Congressional Silk Road Caucus
June 28, 2006
8:00 A.M. — 9:00 A.M.
B-339 Rayburn House Office Building
U.S. Interests in Central Asia: Policy Priorities and Military Roles
Presented by Olga Oliker
April 3, 2006
12:00 P.M. — 1:30 P.M.
419 Dirksen Senate Office Building
Economic and Social Development in Palestine
"Security for a New Century" briefing featuring Ross Anthony and Michael Schoenbaum
February 14, 2006
11:30 A.M.
419 Dirksen Senate Office Building
Security in Israel and Palestine: After the Rise of Hamas
"Security for a New Century" briefing featuring former Ambassador Robert Hunter and Seth Jones
February 10, 2006
11:30 A.M.
419 Dirksen Senate Office Building
Establishing Law and Order After Conflict: Afghanistan and Iraq
Presented by Dr. Seth Jones
July 22, 2005
10:00 A.M. – 11:30 A.M.
385 Russell Senate Office Building
Sesame Street Comes to Afghanistan
Presented by Dr. Cheryl Benard
June 22, 2005
12:00 P.M. – 1:30 P.M.
2253 Rayburn House Office Building
Building A Successful Palenstinian State
Presented by Steve Simon and Ross Anthony
May 20, 2005
10:30 A.M. – 12:00 P.M.
2255 Rayburn House Office Building
UN Role in National-Building: From the Congo to Iraq
Presented by Ambassador James Dobbins
February 14, 2005
12:00 P.M. - 1:30P.M.
2212 Rayburn House Office Building
U.S., Europe, and Sorting Out the Middle East
Presented by Ambassador Robert Hunter
January 14, 2005
10:30 A.M. - Noon
562 Dirksen Senate Office Building
Women in Afghanistan: Present and Future
Presented by Cheryl Benard
September 10, 2004
3:30 P.M. - 5:00 P.M.
121 Cannon House Office Building
Newsweek/Johns Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies Panel Discussion on Post-War Iraq Reconstruction
July 31, 2003
6:30 - 7:30 P.M.
Nitze Building
W. John Kenney Auditorium
1740 Massachusetts Avenue, Northwest
Featured Speakers:
• Ambassador Robert Hunter, Former U.S. Ambassador to NATO and RAND Senior Advisor
• Lt. General Jay Garner (Ret. U.S. Army), Former Director of the Office of Reconstruction and Humanitarian Assistance for Post-War Iraq
• Lt. General Jared Bates (Ret. U.S. Army), Former Director of Operations and Chief of Staff of the Office of Reconstruction and Humanitarian Assistance from January to May of 2003
Beyond the Nuclear Shadow: A Phased Approach for Improving Nuclear Safety and U.S.-Russian Nuclear Relations
Senate Briefing
June 6, 2003
10:30 - 11:30 A.M.
228 Russell Senate Office Building
House Briefing
June 6, 2003
1:30 - 2:30 P.M.
2337 Rayburn House Office Building
Iraq after Saddam: Creating Regional Stability
Presented by James Dobbins
April 29, 2003
2:00 - 3:00 P.M.
2257 Rayburn House Office Building
Demographic Trends in the Middle East: Security Implications for the United States
Presented by Brian Nichiporuk
April 15, 2003
9:30 - 10:30 A.M.
S-120 Capitol Building
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