An Axis of Autocracy? China’s Relations with Russia, Iran, and North Korea

February 20, 2025; Dirksen Senate Office Building

Expert Witnesses ⤵️

Panel 1: Is There an Axis of Autocracies?
🔹Andrea Kendall-Taylor, Senior Fellow and Director of Transatlantic Security Program, Center for New American Security
🔹Christopher Walker, Vice President for Studies and Analysis, National Endowment for Democracy
🔹Christopher Chivvis, Senior Fellow and Director of American Statecraft Program, Carnegie Endowment for International Peace

Panel 2: Economic Linkages and Sanctions Evasion
🔹Kimberly Donovan, Director of Economic Statecraft Initiative, Atlantic Council
🔹Elina Ribakova, Nonresident Senior Fellow, Peterson Institute for International Economics
🔹Anthony Ruggiero, Adjunct Senior Fellow, Foundation for Defense of Democracies

Panel 3: Military and Security Cooperation
🔹Elizabeth Wishnick, Senior Research Scientist, Center for Naval Analyses
🔹Jemima Baar, Independent Researcher
🔹Jake Rinaldi, Defense Analyst, U.S. Army War College
🔹Sheena Chestnut Greitens, Associate Professor, University of Texas at Austin

Resources
Witness testimonies, bios, and hearing transcript available here: https://www.uscc.gov/hearings/axis-au...

Disclaimer
The views expressed by witnesses are their own and do not necessarily reflect the views of the Commission or its members. This hearing is unclassified and open to the public.

About the Commission
The U.S.-China Economic and Security Review Commission is a bipartisan legislative branch commission established by Congress to monitor, investigate, and report on the national security implications of the U.S.-China relationship.

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