- CISS Podcast - Center For International Security And Strategy Tsinghua University

The CISS Podcast features conversations with experts from CISS Tsinghua, a research institute that analyzes international security and strategy issues based in Beijing. In the CISS Podcast, scholars and experts will address their thinking on the most pressing challenges in international relations. It will also present China Forum series conducting one-on-one discussions with top-level officials, diplomats, well-known entrepreneurs, academics, and media experts from both China and abroad.

Unpacking the 2025 SCO Summit: Geopolitics, Trade and Tech Cooperation

In this episode, CISS China Forum is joined by four distinguished experts — professor Zhao Huasheng, China Forum expert, and professor from Institute of International Studies at Fudan University, Dr. Zhao Long, Deputy Director of the Institute for International Strategic and Security Studies and Professor at Shanghai Institutes for International Studies, Dr. Zhou Mi, China Forum expert, and Deputy Director of the Institute of American and Oceania Study at the Chinese Academy of International Trade and Economic Cooperation, Ministry of Commerce, and Ms. Xiao Qian, Deputy Director of CISS and Vice Dean of the Institute for AI International Governance at Tsinghua University—to analyze the summit’s outcomes and the challenges ahead from geopolitical, economic, security, and AI governance perspectives.
Jin Ling：China-EU Relations and Challenges in the Context of Multipolarization

In this episode, CISS China Forum invited Dr. Jin Ling, Director and Senior Research Fellow of the Department for Global Governance and International Organizations at the China Institute of International Studies, to share her insights on the mindsets and administrative models shaping China-EU relations.
Cui Hongjian: China-EU at 50 - Lessons and the Path Forward

Professor Cui Hongjian，director of the Center for the EU and Regional Development Studies at Beijing Foreign Studies University to share insights from five decades of China-EU relations.
Gong Jiong：Trump’s tariff war and global implications

In this episode of the CISS Podcast, we are honored to speak with Professor John Gong, a leading expert on international economics, to unpack the structural forces behind this trade war.
Zhou Bo: Should the World Fear China?

In this episode, Zhou Bo, Senior Fellow at the Center for International Security and Strategy (CISS) at Tsinghua University, offers deep insights into international perceptions of China’s military rise, and the principles and goals behind its military modernization.
Fiona Cunningham: Managing Nuclear Risks in the Era of Emerging Technologies

The China Forum of Tsinghua University’s Center for International Security and Strategy (CISS) invited CISS Director Da Wei and University of Pennsylvania Assistant Professor Fiona Cunningham for an in-depth dialogue on the impact of emerging technologies on traditional nuclear deterrence theory, nuclear strategy, and the future landscape of China-U.S. competition and cooperation.
Susan A. Thornton：Trump 2.0-The U.S. Political Landscape and the Future of China-U.S. Relations

CISS China Forum invites Susan A. Thornton, a retired senior U.S. diplomat with rich experience with the U.S. State Department in Eurasia and East Asia, and currently a Senior Fellow at Yale Law School’s Paul Tsai China Center, for an in-depth discussion with Professor Da Wei, Director of CISS
Jeffrey Ding: Technology Diffusion and National Strength: The New Logic of Competition in the Age of GPTs

In this episode, CISS China Forum invites Professor Jeffrey Dean from George Washington University to a in-depth discussion with CISS fellow, Dr. Dong Ting, on how diffusion shapes economic competition, inspired by his latest book.
Ambassador Fu Ying: China committed to South China Sea stability，cooperation

At the 61st Munich Security Conference, Ambassador Fu Ying emphasized, “China is committed to maintaining stability in the South China Sea and promoting regional economic cooperation”.
Wang Lei: The New Era of “Greater BRICS Cooperation” and the Development of the Global South

Prof. Wang will review the history of BRICS cooperation, provide an in-depth analysis of its significance in the evolving global landscape, and explore how deepening “Greater BRICS Cooperation” can drive the global governance reform. He will also highlight the unique strengths of the BRICS mechanism, discuss China’s contributions, and share insights on the future prospects of BRICS cooperation.
Shi Yan: China and Europe should focus more on cooperation than competition in Trump 2.0 era

The China Forum of the Center for International Security and Strategy (CISS) of Tsinghua University has invited Dr. Shi Yan, a Fellow at CISS, to be a guest on this podcast to share her views on China-Europe relations and how to address challenges in the future.
How do Chinese Experts View Trump 2.0

In this episode produced by China Forum, Center for International Security and Strategy of Tsinghua University, five experts will have a panel discussion on the implications of Trump’s second term for U.S.-China relations.
Ambassador Fu Ying: No one country or group of countries can resolve all the global challenges

This episode showcases a selection of Ambassador Fu Ying’s speech at the 7th Paris Peace Forum, sharing her views on the global order, multilateralism and China-U.S. relations.
Rachel Ann Hulvey: The Role of Discourse Power in International Politics

In this episode of the CISS podcast, Rachel Ann Hulvey, an assistant professor at the Hamilton Lugar School of Global and International Studies at Indiana University, Bloomington, and a postdoctoral fellow at the Harvard Belfer International Security and Columbia-Harvard China and the World program, explores the definition of discourse power and its role in shaping the international order.
Zhang Feng：China-U.S. Relations should not be a zero-sum game

In today’s episode, we are joined by Professor Zhang Feng, a senior researcher at the Institute of International and Strategic Studies at Tsinghua University, and a visiting scholar at the Paul Tsai China Center at Yale Law School.
Prof. DA Wei Interviews with “Sports Diplomacy Ambassador” YAO Ming

In today’s episode, Prof. DA Wei, Director of the Center for International Security and Strategy (CISS), sits down for an exclusive interview with Chinese basketball executive and former NBA star player YAO Ming.
Rick Waters on China-U.S. Relations
Karman Lucero | AI and China-U.S.: A Bridge or Barrier?
Neysun Mahboubi：People-to-People Exchanges Sow the Seeds for Better China-U.S. Relations

Prof. Neysun Mahboubi shares with us his personal experience and perspective on US-China people-to-people exchange.
Xiao Qian: China's effort on bridging the Global AI Divide

China Forum invited Deputy Director Xiao Qian from CISS, Tsinghua University, who also serves as the Vice Dean of the Institute of AI International Governance, to give us her thoughts and insights on international cooperation on AI capacity-building.

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