In today's increasingly complex global landscape, understanding public opinion is crucial for shaping effective policies and fostering international cooperation. The "Chinese People's Perspectives on International Security -- Survey Report 2024" offers a unique window into how ordinary Chinese citizens view global security issues and China's role on the world stage.

Hello and welcome to the CISS podcast "The Point" series.

Today's episode will explore one of the most critical issues at the intersection of technology and geopolitics: the role of artificial intelligence in China-U.S. relations. In recent years, AI has not only become a central issue in technological development but also a key factor in geopolitical strategy.

Prof. Neysun Mahboubi shares with us his personal experience and perspective on US-China people-to-people exchange.

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.

Dr. Yan Yan shares her expertise on the so-called Award and legal aspects of the South China Sea Issue. Dr. Yan’s observations will help us better understand the case and why it is “null and void”, and also think about how the South China Sea issue can be settled peacefully in the future.

At a time when the China-U.S. relations are facing many uncertainties and the international situation is becoming increasingly complex, the role of Track 2 diplomacy has come into more people’s attention. Dr. Sun Chenghao,our guest speaker today, would share his insights from his involvement in China-U.S. Track 2 diplomacy. Dr. Sun is fellow researcher with CISS,Tsinghua University.Please stay tuned.

With the surging release of advanced new energy vehicles (NEVs) in China this year, an acrimonious discourse on overcapacity has intensified in the Western world. How do we define overcapacity in the context of NEVs? What is the current supply-demand dynamic in the market? On our programme today, China Forum has invited Dr Zhou Mi, Deputy Director of Institute of American and Oceania Study of Chinese Academy of International Trade and Economic Cooperation of the Ministry of Commerce, to share his view on China’s rapid NEV development.

On our program today we have Dr. Victor J. Willi, Executive Director at the Middle East Institute Switzerland sharing with us his views on terrorism in a more fragmented world, and how China and mid-powers like countries in the Middle East are playing a bigger role in mediation and conflict resolution, to settle the root causes of terrorism.

In this episode, Prof. Ulugbeck A. Khasanov from Uzbekistan elaborates on this topic and shares with us his views on effective methods for combating terrorism in the new age of information.

As dangers loom large for the world today, a possible Second Cold War has become a frequent topic among politicians and scholars across the globe. Is the Second Cold War inevitable? Is win-win cooperation merely a pretty-sounding strategy or a deep-rooted and realistic philosophy? Is transcending Bloc politics possible in the post-western era?

Professor Da Wei shares his views on the recent phone call between top leaders of China and the U.S. and the trend of international relations.