Center For International Security And Strategy Tsinghua University -Research

2021-01-25 |

ZHOU Bo: Can Joe Biden ensure America’s inevitable decline will be peaceful?

Joe Biden has been elected 46th president of the United States. Donald Trump, his predecessor, has been impeached for a second time. Both events are good news. Looking back at the four years of the Trump administration, one might wonder why a man who made an average of 20 false and misleading claims a day and eventually incited a mob to storm the Capitol could have been elected as president of the most powerful country on Earth. Why was he supported by 74 million American voters in November’s presidential election?

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2020-12-24 |

Zhou Bo: China and US may be rivals, but cooperation is possible and desirable

That Mr Joe Biden will soon occupy the White House instead of Mr Donald Trump will not necessarily elicit sighs of relief in Beijing. However different Mr Biden might be from Mr Trump personally, the great power competition initiated by the Trump administration and backed by a bipartisan congressional consensus will not only remain on course but also likely intensify in the decades to come.

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2020-12-18 |

Fu Ying And John Allen: Together, The U.S. And China Can Reduce The Risks From AI

Despite a deterioration in U.S.-China relations, both countries should seize this rare historical moment to develop common norms on AI.

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2020-12-09 |

Zhou Bo: Why Joe Biden will struggle to rebuild the decaying transatlantic alliance to counter China

The countries which could not wait to congratulate Joe Biden on winning the presidency are America’s allies. This should be no surprise. In the past four years, Donald Trump’s “America first” policy and his alarming words to Nato have unnerved them all. They could only rejoice to embrace a man who said: “We’re going to be back in the game. It’s not America alone.”

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2020-11-25 |

FU Ying: Cooperative Competition Is Possible Between China and the U.S.

BEIJING — The domestic politics of major countries are never kept within their borders — and the future policy orientation of the United States has become a hot topic for many people in China.There is no denying the fact that China-U.S. relations have suffered serious damage over the past four years. Each country has expressed much complaint and concern about the other.

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2020-11-23 |

FU Ying: Safeguard our common treasure

China has clear policies on issues relating to the South China Sea and has made remarkable progress in cooperating with countries in the region. China and the members of Association of Southeast Asian Nations attach great importance to marine collaboration.

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2020-11-16 |

FU Ying : Cooperation or Division?

The unexpected coronavirus outbreak in 2020 has been a major test of governance capabilities, exposing many countries’ weaknesses in domestic governance and international coordination and revealing that the global order is far from perfect in the face of 21st century realities.

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2020-11-11 |

Zhou Bo: A stronger China has no reason to seek a sphere of influence even as US power wanes

Does a stronger China need a sphere of influence? I asked myself this question when I came across the article, “The New Spheres of Influence”, in Foreign Affairs by Harvard professor Graham Allison. Allison argues that, after the Cold War, the entire world became a de facto American sphere. But now the unipolarity is over. The United States must share its spheres of influence with other great powers such as China and Russia.

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2020-11-10 |

FU Ying: All for one, one for all

The biggest challenge confronting the world today is to tackle the COVID-19 pandemic. To prevail over the pandemic and overcome its impacts, countries need to strengthen their domestic public health management, as well as joining hands to improve global governance. However, what we have seen is unsatisfactory coordination in response to the global crisis. Moreover, politicians of some countries are attempting to politicize the pandemic and there is no hope to see improvement in the coordinating efficiency in international institutions.

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2020-10-31 | HU Bo

A Look at the South China Sea

A new round of turbulence has emerged in the South China Sea since the second half of 2019. And against the backdrop of the COVID-19 pandemic, some claimants and countries outside the region have become more and more anxious, with increased military, diplomatic and economic moves, leading to greater tension. Major media are even talking about an upcoming war in the South China Sea between China and the United States. What are the factors influencing the situation in the South China Sea? What are the most likely future developments? A sober assessment is needed.

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2020-10-15 | AN Gang

Getting Through the Current Crisis

The U.S. general election of 2020 is an election that caters to ordinary people. On the surface, it’s a referendum on whether to re-elect Donald Trump as the president, but in fact the election is a choice between nationalism and the U.S. continuing to be a globalist nation. Should Trump be re-elected, the United States will take the path of a nationalist power, provoking more confrontations, exacerbating cold wars and withdrawing further from the world community, which will have a far-reaching impact on U.S. global dominance in both hard and soft power.

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2020-10-12 | FU Ying

A Matter of Respect on Korean Peninsula

This year marks the 15th anniversary of the release of the Sept.19, 2005, Joint Statement of the Fourth Round of the Six-Party Talks on the Korea nuclear issue. Despite all the changes on and surrounding the Korean Peninsula over the past 15 years, the goal, principles and ideas the Joint Statement established still remain a profound source of inspiration.

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