On December 7, Beijing time, CISS held a seminar on “International Relations and China’s Foreign Policy after the U.S. Election” together with University of Oxford China Center. CISS Senior Fellow ZHOU Bo, Academic Committee Member HUANG Renwei, Visiting Fellows DA Wei, LI Chen, and ZHAO Minghao were among the Chinese experts at the event. The seminar also brought together an international panel including Todd H. Hall, Director of the University of Oxford China Center, Rana Mitter, Fellow and former Director of the University of Oxford China Center, Rosemary Foot, former Warden of St. Anthony’s College, Oxford, Jérôme Doyon, Departmental Lecturer of Contemporary Chinese Studies at the Oxford School of Global and Area Studies, and Vivienne Shue, Associate Professor at the University of Oxford China Center and Professor Emeritus of Contemporary Chinese Studies at Oxford.

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.”

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.

The 2020 U.S. presidential election is considered “the most important election in American history.” With the pandemic adding to the uncertainty of this general election, its results will have far-reaching implications for the global economy and the international landscape. In light of this, a lecture themed “U.S.-China Relations after the U.S. Presidential Election” was held on November 5th, with a panel of guests including Professor WANG Jisi, President of the Institute of International and Strategic Studies at Peking University, Professor ZHU Feng, Executive Director

On September 28, 2020, The Lanting Forum themed “International Order and Global Governance in the Post-COVID-19 Era” was held in Beijing. The event was organized by the China Public Diplomacy Association and Nizami Ganjavi International Center with sponsors including the Center for International Security and Strategy at Tsinghua University (CISS), Institute for Global Cooperation and Understanding at Peking University, Chongyang Institute for Financial Studies at Renmin University of China, and Huanqiu.com. H.E. Wang Yi, State Councilor and Foreign Minister, delivered a keynote speech at the opening ceremony. Former Japanese Prime Minister Yasuo Fukuda and former UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon also addressed the forum. Around 100 Chinese and foreign experts and scholars attended the event, including Dr. Margaret Chan, former WHO Director-General and Dean of the Vanke School of Public Health at Tsinghua University, and Mme. Fu Ying, Chair of CISS.

On September 27, 2020, the Center for International Security and Strategy, Tsinghua University (CISS), held its 14th Security and Strategy Seminar titled “China-India Relations amid Great-Power Competition and Responses to Neighboring Geopolitical Challenges.” The event brought together around 20 CISS Fellows and guests (list attached) in a mixture of virtual and face-to-face discussion.

On September 9, 2020, the Center for International Security and Strategy, Tsinghua University (CISS) held its third plenary meeting of its Academic Committee members and fellows. About 30 Academic Committee members and fellows attended the event.

On the afternoon of February 15, 2020, Fu Ying, Chairperson of CISS, and Eric Schmidt, Chairman of the National Security Commission on Artificial Intelligence (NSCAI) and former Google CEO, were invited to have a dialogue in Townhall on AI of Munich Security Conference 2020. Estonian President Kersti Kaljulaid moderated the townhall, and John Allen, President of the Brookings Institution commented on the dialogue.

On February 14, 2020, the CISS and the Brookings Institution jointly held the AI and Security Dialogue in Munich. The teams of China and US scholars were led by Fu Ying, Chair of the CISS and John Allen, President of the Brookings Institution, respectively. Some Chinese scholars attended the session via video.

From December 8 to 11, 2019, the CISS and the Russia’s Valdai Discussion Club jointly held a seminar on “Facing the Prospects of a Disordered World: How Can China and Russia Meet Challenges”.

Organized by the CISS, the Sub-Forum on “Artificial Intelligence: Technology and Governance” of the 2019 World Peace Forum was held on July 9, 2019 in Beijing. Attendees of the sub-forum explored the impact of AI on humanity, the future development, potential risks and challenges of AI and AI governance, among other issues.