On February 4, 2021, the Center for International Security and Strategy (CISS), Tsinghua University and CITIC Press Group jointly held the Symposium and Sharing Session on Ambassador Fu Ying’s New Book Seeing the World 2 themed on “Challenges and Choices Amidst Changes Unseen in a Century” at the Dalio Auditorium of Schwarzman College, Tsinghua University. Fu Ying, Chairperson of the CISS, Tsinghua University, Professor Xue Lan, Dean of the Schwarzman College, Tsinghua University and member of the Academic Committee of the CISS, Professor Peng Kaiping, Dean of the School of Social Sciences, Tsinghua University, and Professor Da Wei, Senior Fellow of the CISS, Tsinghua University were present at the meeting. It was moderated by Liu Xin, a senior anchorwoman at China Global Television Network (CGTN), with more than 200 attendees including the faculty and students of Tsinghua University and guests online and offline.

On January 23 and 24, 2021, the Center for International Security and Strategy (CISS), Tsinghua University, held the 3rd International Forum on Security and Strategy in Beijing. The event, themed “International Order: Changes and Continuities,” took place both in-person and virtually. More than 60 guests from China, the US, the UK, Germany, Russia, Australia, South Korea and other countries convened for deep-dive discussions and proposals on three sub-topics: “The Great Power Relations: Cooperation or Conflict?” “Security and Military: Peace or War?” and “Globalization: Moving Forward or Backward?”

On December 18, 2020, the Center for International Security and Strategy (CISS), Tsinghua University organized a thematic session of Tsinghua University International AI Cooperation and Governance Forum 2020 titled “AI and International Security: Challenges and Opportunities.” The session highlighted the preliminary outcomes of AI and International Security, a joint research project between CISS and the Brookings Institution which is supported by the Berggruen Institute and the Minderoo Foundation.

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

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.