On November 19, 2025, a delegation from the CISS Youth program under the Center for International Security and Strategy (CISS), Tsinghua University, visited the Centre on Contemporary China and the World (CCCW) at The University of Hong Kong. The two sides held a youth dialogue on the theme “Educational Experiences in a Globalized Era: Opportunities and Challenges of Overseas Study.” Participants engaged in in-depth discussions on cross-cultural engagement, studying abroad, and youth responsibility. The session was moderated by Zhao Xiuyie, a PhD researcher at CISS.
To advance research on transboundary water governance in the Lancang–Mekong region and deepen academic cooperation with regional partners, the project team of the Lancang–Mekong Transboundary Water Resources Observatory under the Tsinghua University Center for International Security and Strategy (CISS) conducted academic exchanges and field research in Cambodia and Laos from December 2 to 7, 2025. The delegation was headed by CISS Director and project expert Da Wei, and included Hu Bo, Special Expert at CISS and Director of the Center for Maritime Strategy Studies at Peking University; Song Bo, Assistant Research Fellow at CISS; Zhao Zilong, Postdoctoral Fellow at Tsinghua University’s Department of Hydraulic Engineering; and Wang Jie, Program Officer of the Observatory.
The 13th round of the China–U.S. Dialogue on Artificial Intelligence and International Security was successfully held in Dubai on November 15–16, 2025. CISS Director Da Wei and former U.S. Deputy Secretary of Defense Colin Kahl attended the event and delivered remarks. More than 30 members from both sides participated, engaging in in-depth exchanges on issues related to AI and international security.
Since October 2019, the Brookings Institution’s Foreign Policy Program and the Center for International Security and Strategy (CISS) at Tsinghua University have jointly organized a U.S.–China Track II
Risk dominates current discussions on AI governance. This July, Geoffrey Hinton, a Nobel and Turing laureate, addressed the World Artificial Intelligence Conference in Shanghai. His speech bore the ti
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.
Beijing, June 20, 2025 – China Forum at Tsinghua University’s Center for International Security and Strategy (CISS) successfully hosted the sixth session of its "China Forum: Face to Face" exchange event.
On May 16, 2025, the China Forum of the Center for International Security and Strategy (CISS) at Tsinghua University successfully held the fifth "China Forum: Face to Face" Dialogue.
On February 13-14, 2025, CISS of Tsinghua University and the Brookings Institution held the 12th round of the“China-U.S. Track 2 Dialogue on Artifi cial Intelligence and International Security” in Mun
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