On October 28, 2026, the Center for International Security and Strategy (CISS) at Tsinghua University held the 104th session of its Security and Strategy Seminar, themed “U.S. and EU Indo-Pacific Strategies”. The seminar brought together experts and scholars from domestic think tanks and universities, who engaged in in-depth discussions on topics including the similarities and differences between U.S. and EU Indo-Pacific strategies, the prospects for U.S.-EU strategic coordination in the region, and their global and regional impacts.

On October 30, 2026, the Center for International Security and Strategy (CISS) at Tsinghua University hosted the 105th session of its Strategic and Security Forum, titled “Artificial Intelligence and Biosecurity.”

On October 16, 2026, the Center for International Security and Strategy (CISS) at Tsinghua University hosted the 103rd session of its Strategic and Security Forum, titled “New Practices of China’s Global Mediation.” More than ten experts and scholars from universities, think tanks and international organisations engaged in in-depth discussions on China’s practical experience in international mediation, mediation culture and theoretical development, and directions for relevant academic research.

On September 29, 2026, the Center for International Security and Strategy (CISS) at Tsinghua University successfully held the 29th session of “CISS SratFocus”, themed “Australia’s South Pacific Security Strategy”. The forum was moderated by Sun Chenghao, Fellow at CISS. Ning Tuanhui, Associate Research Fellow and Deputy Director at Editorial Department at the China Institute of International Studies, was invited to deliver the keynote speech. Qin Sheng, Director of the Chinese academy of social sciences, Australia, New Zealand research center in the south Pacific and Associate Professor at the University of Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, and Lin Duo, Assistant Research Fellow in the Department for Asia-Pacific Studies at the China Institute of International Studies, participated as discussants.

On May 29, 2026, the Center for International Security and Strategy (CISS), Tsinghua University, hosted the 28th CISS StratFocus, titled "China-U.S. Relations After the Leaders' Summit." The forum was moderated by Sun Chenghao, Fellow at CISS. Sun Bingyan, Assistant Professor in the Department of International Politics at the School of International Studies, Renmin University of China, delivered the keynote presentation. Li Meiying, Associate Professor at the National Defense University, and Zhang Tengjun, Fellow at the Institute of American Studies, Chinese Academy of Social Sciences (CASS), joined the discussion as panelists.

On May 26, 2026, the Center for International Security and Strategy (CISS) at Tsinghua University hosted the 27th session of CISS StratFocus, titled “The ‘Local Factor’ in China-U.S. Relations: Understanding State-Level China Policies in the United States.”

On May 18, 2026, the Center for International Security and Strategy (CISS) at Tsinghua University hosted the 99th session of its Strategic and Security Forum, titled “Frontier AI Risks and Governance: Space for China-U.S. Cooperation.” The seminar was moderated by Xiao Qian, Deputy Director of CISS, and brought together more than ten experts and scholars from institutions including Tsinghua University, the National Defense University of the People's Liberation Army, Beijing Normal University, Beijing University of Posts and Telecommunications, the China Academy of Information and Communications Technology, and the Overseas Policy Research Center of the Alibaba Research Institute.

The Center for International Security and Strategy (CISS) at Tsinghua University held the 26th session of “CISS StratFocus” on April 27, 2026, under the theme “Biosecurity Governance in the Age of Artificial Intelligence.” The forum was moderated by CISS Senior Fellow Dong Ting and featured Bao Yuhan, Lecturer at the School of International Organizations of Beijing Foreign Studies University, as the keynote speaker.

The Center for International Security and Strategy (CISS) at Tsinghua University held the 25th session of “CISS StratFocus” on April 15, 2026, under the theme “Institutional Competition and Order Reconstruction in the Middle East.” The forum was moderated by Wen Jing, Postdoctoral Fellow at CISS. Duan Jiuzhou, Assistant Researcher at the Institute of International and Area Studies of Tsinghua University, was invited as the keynote speaker. Zhu Quangang, Associate Research Fellow at the Department of Political Studies of the Institute of West Asian and African Studies at the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, and Wu Shiyao, Lecturer at the School of International Relations of the University of International Business and Economics, participated in the discussion as guest commentators.