Original Source: China Institutes of Contemporary International Relations (CICIR)
A top think tank under the Ministry of State Security, China’s primary foreign intelligence gathering organ, with significant influence on state and Party leadership thinking about foreign policy.
Scholars at one of China’s leading state-controlled international relations think tanks provide a lengthy overview of the recently-proposed Global Security Initiative, explain its core pillars, and link the idea of global security with China’s own national security.
The director of the Institute of American Studies at CICIR, a leading international relations think tank under the direct supervision of the Ministry of State Security, assesses U.S.-China relations and the state of great power competition at the onset of the Biden administration. In this article, Wang identifies key areas of U.S.-China strategic competition and reflects on the relative strengths and weaknesses of each country.