AI safety appears as an international-security problem: strategic risk between powers, worked through recurring dialogue rather than through domestic testing or standards.
Think TankChina
Tsinghua Center for International Security and Strategy
清华大学战略与安全研究中心
The Tsinghua center that co-hosts the recorded U.S.-China and China-EU AI security dialogues; when track-2 talks on AI risk happen, this is the counterparty the public record shows on the Chinese side.
Importance
Assessed per aspect, band 0 to 3. There is no composite score.
Regulatory authoritynot assessed
Standards influencenot assessed
Technical capacitynot assessed
Convening power
2 · established
It convenes recurring bilateral dialogue rounds with named foreign counterparts across multiple years.
International interface
2 · established
Public records tie it to the sixth round of the U.S.-China dialogue and to China-EU dialogue rounds running into 2026; it sits across the table repeatedly, in a track-2 rather than official capacity.
What safety means here
Leadership
No leadership roles are recorded with a verifiable source.
History
- 2024-05-13
Second China-EU AI and International Security Dialogue held with HD.
- 2024-06
Brookings publishes a glossary tied to the sixth U.S.-China AI and International Security Dialogue with Tsinghua CISS.
- 2026-02-10
Fifth China-EU AI and International Security Dialogue held in Munich.
Connections
Its recorded edges are dialogue co-hosting links; the atlas models these as public dialogue channels, not operational relationships. analyst judgment
Co Hosts
- Sixth U.S.-China AI and International Security Dialogue Tsinghua CISS was publicly associated with the sixth U.S.-China AI and International Security Dialogue.
- Second China-EU AI and International Security Dialogue Tsinghua CISS publicly co-hosted round two of the China-EU AI and International Security Dialogue.
- Fifth China-EU AI and International Security Dialogue Tsinghua CISS publicly co-hosted round five of the China-EU AI and International Security Dialogue.
Selected outputs
Engagement fit
Assessmentanalyst judgment
- Plausible for
- Track-2 dialogue on AI and international security, where continuity and counterpart familiarity matter.
- Constrained by
- A university center; its positions do not commit the Chinese state, and reading them as official would overstate the channel.
Open questions
- Whether earlier U.S.-China dialogue rounds and participant lists can be added from verifiable public records.
Source appendix (4 records)
- brookings-ai-glossary-2024
Glossary and conceptual note from the sixth U.S.-China AI and International Security Dialogue · Brookings Institution · 2024-06open
- ciss-china-eu-ai-security-dialogue-round-2-2024
Second China-EU AI and International Security Dialogue · Center for International Security and Strategy, Tsinghua University · 2024-05-13open
- ciss-china-eu-ai-security-dialogue-round-5-2026
Fifth China-EU AI and International Security Dialogue · Center for International Security and Strategy, Tsinghua University · 2026-02-10open
- report-china-west-dialogue-2026-06-05
China-West Dialogue Channels Research Brief · Asia AI Safety Atlas research brief
Last verified 2026-07-07