{"id":12083,"date":"2015-06-24T14:30:00","date_gmt":"2015-06-24T13:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ndc.nato.int\/visit-by-the-china-institute-of-international-studies\/"},"modified":"2026-01-15T09:12:27","modified_gmt":"2026-01-15T08:12:27","slug":"visit-by-the-china-institute-of-international-studies","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ndc.nato.int\/fr\/visit-by-the-china-institute-of-international-studies\/","title":{"rendered":"Visit by the China Institute of International Studies"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ndc.nato.int\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/126_CIIS_1_1.jpg\" alt=\"Delegation from the China Institute of International Studies headed by Dr Cui Hongjian with NDC Dean Dr Daria Daniels Skodnik, Head of the NDC Research Division Dr Jeffrey A. Larsen and senior NDC researchers\" \/><figcaption>Delegation from the China Institute of International Studies headed by Dr Cui Hongjian with NDC Dean Dr Daria Daniels Skodnik, Head of the NDC Research Division Dr Jeffrey A. Larsen and senior NDC researchers<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/p>\n<p class=\"eplus-wrapper\">On 24th June 2015, the NATO Defense College had the pleasure of receiving a delegation from the China Institute of International Studies (CIIS).<\/p>\n<p class=\"eplus-wrapper\">The aim of the visit was to facilitate the group\u2019s research, focusing on the \u2018change of NATO&#8217;s security concept in the wake of the Ukraine crisis\u2019. <\/p>\n<p class=\"eplus-wrapper\">The delegation, headed by Dr Cui Hongjian, Senior Fellow and Director of European Studies within the China Institute of International Studies, was warmly welcomed by the <a class='photo' href='\/images\/126_CIIS_2_2.jpg'  rel='lightbox' title= \"Dr Daria Daniels Skodnik converses with Dr Cui Hongjian.\">Dean<\/a> Dr Daria Daniels Skodnik (SVN C) and by Dr Guillaume Lasconjarias (FRA C) from the NDC Research Division.<\/p>\n<p class=\"eplus-wrapper\">After an introduction on the NDC\u2019s general organization and the Research Division\u2019s activities, the Chinese visitors attended a lecture by Dr Lasconjarias on the \u2018Hybrid Warfare Conference\u2019, which was hosted at the NDC on 29-30 April 2015.<\/p>\n<p class=\"eplus-wrapper\">The brief question and answer session that followed provided opportunity for discussion, and the visit was an excellent opportunity to have a useful exchange of views between NATO and the prestigious Chinese institute.<\/p>\n<p class=\"eplus-wrapper\">The CIIS is the think tank of China&#8217;s Ministry of Foreign Affairs. It conducts research and analysis on a wide range of foreign policy issues, focusing primarily on mid- and long-term policy issues of strategic importance for international politics and the world economy. It also makes comments and policy recommendations on major world events and issues.<\/p>\n<p><em>NDC Public Affairs Office<br \/>(Prepared by Mr Giulio Giomi, ITA C)<\/em><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Delegation from the China Institute of International Studies headed by Dr Cui Hongjian with NDC Dean Dr Daria<\/p>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_eb_attr":"","_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","advgb_blocks_editor_width":"","advgb_blocks_columns_visual_guide":"","editor_plus_copied_stylings":"{}","_EventAllDay":false,"_EventTimezone":"","_EventStartDate":"","_EventEndDate":"","_EventStartDateUTC":"","_EventEndDateUTC":"","_EventShowMap":false,"_EventShowMapLink":false,"_EventURL":"","_EventCost":"","_EventCostDescription":"","_EventCurrencySymbol":"","_EventCurrencyCode":"","_EventCurrencyPosition":"","_EventDateTimeSeparator":"","_EventTimeRangeSeparator":"","_EventOrganizerID":[],"_EventVenueID":[],"_OrganizerEmail":"","_OrganizerPhone":"","_OrganizerWebsite":"","_VenueAddress":"","_VenueCity":"","_VenueCountry":"","_VenueProvince":"","_VenueState":"","_VenueZip":"","_VenuePhone":"","_VenueURL":"","_VenueStateProvince":"","_VenueLat":"","_VenueLng":"","_VenueShowMap":false,"_VenueShowMapLink":false,"_themeisle_gutenberg_block_has_review":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"post_badge":[],"class_list":["post-12083","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"featured_image_src":null,"author_info":{"display_name":"NDC","author_link":"https:\/\/www.ndc.nato.int\/fr\/author\/admin_3rwqf6tj\/"},"modified_by":null,"author_meta":{"display_name":"NDC","author_link":"https:\/\/www.ndc.nato.int\/fr\/author\/admin_3rwqf6tj\/"},"featured_img":null,"featured_image_urls":{"full":"","thumbnail":"","medium":"","medium_large":"","large":"","1536x1536":"","2048x2048":"","trp-custom-language-flag":"","morenews-featured":"","morenews-large":"","morenews-medium":""},"category_info":"<a href=\"https:\/\/www.ndc.nato.int\/fr\/category\/news\/\" rel=\"category tag\">News<\/a>","tag_info":"News","comment_count":0,"coauthors":[],"tax_additional":{"categories":{"linked":["<a href=\"https:\/\/www.ndc.nato.int\/fr\/category\/news\/\" class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">News<\/a>"],"unlinked":["<span class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">News<\/span>"]}},"relative_dates":{"created":"Publi\u00e9 11 ans il y a","modified":"Mis \u00e0 jour 6 mois il y a"},"absolute_dates":{"created":"Publi\u00e9 le juin 24, 2015","modified":"Mise \u00e0 jour le janvier 15, 2026"},"absolute_dates_time":{"created":"Publi\u00e9 le juin 24, 2015 14:30","modified":"Mise \u00e0 jour le janvier 15, 2026 09:12"},"featured_img_caption":"","series_order":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ndc.nato.int\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12083","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ndc.nato.int\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ndc.nato.int\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ndc.nato.int\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ndc.nato.int\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=12083"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.ndc.nato.int\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12083\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ndc.nato.int\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=12083"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ndc.nato.int\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=12083"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ndc.nato.int\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=12083"},{"taxonomy":"post_badge","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ndc.nato.int\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/post_badge?post=12083"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}