The first session of the Diplomatic Frontline” forums was co-hosted by the Research Affairs Office of CFAU and the Research Center for Beijing International Exchanges and Foreign Affairs Administration on November 20, 2014,  in the Library Auditorium at CFAU’s Shahe Campus. The speaker Mr. Sun Ang is a Counselor at the Department of Treaty and Law and the special coordinator of overseas pursuit-evasion and international cooperation in law enforcement at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. His lecture was entitled “Strengthening International Cooperation and Fighting against Terrorism—Practical and Legal Issues in International Anti-terrorist Cooperation”. Assistant to the CFAU President and Director of the Research Affairs Office Professor Sun Jisheng hosted the lecture.

Mr. Sun took a new perspective based on his work experiences and elaborated on issues relating to international anti-terrorist cooperation, including changes in terrorist organizations such as Al Qaeda, information gathering as well as anti-terrorist activities. The audience was greatly enlightened by Mr. Sun’s detailed analysis.