Lefeng Zheng

Lefeng Zhang is a Fellow at UNIDIR’s Security and Technology Programme. He is a Pre-doctoral Fellow and Project Manager of Artificial Intelligence and International Security at the Centre for International Security and Strategy at Tsinghua University (Tsinghua CISS), and is also a PhD candidate in International Law at the School of Law at Wuhan University. Over the past five years, Lefeng has been deeply involved in the China–US Track II Dialogue on AI and International Security – jointly organized by Tsinghua CISS and the Brookings Institution.

His research focuses on international law in cyberspace, AI and international security. Lefeng is interested in exploring how emerging AI technologies are transforming the foundations of global legal order and strategic stability, particularly in the context of great-power competition, as well as how international law applies to AI-enabled weapon systems. His current work also further investigates the design of practical confidence-building measures to manage military AI risks, especially regarding strategic competition among major powers.