On 30 November 2016, during his visit to think tanks in Washington, DC, NISCSS President Wu Shicun was interviewed by BBC journalist Humphrey Hawksley at the Institute for China-America Studies (ICAS) on the current situation in the South China Sea, the meaning and purpose of the Report on the Military Presence of America in the Asia-Pacific Region (2016), international order, China-US relations and other topics.