Da Wei is Director of the Center for International Security and Strategy and a Professor of the Department of International Relations, School of Social Science, at Tsinghua University. His research focuses on contemporary U.S.-China relations, as well as U.S. security and foreign policy. Professor Da previously served as Assistant President of the University of International Relations, and Director of the Institute of American Studies at the China Institutes of Contemporary International Relations. He has written numerous policy papers for the Chinese government, and published academic papers in journals globally.