As one of China's leading experts on Sino-American relations and US Security & Foreign policy, Da Wei is the Director of the Center for International Security and Strategy (CISS) at Tsinghua University, where he is also a Professor at the Department of International Relations of the School of Social Sciences. Prof. Da also led one of the first Chinese student delegations to the United States, which he extensively covers on the podcast. 

Currently, he is also a Visiting Scholar on China Policy at the Walter H. Shorenstein Asia-Pacific Research Center (APARC), conducting research regarding contemporary China affairs and U.S.-China policy with the China Program and Professor Jean Oi. Previously, Prof. Da was the Director of the Institute of American Studies of China Institutes of Contemporary International Relations, where he also received his PhD. He was also Visiting Senior Fellow at the Atlantic Council and a Visiting Senior Associate at Johns Hopkins University SAIS.