Jie Dalei is an Associate Professor at the School of International Studies at Peking University. He specializes in security studies related to China-U.S. relations and cross-Taiwan Strait relations. He has published articles in Chinese and English journals on alliance politics, China-U.S. relations, Chinese foreign policy, and cross-Taiwan Strait relations. He got his Ph.D. in Political Science from the University of Pennsylvania in 2012. Prior to Penn, he studied at Peking University, where he got a B.A. in International Studies and Economics as well as an M.A. in International Politics.