She has been a research fellow at the Royal Institute for International Affairs in London (1997-2007); a policy fellow at the Brookings Institution in Washington, DC (2007-2008); and a visiting scholar at Carnegie Middle East Center in Beirut (2008-2009).
She has held positions as a researcher and analyst at different institutions: research fellow at the Royal Institute for International Affairs in London from 1997 to 2007; policy fellow at the Brookings Institution in Washington, DC from 2007 to 2008; and visiting scholar at Carnegie Middle East Center in Beirut from 2008 to 2009.