Experience

• Senior Advisor to US Delegation to the UN General Assembly (2003)
• Advisor to US Mission on Middle East issues before Security Council and General Assembly (2003)
• Former professor at the National War College (2001-2003)
• Served as Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for Near Eastern Affairs (2000-2001), Director of Arabian Peninsula Affairs in the Near East Bureau (1998-2000), and Director of the Office of Intelligence Liaison in the Bureau of Intelligence and Research (1996-1998)
• Director of Arabian Peninsula Affairs in the Near East Bureau of the US Department of State(1998 – 2000)
• NATO Deputy Assistant Secretary General for Political Affairs (1993-1996)
• Established and chaired Middle East Peace Process Multilateral Working Group on Water Resources at the US Department of State (1990-1993)
• Served as Deputy Chief of Mission in Sana’a, and held various posts at US embassies in Khartoum, Baghdad, and Beirut