Since 2007 Senior Fellow, SWP
2018-2019 Expert Team on Maritime Security in the “Seas and Oceans” thematic cycle of the German Federal Government
Since 1995 Project Director, Armed Forces Dialogue
1995–2007 Head of Research Secretariat, SWP
1990–1994 Chief of Staff, Bavarian Parliament
1988 Adjunct Research Fellow, CSIA, Harvard University
1986–1990 Research Fellow, SWP Ebenhausen