PhD in Politics, St Antony's College, Oxford University, UK, 1992. Researcher and as a policy practitioner. Director, Armed Conflict and Conflict Management Programme, Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI). Senior Adviser to the Secretary General, Energy Charter Secretariat, 2008–2010. Associate Senior Research Fellow, Centre for European Policy Studies (CEPS), Brussels, 2006-2008. Project Leader and Senior Researcher, SIPRI, Stockholm, 2005-2006. Senior Adviser, Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE), 2001-2005.