He served as a White House Fellow in the U.S. Department of Justice, a Foreign Policy Legislative Aide in the U.S. Senate, and Professional Staff on the House Committee on Homeland Security. He was a Research Assistant at the Stimson Center's South Asia Program and a Fellow at the Human Rights Commission of Pakistan analyzing governance reforms in FATA; a Fulbright Scholar in Southeast Asia studying Islamic law; and a Fellow at Human Rights Watch's China Program. He is a Term Member of the Council on Foreign Relations, a member of the