Professor at the State University of Rio de Janeiro (UERJ), Researcher prociencia at FAPERJ and CNPq's PQ Scholar - level 2

Senior Fellow at CEBRI and Professor of International Relations at the Rio de Janeiro State University’s Institute of Social and Political Studies (IESP-UERJ)

Director of the Center for History and Diplomatic Documentation (CHDD) of the Alexandre de Gusmão Foundation (FUNAG)

President of the Brazilian National Bank for Economic and Social Development (BNDES) from 1998 to 2000.

Secretary-General of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (1990-1992)

Member of the Advisory Board of the Brazil Institute at the Woodrow Wilson Center in Washington, D.C.