He served as a visiting professor at Princeton University, a political analyst at the Emirates Center for Strategic Research and Studies in Abu Dhabi, and a deputy director of the Institute of International Relations in Hagoromo. His Majesty the King Mohammed VI decorated him by the Order of Officer of Wissam Al Arch and he received the Prize of North-South Cultural Dialogue. He is the director of the Moroccan Observatory on Extremism and Violence, the president of the Moroccan Association for Asian Studies, and the vice president of the International Research Group For Transregional & Emerging Area Studies.