Her prior appointments include directing the Europe Programme at the German Council on Foreign Relations (DGAP), serving as a foreign and security policy adviser in the Bundestag, and lecturing at the University of Bonn.
Since 2023, she has served on the advisory board for Civilian Crisis Prevention and Peacebuilding. Her research centers on German foreign policy, European defense capabilities, and transatlantic security relations. She contributes regular commentary to media outlets, writes a monthly column for Handelsblatt, and is the author of Wer verteidigt Europa? Die neuen Kriegsgefahren und was wir tun müssen, um uns zu schützen.