- V-DEM Project (Varieties of Democracy) – Country Expert 2012-now
- United States Institute of Peace – PI of a project on China-Africa Peacekeeping Relations September 2017-September 2018
- Contributed China-Africa analyses in the Washington Post
- Interviewed and quoted in the Washington Post, New York Times, Voice of America, Sputnik International , Mail & Guardian, The Diplomat, The New Republic, SupChina, The Strait Times, China-Africa Project Podcast, Sup China, etc.
Twitter: @LBenabdallah
