Previously, he was coordinator of the Center for Democracy and Human Rights at the People in Need, non-governmental organization, where he was responsible for projects in Ukraine, Belarus and Moldova. In 2001 and 2002, he worked in the Office of the President as an expert on foreign policy where he was responsible for the Central and Eastern European Countries. He also participated in the Robinson Martin Security Scholars Program and the Marshall Memorial Fellowship Program. He graduated at the Faculty of Social Sciences, Charles University in Prague.