Nadim Shehadi was director of the Centre for Lebanese Studies from 1986 to 2005. He is currently an Associate Fellow of the Royal Institute of International Affairs, Chatham House and a Visiting Fellow at the Aspen Institute in Washington DC.
He is also a member of the board of the Centro de Estudios de Oriente Medio of the Fundacióon Promocioón Social de la Cultura in Madrid.