Sameer Lalwani serves as a Senior Fellow at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace. He also holds a position as an Advisor at the Special Competitive Studies Project (SCSP).

His extensive career includes roles as a Non-Resident Senior Fellow at the German Marshall Fund of the United States and the Center for Strategic and Budgetary Assessments (CSBA). Additionally, he was a Senior Expert for the Asia Center at the United States Institute of Peace.