In 1989 and 1990, Zeya worked at the Washington Report for Middle East Affairs (WRMEA). The outlet has been described as staunchly anti-Israel and published articles questioning the loyalty of American Jews and opposing taxpayer funding to the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum. At the WRMEA, Zeya compiled research for a book arguing that "the Israel lobby has subverted the American political process to take control of U.S. Middle East policy" through a secret network of "dirty money".[6]
In 2018, Zeya wrote in Politico wrote that she left the State Department after not being promoted because she did not pass the Trump administration's "Breitbart test" due to her race and gender.[11]
From 2019 through 2021, Zeya served as the President and CEO of the Alliance for Peacebuilding, a network of organizations working to end violent conflict worldwide.[12] Zeya also worked for the Albright Stonebridge Group, a Washington, D.C.-based consulting firm co-founded by former Secretary of State Madeleine Albright.[13]
The Senate Foreign Relations Committee held a hearing on her nomination on April 15, 2021. The committee favorably reported the nomination to the U.S. Senate on April 21, 2021. Zeya was confirmed on July 13, 2021, by a vote of 73-24,[14] and assumed office on July 14.[15]
On December 20, 2021, Zeya was designated by Secretary of State Antony Blinken to serve concurrently as the United States Special Coordinator for Tibetan Issues.[16] Zeya met with Tibetan exile leader Penpa Tsering in Washington, D.C., on April 25, 2022, in the first of a series of meetings to promote freedoms in Tibet.[17]
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