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Olga Oliker

Director of the Europe and Central Asia Program at the International Crisis Group

Dr Olga Oliker is the Director of the Europe and Central Asia Program at the International Crisis Group, where she leads the organisation’s research, analysis, policy prescription, and advocacy in and about Russia, Europe, Turkey, the Caucasus, and Central Asia. Her own research interests centre on the foreign and security policies of Russia, Ukraine, and the Central Asian and Caucasian successor states to the Soviet Union, domestic politics in these countries, US policy towards the region, and nuclear weapons strategy and arms control. Prior to joining the International Crisis Group, Dr Oliker directed the Russia and Eurasia Program at the Center for Strategic and International Studies and held various research and management roles at the RAND Corporation. Early in her career, she served at the US Department of Defense. Dr Oliker is the author of numerous articles, monographs, and reports, with publications in Foreign Affairs, Survival, and other journals. She has also published commentary with the New York Times, Hill, Chicago Tribune, War on the Rocks, and CNN, among others. 
Subjects:
Afghanistan, Arms control, China, Democracy, Europe, Russia, USA, West
Updated: August 24, 2021

Agenda

Two Steps Forward, One Step Back – Impact of the War in Ukraine on Caucasus
LMC 2024: Let Us Not Despair, But Act
Arms control, China, Russia
Two Minutes to Midnight: Arms Control  
LMC 2022
Democracy, Russia
Russia, Quo Vadis?
LMC 2021
Russia, USA
A State of Hopeless Confusion: Russia and the US
LMC 2019
Afghanistan
Afghanistan: Will This Time be Different?
LMC 2018

Articles

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Europe, Russia, West
Studying Russia: Getting the Reckoning Right

Russia is becoming harder to study, but understanding it is crucial. To ensure their work is cogent, unbiased, informed, and thus as useful as possible, scholars must engage in debate, question assumptions, and be open to new technologies.

Olga Oliker
LMC 2023

In the news

INTERVJUU ⟩ Olga Oliker: mahasurumise pooldajad on Venemaal võitnud

Postimees, September 17, 2021