Olya Oliker aka Dr. Olga Oliker (she/her)
@OlyaOliker
Europe & Central Asia Director @crisisgroup/ find me at: @[email protected], @olyaoliker.bsky.social
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https://www.crisisgroup.org/who-we-are/people/olga-oliker 07-03-2014 21:42:35
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👋🏼 I'm leaving this site. It was a good party. But I've been hanging by the drinks for a while now, increasingly creeped out, & it's time to back slowly out of the room. I'll lurk for a bit, re-up this message periodically, & then go. Find me at Bsky &/or Mastodon as Olya Oliker aka Dr. Olga Oliker (she/her).
🇺🇦 Crisis Group CEO Comfort Ero was in Kyiv to attend the Yalta European Strategy (YES) conference.
Comfort met with Ukraine's Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba and the Deputy Prime Minister for European & Euro-Atlantic integration of Ukraine Olga Stefanishyna, among many other #YES2023 participants.
Mark Galeotti Jeremy Sad to see only one woman there, whilst there are plenty, few examples: Jade McGlynn Ruth Deyermond Elina Beketova Almut Rochowanski Olya Oliker aka Dr. Olga Oliker (she/her) katia farbar Liza Fokht Tatiana Stanovaya Oxana Shevel 🇺🇦 and on top male Sam Greene
Vesper-Tink Lynd Mark Galeotti Jeremy Jade McGlynn Ruth Deyermond Elina Beketova Almut Rochowanski Olya Oliker aka Dr. Olga Oliker (she/her) katia farbar Liza Fokht Tatiana Stanovaya Oxana Shevel 🇺🇦 Sam Greene Dara Massicot also insightful and professional comment.
As evidenced by this mini thread, Natalia Antonova 🇺🇸🇺🇦 is herself worth reading. Would add that this war is super-gendered, & you should seek out analysis that recognizes that, e.g., Dr Jenny Mathers @jgmaber.bsky.social Charli Carpenter (btw, if you're seeking Ukrainian voices, I'm not one. Natalia is)
Congratulations to esteemed Crisis Group trustee Miriam Coronel-Ferrer MiriamCoronelFerrer for receiving the 2023 Ramon Magsaysay Award in recognition of her work emphasising 'the important role that women play in inclusive peace-building,' Ramon Magsaysay Award.
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How one effort to remember painful historical truths survives in today's Russia. Lovely and heartbreaking piece by Tanya Paperny Таня Паперная in Foreign Policy foreignpolicy.com/2023/08/05/mem…
15 years ago today, Russia followed a five day war with recognition of Georgia's South Ossetia & Abkhazia as independent states. What is life like now on the line of separation? @crisisgroup's Olesya Vartanyan & local residents explain in this mini-doc youtube.com/watch?v=FFb_Js…
Will #Wagner disappear? Watch my colleagues Olya Oliker aka Dr. Olga Oliker (she/her) and Oleg Ignatov discussing why it wouldn't be so easy following the rebellion two months ago: youtu.be/eps4f-_n8jI?si…
Wrote about the author of my favorite novel for New York Times Books :) nytimes.com/article/ursula…
Come work with Simon Schlegel , Alissa de Carbonnel & yours truly Crisis Group as we broaden our Ukraine coverage! jobs.crisisgroup.org/o/analyst-ukra…
With all personal & professional fondness & respect for Nora Bensahel & Dave Barno, hard agree. Starship Troopers (the film) is a masterpiece. Starship Troopers the novel is notable mainly for inspiring the film & several excellent critical riffs in novel form. h/t Jon B. Wolfsthal 🟦🇨🇿