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Olya aka Dr. Olga Oliker Feb 6, 2024

Can Europe help stabilize the Red Sea region? On the new Crisis Group War & Peace podcast, Elissa Jobson and I ask ECFR's Camille Lons (and she answers)
https://www.crisisgroup.org/europe-central-asia-gulf-and-arabian-peninsula/maritime-security-red-sea-what-role-eu

Maritime Security in the Red Sea: What Role for the EU? | Crisis Group

This week on War & Peace, Olga Oliker and Elissa Jobson talk with Camille Lons, visiting fellow at the European Council on Foreign Relations, about the EU's response to the crisis in the Red Sea and plans for an EU-led naval mission.

Olya aka Dr. Olga Oliker Dec 20, 2023

I'm on holiday, but I do want to draw your attention to this new Crisis Group commentary that unpacks Ankara's drone export policy with an eye to arms control, policy goals, and escalation and reputational risks. Really worth your time. https://www.crisisgroup.org/europe-central-asia/western-europemediterranean/turkiye/turkiyes-growing-drone-exports

Türkiye’s Growing Drone Exports

Low-cost and high-performing, Turkish-made armed drones are capturing an increasing share of the global market. This success comes with risks, including escalation of conflict and reputational damage, but there are several ways for Ankara to manage them.

Olya aka Dr. Olga Oliker Dec 20, 2023

Really happy Hanna Notte joined Elissa Jobson and me for a discussion of what Russia is/is not trying to get, and what it is/is not getting from Middle East war on the last Crisis Group War & Peace podcast of 2023. Feel we ended the podcast year, at least, on a high note. https://www.crisisgroup.org/europe-central-asia/caucasus/russia-internal-middle-east-north-africa/moscow-big-winner-war-middle

Is Moscow the Big Winner from War in the Middle East?

This week on War & Peace, Olga Oliker and Elissa Jobson talk to Hanna Notte, Director for Eurasia at the James Martin Center for Nonproliferation Studies, about Russia’s response to the war in Gaza, its engagement with Middle Eastern countries and prospects for regional arms control.

Olya aka Dr. Olga Oliker Dec 5, 2023

What does Europe's response to war between Israel and Hamas tell us about its/their Middle East policies and the future of Europe as a global player? On the new Crisis Group War & Peace podcast, Elissa Jobson and I talk to Julien Barnes-Dacey to make sense of it. Listen in! https://www.crisisgroup.org/europe-central-asia-israelpalestine/europes-struggle-respond-gaza-war

Europe’s Struggle to Respond to the Gaza War

This week on War & Peace, Olga Oliker and Elissa Jobson talk to Julien Barnes-Dacey, director of the Middle East and North Africa Program at ECFR, about Europe’s response to the Gaza war and European foreign policy in the Middle East.

Olya aka Dr. Olga Oliker Nov 30, 2023

Farewell, Shane MacGowan. Such brilliant f--king songs. And to every friend who went to a show with me and spent upwards of an hour waiting for them to drag him onstage, you're welcome.

Olya aka Dr. Olga Oliker Nov 26, 2023

Сегодня я с Екатериной Шульман обсудила ядерное оружие
Today I talked to Ekaterina Schulman about nuclear weapons (in Russian)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lam7K_ZAXlE

Olya aka Dr. Olga Oliker Nov 21, 2023

Is it time to talk? In the newest Crisis Group War & Peace podcast, Sam Charap argues that negotiations in the Russo-Ukrainian war should come sooner rather than later. I have some questions. Listen in. https://www.crisisgroup.org/europe-central-asia/eastern-europe/ukraine/time-talk-assessing-plausibility-negotiations-russo

Time to Talk? Assessing the Plausibility of Negotiations in the Russo-Ukrainian War

This week on War & Peace, Olga talks with Samuel Charap, Senior Political Scientist at the RAND Corporation, about the prospect (or lack thereof) of negotiations to end the war in Ukraine, what diplomacy would look like and what role Kyiv’s Western supporters would play in facilitating it.

Olya aka Dr. Olga Oliker Nov 14, 2023

Steve Gutterman Nov 13, 2023

Illuminating answers from @OlyaOliker on some big questions. Have a listen! https://www.rferl.org/a/ukraine-stalemate-russia-anti-semitism/32682639.html

'Stalemate' And Upheaval

Will talk of a stalemate affect the course of the war in Ukraine and Western support for Kyiv? And in Russia, what are the potential ramifications of the anti-Semitic airport attack in Daghestan?

RadioFreeEurope/RadioLiberty

Olya aka Dr. Olga Oliker Oct 30, 2023

Confused about the state of things between Serbia and Kosovo? Crisis Group's Marko Prelec explains the challenges, and why the deal the parties just rejected in Brussels meeting is probably the best one they can get. euobserver.com/opinion/157624

Olya aka Dr. Olga Oliker Oct 29, 2023

I always enjoy talking to Ilana Bet-El. This time, for her new Short Cuts podcast series, part of the Women Leaders discussions for WIIS Brussels. We talked about Ukraine in the shadow of Israel-Gaza, what the Kremlin wants, and the pitched battles fought in Brussels over words. https://wiis-brussels.org/podcasts/women-leaders-short-cuts-unpredictability/

Women Leaders: Short Cuts – Unpredictability Prevails

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WIIS Brussels