Biography

Olga Oliker is a senior international policy analyst at the RAND Corporation. Oliker's areas of expertise include security sector reform in the conflict, post-conflict, and development contexts and U.S. and international efforts to advance reform in countries in transition. Regionally, her work has focused on the countries of the former Soviet Union as well as on Iraq, Afghanistan, and other countries throughout the world. Her current research focuses primarily on international relations and national security policy, particularly as regards countries in conflict and transition. In early 2004, Oliker served as a special advisor for national security affairs to the Coalition Provisional Authority in Baghdad, where she focused on assisting in the creation of Iraqi national security decisionmaking structures. Before coming to RAND in 1999, Oliker worked as an independent consultant and held positions in the U.S. Departments of Defense and Energy.