Senior Fellow (Russia and Eurasia)
Expertise:
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Russian foreign and security policy
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Russia/CIS military reform issues
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Regional politics in Russia
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Caucasus and Caspian Sea Region (security issues, regional conflicts, political and energy issues)
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Central Asia (political and security issues)
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Ukraine (political and security issues)
Current projects: Security and counter-terrorist policies in Russia and Eurasia, frozen conflicts in the South Caucasus (Georgian-South Ossetian Dialogue on conflict resolution), the Shanghai Co-operation Organisation, and security in Central Asia.
Background: Oksana Antonenko is a Senior Fellow and the Programme Director for Russia and Eurasia at the International Institute for Strategic Studies. Ms. Antonenko holds degrees from Moscow State University in Political Economy and Harvard University’s Kennedy School of Government (USA) MPP in International Affairs and Security.
Her current areas of research include: Central Asia and Shanghai Co-operation Organisation, Protracted regional conflicts in Eurasia, Security Challenges in the North and South Caucasus, EU-Russian relations and Russia’s domestic evolution.
Ms. Antonenko joined the IISS in 1996 as Research Associate. From 1998-2000, Ms Antonenko was the Director of the IISS research and seminar programme on military reform in Russia and the CIS, focusing among other issues on the foreign assistance to Russia for re-training and resettlement of redundant officers. In 1999-2003 Ms. Antonenko headed a research and seminar programme on Russia’s regional perspective on foreign and security policy focusing on Russia’s relations with Europe, South Caucasus and Central Asia. In 2004-2005 Ms. Antonenko worked on a research project on Russian-EU relations and co-edited the book Russia and the European Union: Prospects for a New Relationship. In 2005-2006 Ms. Antonenko facilitated track two meetings between Georgian and South Ossetian senior officials and experts with the aim of promoting conflict resolution in the Georgian-South Ossetian conflict. In 2006-2007 Ms. Antonenko directed research project on Shanghai Co-operation Organisation and Security Challenges in Central Asia.
As Senior Fellow and Programme Director for Russia and Eurasia, Ms. Antonenko oversees all IISS work on Russia, Central Asia, South Caucasus and Western NIS states. IISS Russia and Eurasia programme provides analysis of domestic, foreign and security policy issues in Russia and in other countries of the Former Soviet Union. Ms. Antonenko frequently contributes to the IISS publications, provides briefings for the IISS members world-wide, presents papers and reports at international conferences, and comments on developments in Eurasia for international press and media. Ms. Antonenko frequently travels to the Caucasus, Central Asia and Russia provides expert advice to policy-makers in the region as well as in Europe and the US on conflict resolution issues.
Recent publications:
Evolutionary Road - After the Summit: More Efforts Are Needed to Transform U.S.-Russian Relations Russia Profile, July 17 2009
Chechnya’s war hangover IISS Strategic Comments, Issue 15, Vol 5, June 2009
Rebooting NATO-Russia Relations Survival vol. 51, no. 2, April–May 2009
Seeking peace in the South Caucasus IISS Strategic Comments, Issue 9, Vol 14, November 2008
A War with No Winners Survival Vol 5 not, October-November 2008, pp.23-36
Central Asia watches warily International Herald tribune August 29 2008
From Kosovo to South Ossetia: in search of a precedent RIA Novosti, August 19 2008
Georgia crisis special issue IISS Strategic Comments, Issue 7, Vol 14, August 2008
Sparring over Abkhazia IISS Strategic Comments, Issue 5, Vol 14, May 2008
The CFE Treaty IISS Strategic Comments, Issue 2, Vol 14, February 2008
Beyond the ceasefire Russia Profile, August 13 2008
Russia's uncertain succession Strategic Comments Volume 13, issue 7 September 2007
Russia and the Deadlock Over Kosovo Survival Vol. 49 no.3 Autumn 2007, pp.91-106
Russia, Central Asia and the Shanghai Co-operation Organisation Russian Analytical Digest no 25, 17 July 2007
Central Asian Energy: Has Moscow played its trump card? Strategic Comments Volume 13, issue 5 June 2007
The EU should not ignore the Shanghai Co-operation Oganisation Centre for European Reform Policy Brief, May 11 2007
Uncommon Organisations Russia Profile, May 10 2007
Russia and Eurasia IISS Strategic Survey 2006
The Shanghai Co-operation Organisation: Internal Contradictions Strategic Comments Volume 12, issue 6 July 2006
Not a precedent but an opportunity Russia Profile, Februaury 14 2006
Assessing the CIS Russia Profile, June 15 2006
"Frozen Uncertainty: Russia and the Conflict over Abkhazia" in Bruno Coppieters and Robert Legvold, editors Statehood and Security: Georgia after the Rose Revolution . Published by American Academy Studies in Global Security 2005
Putin’s Dilemmas , IISS Strategic Survey 2004/2005 pp. 145-163
Russia and the European Union: Prospects for a New Relationship Oksana Antonenko and Kathryn Pinnick (editors). 290pp. Routledge 2005
The NATO-Russia Council: Challenges and Opportunities Paper presented at the Conference Dual Enlargement and the Baltic States: Security Policy Implications . Published by the George C. Marshall European Center for Security Studies (Marshall Center) 2004
Russia and the West: The End of the Honeymoon IISS Strategic Survey 2003/2004 pp 116-129
"Russian Politics in the Caspian Sea Region" chapter in Shirin Akiner, Anne Aldis (edt.) The Caspian: Politics, Energy, Security . RoutledgeCurson April 2004
EU-Russia Security Partnership in Challenges for Europe’s Security and Defence in the 21st Century published by Assembly of Western European Union, 2004
Testing Putin’s Pragmatism IISS Strategic Survey 2002/2003 pp116-126
Russia’s New Southern Border: Western Siberia-Central Asia IISS Pamphlet Issue 2, Russian Regional Perspectives, Edited volume with conference papers 2003
Central Asia and Post-Conflict Stabilization of Afghanistan . IISS pamphlet, edited volume with conference papers (2003)
Fighting Terrorism: For the US and Russia: One War but two agendas Carnegie Reporter Spring 2002
North-West Russia in the Baltic Sea region IISS pamphlet, Issue 1, Russian Regional Perspectives, edited volume with conference papers (2002)
Russia’s Move Westward IISS Strategic Survey 2001-2002
Putin’s Gamble (article analysing Russia’s foreign and security policies after September 11) IISS Survival Winter 2001
"Russia’s Military Co-operation with Middle Eastern and Arab states" in Armed Forces in the Middle East by Barry Rubin and Thomas Keaney (editors) Frank Cass 2002 pp.68-93
Russian Bases in Georgia: Managing withdrawal Strategic Comments Volume 7, issue 4 May 2001
Russia: strengthening the state? IISS Strategic Survey 2001-2002
Socio-Economic Cost of Military Reform PONARS, December 2000
Russia’s Armed Forces Strategic Comments Vol 6. Issue 7, September 2000
Russian policy towards South Caucasus paper presented to Centre for European Policy Studies in January 2000
New Challenges to Defence Diplomacy IISS Strategic Survey 1999-2000
The End of Yetsin’s Era IISS Strategic Survey 1998-1999
Russia, NATO and European Security after Kosovo Survival Winter 1999
New Russian Analytical Centers and Their Role in Political Decision-Making published by Harvard University, Strengthening Democratic Institutions Project
Joined IISS: October 1996
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