Olga Oliker

Biographic Data

ID2048396
NAMEOlga Oliker
GIVEN NAMESOlga
FAMILY NAMEOliker
SIGNATUREOLIKER O
AFFILIATIONSRAND Corporation
VERIFIEDNo
TOTAL WORKS9
TOTAL CITATIONS23
WORKS AS AUTHOR9
WORKS AS EDITOR0
FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR2002
LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR2020
H-INDEX4

  • Russia's Nuclear Weapons in a Multipolar World

    Open AccessAnya Loukianova Fink, Olga OlikerARTICLEDaedalus2020Cited by: 5

    At a time of technological and political change in the international security environment, Russia continues to view nuclear weapons as guarantors of peace and security among great powers. Nuclear weapons also assure Russia's own great-power status and mitigate uncertainty in an emerging multipolar order. In a world where the United States pursues improved missile defense capabilities and appears to reject mutual vulnerability as a stabilizing fac…

  • Putinism, Populism and the Defence of Liberal Democracy

    Olga OlikerARTICLESurvival2017Cited by: 6

    Although Russia is a contributor to and beneficiary of the current illiberal surge, its causes lie within democratic countries, and solutions must be found at home

  • Rethinking Coordination of Services to Refugees in Urban Areas

    Shelly Culbertson, Olga Oliker et al.BOOKRethinking Coordination of…2016

    This study analyzes coordination of international and national entities managing the Syrian refugee response in urban areas in Jordan and Lebanon and provides recommendations on improving coordination strategies and practices. It presents a new framework for planning, evaluating, and managing refugee crises in urban settings, both in the Syrian refugee crisis as well as other such situations going forward

  • Women and Nation-Building

    Cheryl Benard, Seth G Jones et al.BOOKWomen and nation building2008

    Using a case study of Afghanistan, this study examines gender-specific impacts of conflict and post-conflict and the ways they may affect women differently than they affect men. It analyzes the role of women in the nation-building process and considers outcomes that might occur if current practices were modified. Recommendations are made for improving data collection in conflict zones and for enhancing the outcomes of nation-building programs

  • Making Liberia Safe

    David Gompert, David C Gompert et al.BOOKMaking Liberia Safe2007

    Liberia’s new government has made security sector transformation a high priority. The authors analyze Liberia’s complex security environment, set forth an integrated security concept to guide the formation and use of those forces and assemble a complete security structure. They develop specific force-structure options, discuss the cost-effectiveness of each, and suggest immediate steps toward implementation of the new security structure

  • Securing Tyrants or Fostering Reform? U.S. Internal Security Assistance to Repressive and Transitioning Regimes

    Seth G Jones, Seth Jones et al.BOOKSecuring tyrants or fostering…2006

    This study examines the results of U.S. assistance to the internal security forces of four repressive states: El Salvador, Uzbekistan, Afghanistan, and Pakistan. Efforts to improve the security, human rights, and accountability of security forces appear more likely to succeed in states transitioning from repressive to democratic systems. In addition, several factors are critical for success: the duration of assistance, viability of the justice sy…

  • Three Years After

    James Thomson, Brian Jenkins et al.BOOKThree years after2005

    The RAND Corporation held a conference three years after 9/11 to share results from recent terrorism studies with government and military officials, congressional staff, foundations, NGOs, foreign embassy representatives, and the public. Participants discuss understanding the nature of the terrorist threat; taking direct action against terrorists and terrorist organizations; seeking to reduce support for terrorists; and protecting the homeland.

  • Russian Investment in the Commonwealth of Independent States

    Keith Crane, D J Peterson et al.ARTICLEEurasian Geography and Economics2005Cited by: 8References: 3

    The paper by three RAND Corporation specialists analyzes the extent, rationale, and role of Russian investment in other member states of the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS). Based on a unique, comprehensive survey, it evaluates differences between Russian and Western investors—in particular, the effects of Russian business practices in promoting or retarding reforms directed at expanding market activities, improving governance, and reduc…

  • Russia's Chechen Wars, 1994-2000

    Eliot A Cohen, Olga OlikerARTICLEForeign Affairs2002Cited by: 4