Oksana Antoneko is senior fellow for Russia and Eurasia at the International Institute for Strategic Studies (IISS) in London, where she has served since 1996. From 1998 to 2000, Ms. Antonenko was the director of the IISS research and seminar program 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; and from 1999 to 2003, headed a research and seminar program on Russia's regional perspective on foreign and security policy focusing on Russia's relations with Europe, South Caucasus and Central Asia. From 2004 to 2005, she worked on a research project on Russian-EU relations and co-edited the book Russia and the European Union: Prospects for a New Relationship. An expert in political and security issues in Russia, the Caucasus and Caspian Sea Region, and Central Asia, Ms. Antonenko's current projects focus on Security and counter-terrorist policies in Russia and Eurasia, frozen conflicts in the South Caucasus, the Shanghai Co-operation Organization, and security in Central Asia. In 2005 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. Before joining IISS, Ms. Antonenko worked at the Moscow office of Harvard Strengthening Democratic Institutions Project, which promoted Russian-US dialogue and provided assistance to Russian domestic reforms. Ms. Antonenko is a graduate of Moscow State University and John F. Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University in Cambridge, Massachusetts.