Olga Abilova is a Policy Analyst with IPI’s Brian Urquhart Center for Peace Operations. She joined IPI in June 2015.

Prior to this, she provided conflict research and analysis for the Middle East and North Africa division of Independent Diplomat and for the UN Organization Stabilization Mission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (MONUSCO). In 2013, she coordinated the international youth engagement project of one of Norway’s largest youth NGOs on environment and human rights issues in the Arctic and Russia. She has also previously worked for the Norwegian Mission to the UN.

Ms. Abilova holds a masters degree in International Conflict Resolution and Economic and Political Development from Columbia University’s School of International and Public Affairs that she pursued as part of her Fulbright scholarship, and a Bachelor in International Studies and Economics from the University of Oslo and Sciences Po Paris.

Selected Publications

• “Demystifying Intelligence in UN Peace Operations: Toward an Organizational Doctrine” (New York: International Peace Institute, July 2016) (with Alexandra Novosseloff)
• “UN Peace Operations in Violent and Asymmetric Threat Environments” (New York: International Peace Institute, March 2016) (with Arthur Boutellis)
• “Violent Extremism: Toward A Strategy of Prevention in the Francophone Space” (New York: International Peace Institute, January 2016) (with Arthur Boutellis)
• “The Future of Peace Operations: Maintaining Momentum” (New York: International Peace Institute, November 2015) (with Arthur Boutellis)