Mariya Omelicheva

Dr. Mariya Y. Omelicheva is a Professor of Strategy at National War College. She holds PhD (2007) in Political Science from Purdue University and JD in International Law (2000) from Moscow National Law Academy. She previously worked as a Professor of Political Science at the University of Kansas. Dr. Omelicheva's research and teaching interests include international and Eurasian security, counterterrorism and human rights, democracy promotion in the post-Soviet territory, Russia's foreign and security policy, and terrorism/crime nexus. She has published on these subjects in Terrorism and Political Violence,Europe-Asia Studies, International Journal of Human Rights, Central Asia Survey, Cambridge Review of International Relations, and other journals. She is the author of Counterterrorism Policies in Central Asia (Routledge 2011), which received an Outstanding Academic Title award by Choice, Democracy in Central Asia: Competing Perspectives and Alternate Strategies (University Press of Kentucky 2015), Webs of Corruption: Trafficking and Terrorism in Central Asia (Columbia University Press, 2019, with Lawrence Markowitz), and COVID-19 Humanitarianism: Geopolitical Logics of Chinese, American, and Russian Assistance (with Brittnee Carter, BRILL, 2024) and editor of Nationalism and Identity Construction in Central Asia: Dimensions, Dynamics, and Directions (Lexington 2015). Dr. Omelicheva's research has allowed her to engage with a broad audience spanning policymakers, journalists, and the public. She has been privileged to work closely with a range of private and public agencies, including the U.S. Helsinki Commission, U.S. House of Representatives, U.S. Department of State's Bureau of International Narcotics and Law Enforcement, military services, and diplomatic personnel.