吃瓜爆料

Yelena Biberman-Ocakli

Contact Information & Background:

Associate Professor of Political Science
Ladd 314
Phone: 518-580-5241
E-Mail: ybiberma@skidmore.edu

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Education

• Ph.D. Brown University, 2014 (Political Science)
• M.A. Brown University, 2010 (Political Science)
• M.A. Harvard University, 2006 (Regional Studies)
• B.A. Wellesley College, 2004 (International Relations)
• Visiting Student. Oxford University, 2002-03 (Philosophy and International Relations)

PUBLICATIONS:

Book

• , New York: Oxford University Press, 2019.
  

Peer-Reviewed Journal Articles

• 鈥溾�� (with Christopher Mann), Journal of Peace Research (2024).
• 鈥溾�� (with Jared Schwartz and Samantha Hotz), International Politics (2023).
• 鈥溾�� (with Jared Schwartz and Farhan Zahid), Asian Security 19, No. 1 (2023): 43-58.
• 鈥�,鈥� Strategic Studies Quarterly (Fall 2021): 6-33.
• 鈥溾�� (with Megan Turnbull), Political Science Quarterly 133, no. 4 (Winter 2018-19): 695-727.
• 鈥�,鈥� Journal of Strategic Studies 41, no. 5 (2018): 751-781.
• 鈥溾�� (with Rachel Castellano), Asian Security 14, no. 2 (2018): 106-118.
• 鈥�,鈥� Modern Asian Studies 51, no. 5 (2017): 1598-1625.
• 鈥溾�� (with Trevor Cloen and Farhan Zahid), Perspectives on Terrorism 12, no. 1 (2018).
• 鈥溾�� (with Sahar Gul and Feryaz Ocakli), Asian Affairs: An American Review 43, No. 3 (2016): 78-97.
• 鈥溾�� (with Farhan Zahid), Terrorism and Political Violence 31, no. 2 (2019: online February 2016): 169-184.
• 鈥溾�� (with Feryaz Ocakli), Politics & Policy 43, No. 2 (April 2015): 197-214.
• 鈥�,鈥� Political Science Quarterly 126, No. 4 (Winter 2011-2012): 669-680.
• 鈥�,鈥� Problems of Post-Communism 58, No. 2 (March/April 2011): 17-27.
  • Awarded 2011 Millar Prize
• 鈥淎ssessing the Costs of Weak Diplomatic Institutions鈥� (Ukrainian: 芦袨褑褨薪褞褞褔懈 袙褌褉邪褌懈 袙薪邪褋谢褨写芯泻 小谢邪斜泻懈褏 袉薪褋褌懈褌褍褌褨胁 袛懈锌谢芯屑邪褌褨褩禄), Academic Bulletin of the Diplomatic Academy of Ukraine (袧邪褍泻芯胁懈泄 袙褨褋薪懈泻 袛懈锌谢芯屑邪褌懈褔薪芯褩 袗泻邪写械屑褨褩 校泻褉邪褩薪懈) Vol. 15 (2010): 228-234.
• 鈥淧olitical Science and the Rules of Causal Inference鈥� (Russian: 芦袩芯谢懈褌芯谢芯谐懈褟 懈 锌褉邪胁懈谢邪 胁褘褟胁谢械薪懈褟 锌褉懈褔懈薪薪芯-褋谢械写褋褌胁械薪薪褘褏 芯褌薪芯褕械薪懈泄禄), Polis 10, No. 6 (2009): 168-176.

Other Scholarship

• of The Difficult Politics of Peace: Rivalry in Modern South Asia, by Christopher Clary, Pacific Affairs, forthcoming in December 2023.
• of Colonial Institutions and Civil War: Indirect Rule and Maoist Insurgency in India, by Shivaji Mukherjee, The Journal of Asian Studies 82, No. 2 (2023): 275-277.
• 鈥�,鈥� Asia Policy 16, no. 1 (January 2021): 193-196.
• Yelena Biberman, 鈥淰iolence by Proxy: Russia鈥檚 Ex-Rebels and Criminals in Chechnya,鈥� , Ed. Bettina Koch (Wiesbaden: Springer, 2016), 135-150.

Policy

• 鈥溾�� (with Jonathan D. Moreno), Hastings Bioethics Forum, April 16, 2024.
• 鈥�,鈥� Inkstick, August 3, 2023.
• 鈥�,鈥� Responsible Statecraft, July 11, 2023.
• 鈥�,鈥� Georgetown Journal of International Affairs, June 26, 2023.
• 鈥淐RISPR and Global Security鈥� (with Bernard Possidente), Science, eLetter in response to Joy Y. Wang and Jennifer A. Doudna, 鈥�,鈥� March 30, 2023.
• 鈥溾�� India Policy (I-Policy) Commentary, Carter Center, February 9, 2023.
• 鈥溾�� (with Sophie Mae Berman), SouthAsiaSource, September 26, 2022. [Reposted by Peace Research Institute Oslo Blogs]
• 鈥�,鈥� Harvard University Davis Center Insights, June 13, 2022.
• 鈥淗ow to Kill a Superpower: Do You Remember the Belavezha Agreement?鈥� (with Zachary Troyanovsky), Inkstick, December 8, 2021.
• 鈥�,鈥� SouthAsiaSource, Atlantic Council, July 23, 2021.
• 鈥�,鈥�&苍产蝉辫;Inkstick, June 15, 2021. [Featured in American Foreign Service Association ]
• 鈥溾�� (with Maj. Alex Deep), Commentary & Analysis, Modern War Institute at West Point, April 28, 2021.
• 鈥�,鈥� Modern War Institute at West Point Report, Series 2021, no. 1 (February 2021): 1-18. [Peer-reviewed]
• 鈥�,鈥� SouthAsiaSource, Atlantic Council, February 17, 2021.
• 鈥溾�� Observer Research Foundation (ORF) Expert Speak: Atlantic Files, October 23, 2020.
• 鈥溾�� (with Jared Schwartz), New Atlanticist, June 29, 2020.
• 鈥溾�� (with Samir Ahmad), Washington Post, Monkey Cage, March 4, 2020. [Covered in ; ; ; ]
• 鈥溾�� (with Matthew Simkowitz), Washington Post, Monkey Cage, November 19, 2019.
• "鈥� Policy Roundtable: The Future of South Asia, Texas National Security Review, October 1, 2019.
• 鈥溾�� (with Jared Schwartz), Foreign Policy, April 5, 2019.
• 鈥溾�� (with Jared Schwartz), East Asia Forum, Australian National University, March 29, 2019.
• 鈥�,鈥� Political Violence @ a Glance, February 22, 2019.
  • Reprinted in
• 鈥溾�� (with Samir Ahmad), Greater Kashmir, January 20, 2019.
• 鈥溾�� (with Niloufer Siddiqui), Washington Post, Monkey Cage, May 7, 2018.
• 鈥�,鈥� New Atlanticist, February 7, 2017.
• 鈥溾�� (with Farhan Zahid and Philip Hultquist), Military Review (November-December 2016): 37-43.
• 鈥�,鈥� Sustainable Security (Oxford Research Group), October 19, 2016.
• 鈥溾�� (with Gage Willand), Political Violence @ a Glance, June 23, 2016.
• 鈥溾�� Political Violence @ a Glance, May 25, 2016.
• 鈥溾�� (with Orr Genish) Small Wars Journal, September 27, 2015.
• 鈥�,鈥� Atlantic Council Issue Brief, April 27, 2015.
• 鈥�,鈥� Washington Post, January 6, 2015.
• 鈥溾�� Washington Post, Monkey Cage, May 27, 2014.
• 鈥�,鈥� Foreign Policy, January 22, 2008.
• 鈥淏etween the East and West,鈥� Moscow Times 4326 (Feb. 8, 2010), 7.
• 鈥淯nwelcomed Missiles鈥� (with Feryaz Ocakli), Russia Profile, December 29, 2009.
• 鈥淏ack on the Radar: The Organizers of Anti-Radar Demonstrations in the Czech Republic Claim that Ordinary People Want a Say in the Debate,鈥� Russia Profile, July 28, 2009.
  鈥淚ran: Code Orange?鈥� Foreign Policy In Focus, June 30, 2009.
• 鈥淟earning from the Soviets in Afghanistan,鈥� Foreign Policy In Focus, June 20, 2008.
• 鈥淐hildren of the Revolution: A New Generation of Russians Tries to Become Politically Active,鈥� Russia Profile, February 5, 2008.
• 鈥淲hy Alma Mater Matters,鈥� Russia Profile 5, No. 6 (July 2008): 8-9.
• 鈥淎 Rural Referendum: Villagers Hope Medvedev Will Continue Down Putin鈥檚 Path,鈥� Russia Profile, March 3, 2008.
• 鈥淏anking on Russian Women,鈥� Passport Moscow (September 2008): 30-32.
• 鈥淯.S.-Iran Relations Need Reform,鈥� Wellesley News, September 2003.

AWARDS, HONORS, AND FELLOWSHIPS:

• 2024. Academic Associate, Centre for Biomedical Ethics, Singapore
• 2023-24. Wilson China Fellowship, Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars
• 2023. American Institute of Afghanistan Studies John F. Richards Fellowship
• 2022. Andrew W. Marshall Foundation Paper Prize Finalist in New Revolutions in Military Affairs
• 2022. Andrew W. Marshall Foundation Paper Prize Semi-Finalist (with Jared Schwartz) in Future Reconfigurations in Asia
• 2021-Present. Harvard University Davis Center Associate
• 2020-21. Modern War Institute at West Point Fellow
• 2020. Alma Ostrom and Leah Hopkins Awan Civic Education Fund, APSA Centennial Center Research Grant
• 2016-Present. Atlantic Council South Asia Center, Washington, DC, Nonresident Senior Fellowship
• 2018. 吃瓜爆料 College Faculty Development Committee Ad Hoc Grant
• 2015-16, 2016-17, 2017-18, 2018-19, 2020-21. Judith Johns Carrico Faculty Grant
• 2016, 2017. 吃瓜爆料 College Faculty Student Summer Research Grant
• 2017. Jacob Perlow Grant, 吃瓜爆料 College
• 2014-2015. Atlantic Council US-Pakistan Exchange Fellowship
• 2015, 2016, 2017, 2019. 吃瓜爆料 College Faculty Development Grant
• 2014. 吃瓜爆料 College Center for Leadership in Teaching and Learning Course Development Grant
• 2014. American Institute of Pakistan Studies Travel Grant
• 2014. Spatial Structures in the Social Sciences Travel Grant
• 2013-2014. Watson Institute for International Affairs Graduate Fellowship [declined, to accept a teaching position at Union College]
• 2012-2013. Jennings Randolph Peace Scholar Dissertation Fellowship, United States Institute of Peace (USIP)
• 2012-2013. American Institute of Pakistan Studies Junior Fellowship
• 2012. Smith Richardson Foundation World Politics and Statecraft Fellowship
• 2011. Horowitz Foundation for Social Policy Research Grant (Special Recognition: John L. Stanley Award)
• 2011. James R. Millar Graduate Student Prize from the National Council for Eurasian and East European Research (NCEEER)
• 2011. New York Public Library Short-Term Research Fellowship
• 2011. American Political Science Association Centennial Center for Political Science and Public Affairs Fellow
• 2011. Foreign Language and Area Studies Summer Fellowship, South Asia Summer Language Institute (SASLI), University of Wisconsin-Madison (Urdu)
• 2011-2012. Brown University Graduate School Internal Dissertation Fellowship
• 2011, 2012, 2013. Brown University Office of International Affairs Research Travel Grant
• 2010, 2011, 2012. Brown University Graduate School Research Travel Grant
• 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013. Brown University Graduate School Conference Travel Grant
• 2010. Brown University Political Science Department Methods Training Fellowship
• 2009. IREX U.S. Embassy Policy Specialist Fellowship
• 2009. Watson Institute for International Affairs Graduate Program in Development Summer Fieldwork Grant
• 2008-2009. Stanley J. Bernstein 鈥�65 Graduate Fellowship, Brown University
• 2006-2007. Fulbright Fellowship
• 2005. Harvard University Davis Center Research Travel Grant
• 2005. Harvard University Ukrainian Institute Research Travel Grant
• 2005. Foreign Language and Area Studies (FLAS) Summer Fellowship
• 2002-2003. National Science Foundation Award for the Integration of Research and Education
• 2002, 2003. Francis Beirne National Essay Contest First Place Prize
• 2003. Target 鈥淎ll-Around鈥� Award
• 2003. Wellesley Class Of 鈥�69 Community Service Award
• 2002. Centuria of Excellence Award
• 2001, 2002, 2004. Wellesley College Spirit of Service Award
• 2001. Youth Venture Grant
• 2001. Wellesley College First Year Academic Distinction

Conferences, Workshops, and Invited Talks

• University of Virginia Karsh Institute of Democracy and Carter Center, Charlottesville, VA, 2024 
• MIT Wargaming Lab Summer Institute, Dedham, Massachusetts, 2024 
• Wilson China Fellowship Conference, Washington, D.C., 2024
• S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies (RSIS), Nanyang Technological University, Singapore, 2024 
• Asia Research Institute, National University of Singapore, 2024
• School of Social Sciences, Public Policy & Global Affairs Program, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore, 2024  
• Centre for Biomedical Ethics, Singapore, 2024 
• Sandia National Laboratories Strategic Force Analysis (Nuclear) Boot Camp, Albuquerque, New Mexico, 2023 
• Strategic Multilayer Assessment, Joint Staff/J-39 Deputy Directorate for Global Operations, 2023
• Countering a Resurgent and Transnational Terrorist Threat in Afghanistan, Atlantic Council South Asia Center, 2023 
• Research Security in Today鈥檚 Geo-Political Era Conference, University of Waterloo, Canada, 2023 
• Technology and International Politics Workshop, Diplomatic Academy of Russian Foreign Ministry, 2023 
• Institute of Regional Studies, Islamabad, Pakistan, Regional Dialogue: Contemporary Traditional and Non-Traditional Security Threats in South Asia, 2023
• U.S. Naval War College, Ethics of Technology, 2022
• New York Conference on Asian Studies, 2022
• Union College, Faculty Panel on War in Ukraine, 2022 
• Workshop on Teaching Intelligence, Central Florida Intelligence Community Center for Academic Excellence, 2021
• Strategic Dialogues on Afghanistan: Implications of the Taliban鈥檚 New Government for Afghanistan, 2021 
• Strategic Dialogues on Afghanistan: Democratization and the Road Ahead for Afghanistan, 2021
• Hamilton College, Civil War Seminar Webinar, 2020
• Central University of Kashmir, Department of Politics and Governance, Webinar, 2020
• Center for Social and Political Research, Karachi, Pakistan, Webinar, 2020
• Association of Asia Scholars, Webinar, 2020
• U.S. Department of State, Ralph J. Bunche Library Speaker Series, 2019
• India Security Workshop, NYU-Abu Dhabi, 2019
• International Studies Association Annual Meeting, 2014, 2015, 2017, 2019
• Raisina Dialogue, New Delhi, India, Delegate, 2018
• New England Political Science Association Annual Meeting, 2010, 2011, 2013, 2014, 2017
• American Political Science Association Annual Meeting, 2010, 2014, 2018
• National Security Seminar, U.S. Army War College, 2016
• Silver Bay YMCA, Silver Bay, NY, 2016
• Pi Sigma Alpha, National Political Science Honor Society at 吃瓜爆料 College, Keynote Address, 2016
• International Student Union, 吃瓜爆料 College, 2016
• Center for Contemporary South Asia Book Manuscript Workshop (daylong examination of my Gambling with Violence book manuscript), Watson Institute for International and Public Affairs, Brown University, November 11, 2016
• 吃瓜爆料 College Women in Business, 2016
• Annual Conference on South Asia, 2013, 2014, 2015
• American Institute of Pakistan Studies Junior Scholars Conference, 2015
• International Studies Association Northeast Annual Conference, 2015, 2017
• Observer Research Foundation, New Delhi, India, 2015
• Center for International Politics, Organization and Disarmament, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi, India, 2015
• Association for the Study of Nationalities Annual Conference, 2015
• Political Violence Workshop at Hamilton College, 2015  
• Newcomb Foreign Affairs Roundtable, Newcomb, NY, 2015
• 吃瓜爆料 Encore, 2015
• National Police Academy, Islamabad, Pakistan, 2014
• National Ground Intelligence Center, Charlottesville, VA, 2014
• Modern South Asia Workshop at Yale University, 2014
• Pay It Forward: Women Helping Women in International Relations, International Studies Association Annual Convention, 2014
• Cambridge University Press Watson Seminar, book manuscript reviewer, 2013
• Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) Strategic Use of Force Working Group, 2013, 2013
• Jennings Randolph Senior Fellows and Peace Scholars Workshop, USIP, 2013
• Olympia Summer Seminars: Transformation of Conflict, Olympia, Greece, 2012
• Midwest Political Science Association Conference, 2009, 2012, 2014
• Diplomatic Academy of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation, Moscow, Russia, 2012
• Institute of Kashmir Studies, University of Kashmir in Srinagar, Jammu and Kashmir, 2012
• Nelson Mandela Centre for Peace and Conflict Resolution at Jamia Millia Islamia, New Delhi, India, 2012
• National Seminar for Research Scholars on 鈥淯nderstanding Pakistan,鈥� Jamia Millia Islamia, New Delhi, India, 2011
• Harvard University Post-Communist Politics and Economics Workshop, 2011
• IREX/Woodrow Wilson Center Regional Policy Symposium, 2009
• Inter-Ivy Sociology Symposium at Columbia University, 2009
• IREX Regional Office in Kiev, Ukraine, 2009
• American Center in Moscow, Russia, 2008
• U.S. Embassy in Moscow, Russia, 2008
• History of Russian-American Diplomatic Relations: 200 Years, FLEX Alumni Conference in Yaroslavl, Russia, 2007
• Russian Academy of Education Conference on Professional Education, Chebaksary, Russia, 2006
• Harvard University Graduate Student Conference on Comparative and Security Policies, 2006
• Harvard University Davis Center Undergraduate Research Conference, 2004
• Wellesley College Ruhlman Conference, 2004; Tanner Conference, 2003

Additional Training

Policy and Public Scholarship

• International Policy Summer Institute, Bridging the Gap: Connecting Research and Policy, American University, Washington, D.C., 2019
• Summer Workshop on Analysis of Military Operations and Strategy (SWAMOS), Cornell University, Ithaca, NY, 2013

Methodological

• Research and Design for Causal Inference, Northwestern Law, 2014
• Spatial Structures in the Social Sciences Geographic Information System (GIS) Institute, 2012
• Institute for Qualitative and Multi-Method Research, Syracuse, NY, 2010

Pedagogical

• Workshop on Teaching Intelligence, Central Florida Intelligence Community Center for Academic Excellence, 2021
• Project Vis Data Visualization, 吃瓜爆料 College, 2017
• Philip Merrill Center for Strategic Studies Basin Harbor Workshop, 2014
• Brown University Sheridan Center Teaching Certificate I, 2009-10, and Certificate III, 2010-11

Manuscript Reviewer

Oxford University Press, American Political Science Review, International Studies Quarterly, Civil Wars, Asian Security, Asian Affairs: An American Review, Cambridge Review of International Affairs, Nationalities Papers, Problems of Post-Communism, African Journal of Political Science and International Relations, Brown Journal of History (Associate Editor, 2011).

Languages

• Urdu/Hindi 鈥� advanced introductory
• Russian 鈥� fluent
• Spanish 鈥� intermediate
• Turkish 鈥� introductory
• Belarusian, Ukrainian 鈥� working knowledge
• Mandarin Chinese 鈥� in progress