Dr. Olga R. Chiriac

Director, Europe

Dr. Olga R. Chiriac is a cognitive scientist and professor. Her work is situated at the intersection of psychology and security studies (decision making and strategic culture) with a special interest in military applications of cognitive sciences and political warfare. Dr. Chiriac is the Project Europe Director with the Irregular Warfare Initiative (joint production of Princeton’s Empirical Studies of Conflict Project and the Modern War Institute at West Point) and Visiting Professor and Fellow at the University of Bucharest. She is affiliated as an Associated Researcher with the Joint Special Operations University in Tampa, Florida and the Economic Conflict & Competition Research Group (ECCRG) at Kings College, London. Prior to this; Dr. Chiriac was selected a Title VIII US State Department Research Fellow and she worked as an Associated Researcher at the Center for Strategic Studies, Bucharest. Olga holds a PhD in Political Science, an MA in War Studies, as well as a BS in Finance and Behavioral Economics.

Her book, “Foreign Policy of the Russian Federation: Implications for Black Sea Security” was released February 2024 by Palgrave Macmillan.