194. Olena Halushka - Why are Countries Reluctant to Designate Russia a State Sponsor of Terrorism, Depsite their Brutal Invasion and War Crimes in Ukraine, and what are the Implications.

Olena Halushka is a is a board member of the Ukrainian NGO “Anti-corruption Action Centre”, and co-founder of the International Centre for Ukrainian Victory. She has also worked as a chief of international advocacy at the post-Maidan coalition of 80 CSOs “Reanimation Package of Reforms” (2015-2017). Olena was an advisor to Members of the Ukrainian Parliament from 2012 to 2014, and has experience in local-level politics, serving as Kyiv City Council member, and deputy chair of the Council’s Commission on Housing and Energy (2014-2015). Olena is a contributor to the Atlantic Council. She has also written op-eds for the Washington Post, the Foreign Policy, and the EU Observer. Olena Halushka obtained her PhD in International Economics from the Kyiv National University in 2016. LINKS: https://twitter.com/OlenaHalushka https://twitter.com/AntAC_ua https://twitter.com/ICUVua https://www.linkedin.com/in/olena-halushka-b7342259/?originalSubdomain=ua https://ukrainianvictory.org/experts/olena-halushka/ https://www.fpri.org/contributor/olena-halushka/ https://cepa.org/author/olena-halushka/ https://archive.kyivpost.com/author/olena-halushka https://foreignpolicy.com/author/olena-halushka/