Khrystyna Holynska

Khrystyna Holynska is a Research Associate at the Center for Global Security Research (CGSR), a Ph.D. Candidate at the Pardee RAND Graduate School and an Assistant Policy Researcher at the RAND Corporation. Her current dissertation research focuses on the use of narrative red teaming to effectively prebunk and counter Russia’s strategic narratives.

Originally from Ukraine, Khrystyna has a Ph.D. in political science from the Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv and an M.B.A.+M.B.A.I. (business and management in artificial intelligence and data analysis) from the Kyiv School of Economics (KSE). Prior to starting a doctoral program at Pardee RAND Graduate School, she headed the defense and security policy research startup ‘KSE StratBase’ and was a professor of public policy and governance at KSE. Holynska was also a strategic analyst at The Hague Centre for Strategic Studies, where she focused on Russia’s coercive behavior, nonproliferation, deterrence, the future of NATO, and geodynamics.