Kateryna Olkhovyk is a master's student majoring in regional studies: Russia, Eastern Europe, and Central Asia at Harvard University's Davis Center. She received a bachelor's degree in Asian studies from the Jagiellonian University in Kraków, Poland, and graduated from the School of Law and Economy of China at the University of Warsaw. Kateryna received her master’s degree in Chinese law and society at Peking University as a Yenching Academy scholar. Kateryna studies the influence of the Russo-Ukrainian War on global food and energy crises and the negotiation strategy of post soviet conflicts.