Katarzyna A. Przybyla is a Fulbright student in the Kroc Institute for International Peace Studies at the University of Notre Dame. She earned B.A. and M.A. in international relations form Lazarski University in Warsaw, specializing in strategic studies and international security. She graduated with honors.

Since 2010 she has been working in the National Security Bureau of Poland as an analyst on Russia and Central Asia (on leave now).

She also authored several publications on Russia’s foreign and domestic policies, wars in Chechnya and conflict in the North Caucasus.
 
The views expressed here are solely those of the author in her private capacity and do not in any way represent the views of the National Security Bureau of Poland.