Dr. Oleg Svet is an adjunct professor at Georgetown University’s School of Foreign Service, where he teaches courses on the intersection of national security, climate change and the energy transition, and on the theory and practice of security.

Since 2008, Oleg has consulted for a variety of think tanks and defense clients, primarily on the impacts of non-traditional military threats such as disruptive technologies and climate change on national security. He has also served as a military legislative assistant on Capitol Hill, and as a contractor with US Forces-Iraq at the American Embassy in Baghdad. Previously, he has taught courses on modern war, conflict, diplomacy, and counterterrorism at King’s College London and Tufts University.

Oleg holds a PhD in War Studies from King’s College London, an MA in Strategic Studies and International Economics from the Johns Hopkins University School of Advanced International Studies, and a BA with honors in International Relations from Tufts University, where he was a Tisch Scholar. While at Tufts, Oleg was active with the IGL as a member of the New Initiative for Middle East Peace (NIMEP) and a contributing author to the NIMEP Journal. He was also an EPIIC student (2004-2005), and was part of EPIIC’s symposium on “Oil and Water,” which first sparked his interest in climate change and made him critically think about how public policies and emerging technologies can propel the energy transition.

In his free time, he enjoys writing and engaging in interdisciplinary conversations on uncertainty.