From 1990 – 1993, Ms. Antonenko worked at the Moscow office of Harvard Strengthening Democratic Institutions Project, which promoted Russian-US dialogue and provided assistance to Russian domestic reforms. From 1998 – 2000, she was the Director of the IISS research and seminar programme on military reform in Russia and the CIS. In 1999 – 2003, Ms. Antonenko headed a research and seminar programme on Russia’s regional perspective on foreign and security policy focusing on Russia’s relations with Europe, South Caucasus and Central Asia. In 2005 she facilitated track to meetings between Georgian and South Ossetian senior officials and experts with the aim of promoting conflict resolution in the Georgian-South Ossetian conflict. Currently, she works as a senior researcher of the Russia and Eurasia program in the International Institute for Strategic Studies.