Maia Kiniyalocts is a Research Intern at the Caspian Policy Center. She recently graduated from King’s College London with an MA in International Conflict Studies. Additionally, she received her BA in International Affairs from The George Washington University, where she studied abroad in South Korea for a year at Yonsei University. She has previously interned with the United States Department of Commerce where she conducted a policy project highlighting growing Russian-North Korean relations and their potential impacts on the Russo-Ukrainian War.