Challenges to Freedom of Movement in Azerbaijan
By CAP CAP Paper 210, August 2018 Tural Aghayev is an Azerbaijani human rights lawyer. He received a Bachelor’s degree from Baku State University Law…
Call for Papers: The Seventh Annual Doctoral Research Workshop on Central Asia
Royal Holloway, University of London Call for Papers The Seventh Annual Doctoral Research Workshop on Central Asia Senate House, Malet Street, London, WC1E 7HU Saturday,…
What Happens When Your Town Becomes an ISIS Recruiting Ground? Lessons from Central Asia about Vulnerability, Resistance, and the Danger of Ignoring Perceived Injustice
By CAP CAP Paper 209, July 2018 Noah Tucker is an Associate for the Central Asia Program at the Elliot School of International Affairs, George…
CartOrient: Maps with texts Western Asia – Caucasus – Central Asia
CartOrient is a website for diffusing cartographical studies on the Caucasus and western and central Asia. Its goal is to provide for: – pooling data – developing…
Rethinking Urban Activism and Civil Society: Insights from Analysis of Bishkek Civic Networks
By Raushanna Sarkeyeva CAP Paper 208 (CAAF Fellows Papers), June 2018 Raushanna Sarkeyeva is a founder and director of Urban Initiatives Public Foundation (Kyrgyzstan). She…
First North American edition of OPEN CENTRAL ASIA (OCA)—a quarterly magazine published in the United Kingdom since 2009
The first North American edition of OPEN CENTRAL ASIA (OCA)—a quarterly magazine published in the United Kingdom since 2009 brings together members of the Central…
Can an Authoritarian Regime Have a Meritocratic Public Administration? The Case of Azerbaijan
By Elchin Karimov CAP Paper 207 (CAAF Fellows Papers), June 2018 Elchin Karimov is a researcher in the area of nationalism, ethno-political conflicts, and democracy…
Understanding the Rising NEET Phenomenon in Southern Kazakhstan
By Dinara Alimkhanova CAP Paper 206 (CAAF Fellows Papers), June 2018 Dinara Alimkhanova is a young researcher in the field of education, specializing in vocational education…
Who Is “Tashkent City” For? Nation-Branding and Public Dialogue in Uzbekistan
By Dilmira Matyakubova CAP Paper 205 (CAAF Fellows Papers), June 2018 Dilmira Matyakubova is a young professional specializing in Higher Education, Public Policy, and Political Economy.…
Religion and Violence in Russia Context, Manifestations, and Policy (report)
Religious violence is surely as old as both faith and fighting themselves. In the Russian Federation, as elsewhere in the world, religious teachings and philosophies…
Workshop “Ideas and Practices: Exploring Economic and Social Transformation in Central Asia” at Max Planck Institute in Halle
WORKSHOP 11–13 October 2018 ORGANIZED BY: Centre for Anthropological Studies on Central Asia (CASCA Halle-Zurich) VENUE: Max Planck Institute for Social Anthropology Advokatenweg 36 |…
Job announcement: Program Manager (Caspian Policy Center)
Program Manager JOB SUMMARY: The Program Manager is responsible for taking the lead in all program components, including: managing administrative and logistical tasks; assisting with…
Tajik Intensive and Central Asian Studies – Abroad
The School of Russian and Asian Studies (SRAS) is pleased to announce a new Tajik Intensive program. For many years, SRAS students have had the opportunity…
The Biopolitics of China’s “War on Terror” and the Exclusion of the Uyghurs
Sean R. Roberts (2018) The biopolitics of China’s “war on terror” and the exclusion of the Uyghurs, Critical Asian Studies, DOI: 10.1080/14672715.2018.1454111 This article provides an overview of People’s Republic…
False Alarm: Xinjiang and China’s National Security
Author: Yitzhak Shichor Source: The Routledge Handbook of Asian Security Studies Abstract: A remote region in Western China usually avoided by foreigners, and even…
Voices from the Diaspora: Uyghur Journalists and Protests Against China’s Aggressive Security Crackdown
Separated Souls: Uighur journalist’s unbreakable resolve to help her detained family Source: Amnesty International Gulchehra Hoja still remembers the first time her daughter, then three…
Central Asia Security Workshop: Securing and Securitizing Policies
Central Asia Security Workshop, March 5, 2018 Transcripts of the presentations Roger Kangas, National Defense University US Strategy for South Asia/Afghanistan and its Impact on Central Asia I’ll…
Central Asia Security Workshop: Rethinking the Obvious. Changes in Perceptions, Strategies and Policies
Central Asia Security Workshop, March 5, 2018 Transcripts of the presentations Marlene Laruelle, The George Washington University Kazakhstani Perceptions of External Powers. Unexpected Findings of…
Central Asia Security Workshop: Central Asia’s Regional Environment. Moves and Stabilities
Central Asia Security Workshop, March 5, 2018 Transcripts of the presentations Alexander Cooley, Columbia University Central Asia as Part of Greater Eurasia? Prospects and Challenges And it’s a…
Central Asia Security Workshop – 2018 (video)
5 March 2018 Full video of the event:
Research Update: Security Matters in Marriage, Song and Dance in China’s Muslim Borderlands, and Uyghur Gathering
Author: Mei Ding, Fudan University Source: Central Asian Survey Abstract: Based on anthropological fieldwork conducted in the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region in China in 2016…
East Turkistan, the Forgotten Country
Author: Çağdaş Duman Source: Research Gate There exist the Pamir Mountains and Karakum Desert in the south and the Altay Mountains in the north…
Assessing the Impact of NGO Peacebuilding Programs in the South Caucasus: The Case of Nagorno-Karabakh
By Jeyhun Veliyev CAP Paper 204 (CAAF Fellows Papers), March 2018 Jeyhun Veliyev is a junior researcher interested in political economy, energy security, conflict, human…