Assessing the Capabilities of Central Asian Armies

11:00-12:30pm Panel I. Roundtable. Assessing Security Threats to Central Asia

Chair: Sebastien Peyrouse (IERES, GWU)

Clark Adams (Department of Defense)
Alexander Cooley (Barnard College, Columbia University)
Roger Kangas (Near East South Asia Center for Strategic Studies, National Defense University)
Marlene Laruelle (IERES, GWU)
Scott Smith (United States Institute of Peace)

12:30-1:30pm Lunch

1:30-3:00pm Panel II. Assessing Military Capabilities of the Central Asian States

Chair: Marlene Laruelle (IERES, GWU)

Zhulduz Baizakova (Fulbright Visiting Research Scholar, Near East South Asia Center for Strategic Studies, National Defense University)
Military reform in Kazakhstan: its perspectives and current trends

Vitali Gelfgat (US Army)
Uzbekistan’s military capabilities

Erica Marat (Assistant Professor, College of International Security Affairs, National Defense University)
Predatory policing in Central Asia

Sebastien Peyrouse (IERES, GWU, and East West Institute)
Kazakhstan’s industrial-military complex and foreign cooperation

3:00-3:30pm Coffee break

3:30-5:00pm Panel III. Assessing External Assistance to Central Asia

Alexander Cooley (Barnard College, Columbia University)

Chair: Marlene Laruelle (IERES, GWU) and Stephen Blank (American Foreign Policy Council)
Russia’s military cooperation with Central Asia

Richard Weitz (Hudson Institute)
The Security Role of the SCO, CSTO, and China in Central Asia

Dmitry Gorenburg (CNA Corporation/Davis Center for Russian and Eurasian Studies, Harvard University)
US and European military assistance to Central Asia

In partnership with the Royal United Services Institute for Defence and Security Studies (RUSI), United Kingdom.