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Central Asia Security Workshop
5 March, 2018 @ 11:30 AM - 5:30 PM
10:30AM – 12:00 PM, Session 1: Central Asia’s Regional Environment. Moves and Stabilities
Alexander Cooley, Columbia University
Central Asia as Part of Greater Eurasia? Prospects and Challenges
Jeffrey Mankoff, CSIS
Whither the Eurasian Economic Union?
Sebastien Peyrouse, The George Washington University
A Sustainable Attractiveness? China’s Projection and Construction of Soft Power in Central Asia
Lunch: 12:00 – 1:00 PM
1:00 -2:30 PM, Session 2: Rethinking the Obvious. Changes in Perceptions, Strategies and Policies
Marlene Laruelle, The George Washington University
Kazakhstani Perceptions of External Powers. Unexpected Findings of Survey Analysis
Luca Anceschi, Glasgow University
Rethinking Central Asia’s Energy Security: The view from Astana and Ashgabat
Sean Roberts, The George Washington University
Prospects and Limits to Reform in Uzbekistan
Coffee Break: 2:30-3:00 PM
3:00-4:30 PM, Session 3: Securing and Securitizing Policies
Roger Kangas, National Defense University
US Strategy for South Asia/Afghanistan and its Impact on Central Asia
Eric McGlinchey, George Mason University
“Central Asian Terrorism” and the Limits of Extreme Vetting
Erica Marat, National Defense University
The Politics of Policy Reform in Central Asia
