The Rise of Social Media in Central Asia – Spring 2019 CAP Fellows Seminar Series (video)
The latest analysis of the power that social media has in Central Asia in a variety of forms is presented from experts from the field:…
Russian Policy in Syria and the Middle East: Determination, Delight, and Disappointment (video)
Panel 1. Russia’s Engagement Strategies in the Middle East Nikolas Gvosdev (Naval War College/Foreign Policy Research Institute; Carnegie Council for Ethics in International Affairs) Russian Strategic…
PASSION of Igor Savitsky
Directed by Ali Khamraev
Symposium on China’s Mass Incarceration of Uyghurs (video)
On 27 November, 2018, GW’s Central Asia Program hosted a Symposium on China’s Mass Incarceration of Uyghurs, which included the following panels and speakers: Panel 1: “Contextualizing the Re-education…
“Not In Our Name”: A research and documentary project developed by RFE/RL (video of the discussion)
In October 2018, GW’s Central Asia Program and RFE/RL launched Not in Our Name, a research and documentary project developed by Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty (RFE/RL)…
Encounters at the Edge of the Muslim World: A Political Memoir of Kyrgyzstan with author Eugene Huskey and Ambassador Kadyr M. Toktogulov (video)
Drawing on three decades of research and travel in Kyrgyzstan, Encounters at the Edge of the Muslim World: A Political Memoir of Kyrgyzstan takes readers on a…
Orange and Blue: the World of Barzu- Promoting Central Asia through Children’s Literature (video)
Author Marina Abrams introduces Central Asia through children’s literature in her new book Orange and Blue: The World of Barzu. The story is told through the young…
Assessing the Terrorist Threat In and From Central Asia
Through an examination of the available evidence and drawing on fieldwork in the region since 2014, Edward Lemon discusses the threat posed by terrorism in…
Not In Our Name: The Trailer
Not In Our Name, produced by Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty (RFE/RL), is the first regional counter-extremism project ever produced for Central Asia. Staff traveled to diverse areas within…
Central Asia Security Workshop – 2018 (video)
5 March 2018 Full video of the event:
Culture and Islam in Late Central Asia (video)
15 February, 2018 Full video of the event:
‘Bourgeois’ Islam, Prosperity Theology, and Ethics in Muslim Eurasia (video)
29 January, 2018 Full video of the event:
Towards a New Uzbekistan? The Magnitude, Impact and Limitations of Shavkat Mirziyoyev’s Reforms
By CAP Transcript of the CAP workshop Towards a New Uzbekistan? The Magnitude, Impact and Limitations of Shavkat Mirziyoyev’s Reforms, January 24, 2017 Sean Roberts, GWU…
Global Powers and Competing ‘Fixes’ in Central Asia
By CAP Transcript of the presentation by Dr. Balihar Sanghera, Director of Graduate Studies (Taught), Senior Lecturer in Sociology, University of Kent; George F. Kennan Fellow,…
Deciphering the Notion of “Uzbek Terrorists”
By CAP Transcript of the presentation by Alisher Siddique, Director of RFE/RL’s Uzbek Service, November 15, 2017 I’m very humbled to address such a knowledgeable crowd actually.…
Islam and the State in Central Asia – a Friedrich Ebert Foundation Report
By CAP The latest report of the Almaty club (a Central Asia Policy Group) on Islam and the State in Central Asia analyzes evolution in…
What Lies ahead for Kyrgyzstan after the Presidential Elections?
By CAP Transcript of the CAP workshop What Lies ahead for Kyrgyzstan after the Presidential Elections?, October 19, 2017 Erica Marat, National Defense University Eric McGlinchey, George…
Ninth Fellows’ Seminar: Development Challenges and Evolving Identities in Central Asia and Azerbaijan
Ninth Fellows’ Seminar: Development Challenges and Evolving Identities in Central Asia and Azerbaijan
June 1, 2017
2017 Central Asia Security Workshop
2017 Central Asia Security Workshop
Islamic Education and Knowledge Transmission in Central Asia
Islamic Education and Knowledge Transmission in Central Asia
April 10, 2017
What Changes in a Post-Karimov Uzbekistan?
What Changes in a Post-Karimov Uzbekistan?