CAP – Central Asia Program

December 12, 2024, 2:30 p.m. –4:00 p.m. (EST) As the United States and Central Asia celebrate over three decades of diplomatic engagement, the focus of discussions has evolved from primarily…

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A New Start: Central Asia’s Nuclear Potential & Peril

2 December, 2024

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Local Governance Under Taliban Rule, 2021-2023

4 November, 2024

Authors: Dr. Antonio Giustozzi is a senior research fellow at the Royal United Services Institute (RUSI). He took his PhD at the London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE).…

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Call for Applications: Spring/Summer, 2025

23 September, 2024

The Central Asia-El Umiti Program We are excited to announce the launch of the El Umiti Internship, a collaborative initiative by the Data Lab and the Central Asia Program (CAP)…

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COP29, Azerbaijan, and Environmental and Human Rights

25 April, 2024

Online Event Tuesday, April 30, 2024 from 10:00-11:00 am EDT In November 2024, the UN Climate Change Conference (COP29) will be held in Baku, Azerbaijan, marking the third year in…

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Narxoz University International Conference

18 April, 2024

International ConferenceCentral Asia – a promising region. In search of new ideas of integration and access to world markets Hybrid Event (online/offline) Date and Time: Wednesday, April 24, 2024 19:00 –…

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Between Allies and Adversaries: Assessing Iran’s Stand on Armenia and Azerbaijan

16 April, 2024

Online Event Monday, April 22, 2024 from 11:00am – 12:15pm EDT In the South Caucasus, Iran grapples with its relationships with Armenia and Azerbaijan amid regional power dynamics. Concerns about…

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A Slow Reckoning: The USSR, the Afghan Communists, and Islam

4 April, 2024

Online Event Tuesday, April 9, 2024 from 10:00-11:00am EDT Vassily Klimentov will be discussing his book, A Slow Reckoning: The USSR, the Afghan Communists, and Islam, published by Northern Illinois University Press…

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Migrants and Exiles: The New Mobility Reshaping Central Asia and Russia

4 April, 2024

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Annual Security Workshop: Navigating Global Turbulence: Building Resilience in Central Asia

21 March, 2024

In-Person Event Thursday, March 28, 2024 from 8:45 a.m. – 4:00 p.m. (EDT) Central Asia is at a pivotal point, facing significant geopolitical, economic, and environmental challenges that could have…

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Navigating Turmoil: The Dynamics of Armenian-Azerbaijani Relations in 2024

8 March, 2024

Online Event Thursday, March 14, 2024 from 11:00am – 12:15pm Nearly six months since the end of the Third Karabakh War, tensions persist along the Armenia-Azerbaijan borders as both nations…

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Navigating the New Energy Geopolitics: Assessing Russia’s Power Play in Central Asia’s Post-2022 Gas Crisis

7 March, 2024

Hybrid Event Friday, March 8, 2024 from 10:00 – 11:30am The disruption of Russian gas supplies in 2022 sparked a profound reappraisal of supply and infrastructure dependencies beyond the EU-Russia…

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Formalities of Contemporary Central Asian Militaries

5 March, 2024

Author: László Kövecses is currently a PhD student in History at Pázmány Péter Catholic University, Budapest. Previously he earned his MSc degree at the University of Glasgow in Russian, Central…

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Exploring the Dynamics of Open Government in Kazakhstan: A Critical Assessment of Tokayev’s “Listening State” Reform

4 March, 2024

Image from Kazakhstan’s Presidential Press Service Online Event In March 2019, Kassym-Jomart Tokayev assumed the presidency through a meticulously orchestrated succession, pledging to advance political liberalization and foster greater responsiveness…

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Central Asia: Multi-Vector Policy for the 21st Century – Strategy and Development

4 March, 2024

Hybrid Event Wednesday, March 6th, 2024 from 10:00am-2:00pm Central Asia’s multi-vector approach to diplomacy has long been a cornerstone of its foreign policy, playing a prominent role in regional discussions.…

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Central Asian Regionalism: Insights from Inside and Out

26 February, 2024

Hybrid Event Since the dawn of independence, the five post-Soviet Central Asian republics have identified themselves as a single political region. However, their separate efforts to shape national identities, institutions,…

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The 80th Anniversary of the Chechen and Ingush Deportation: What is its legacy today?

23 February, 2024

Virtual EventTuesday, February 27, 2024 from 10:00-11:00am Join us for a discussion organized by the Central Asia Program at The George Washington University to commemorate the 80th anniversary of the…

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Introducing B5+1

9 February, 2024

An Initiative Under CIPE’s Program IBECA – Improving the Business Environment in Central Asia

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Introducing B5+1

9 February, 2024

An Initiative Under CIPE’s Program IBECA – Improving the Business Environment in Central Asia

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Turan Business Forum in New York

11 December, 2023

Friday, December 15 @ 4 – 9pm EST Location: 404 Broadway New York, NY 10013 Turan Business Forum in New York has united entrepreneurs from: Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan,…

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Central Asia’s Aral Sea: Lessons for Today’s Climate Crisis

4 December, 2023

Hybrid Event, Image by NASA Earth Observatory December 11, 9:00 am – 10:30 am (EST) Once one of the world’s largest inland bodies of water, the Aral Sea began to shrink…

Fully equipped police above a row of peaceful protesters holding a banner: We are ordinary citizens, not terrorists

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Kazakhstan’s Bloody January: Protest Motivations, Public Perceptions and Human Rights

29 November, 2023

Online discussion co-organized by the PaperLab Research Center (Astana, Kazakhstan). Image provided by PaperLab.kz. Thursday, December 7, 2023, 9:00 am – 10:30 am EST In the first days of 2022,…