Eurasia on the Move. Interdisciplinary Approaches to a Dynamic Migration Region Eurasia is marked by some of the freest migration in the world through the free labor zone of the… Continue reading Eurasia on the Move. Interdisciplinary Approaches to a Dynamic Migration Region
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New Voices from Central Asia: Political, Economic, and Societal Challenges and Opportunities (Volume 2)
New Voices from Central Asia: Political, Economic, and Societal Challenges and Opportunities (Volume 2) The second volume “New Voices from Central Asia: Political, Economic, and Societal Challenges and Opportunities” gives… Continue reading New Voices from Central Asia: Political, Economic, and Societal Challenges and Opportunities (Volume 2)
China’s Belt and Road Initiative and its Impact in Central Asia
China’s Belt and Road Initiative and its Impact in Central Asia China’s Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) was announced by Chinese President Xi Jinping in September 2013 at Nazarbayev University. It is… Continue reading China’s Belt and Road Initiative and its Impact in Central Asia
Tajikistan on the Move. Statebuilding and Societal Transformations
Tajikistan on the Move. State-building and Societal Transformations EDITED BY MARLENE LARUELLE – CONTRIBUTIONS BY JESSE DRISCOLL; MICHELE COMMERCIO; HAFIZ BOBOYOROV; TIM EPKENHANS; JOHN HEATHERSHAW; BRENT HIERMAN; SOPHIE HOHMANN; MARLENE LARUELLE; EDWARD LEMON;… Continue reading Tajikistan on the Move. Statebuilding and Societal Transformations
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 of China (PRC) counter-terrorism policies… Continue reading The Biopolitics of China’s “War on Terror” and the Exclusion of the Uyghurs
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 by Chinese, Xinjiang has reached… Continue reading False Alarm: Xinjiang and China’s National Security
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 years old, met her grandparents.… Continue reading Voices from the Diaspora: Uyghur Journalists and Protests Against China’s Aggressive Security Crackdown
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 speak from up here. First… Continue reading Central Asia Security Workshop: Securing and Securitizing Policies
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 Survey Analysis What I wanted… Continue reading Central Asia Security Workshop: Rethinking the Obvious. Changes in Perceptions, Strategies and Policies
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 pleasure to be here once… Continue reading Central Asia Security Workshop: Central Asia’s Regional Environment. Moves and Stabilities
Central Asia Security Workshop – 2018 (video)
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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 and 2017, this article addresses… Continue reading Research Update: Security Matters in Marriage, Song and Dance in China’s Muslim Borderlands, and Uyghur Gathering
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 of East Turkistan constituting the… Continue reading East Turkistan, the Forgotten Country
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 rights, and democracy-building in post-Soviet… Continue reading Assessing the Impact of NGO Peacebuilding Programs in the South Caucasus: The Case of Nagorno-Karabakh
Central Asia in the Era of Sovereignty. The Return of Tamerlane?
Central Asia in the Era of Sovereignty. The Return of Tamerlane? EDITED BY DANIEL L. BURGHART AND THERESA SABONIS-HELF – CONTRIBUTIONS BY LAURA ADAMS; SVETLANA ANCKER; DANIEL L. BURGHART; YUHAO DU; STACIE L.… Continue reading Central Asia in the Era of Sovereignty. The Return of Tamerlane?
The European Union’s Influence in Central Asia. Geopolitical Challenges and Responses
The European Union’s Influence in Central Asia. Geopolitical Challenges and Responses OLGA ALINDA SPAISER Unknown yet highly strategic, Central Asia attracts the interest of major global powers due to its… Continue reading The European Union’s Influence in Central Asia. Geopolitical Challenges and Responses
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:
Engaging Youth to Sustain (Inter-Communal) Peace at the Tajikistan-Kyrgyzstan Border
By Jafar Usmanov CAP Fellows Paper 203 (CAAF Fellows Papers), February 2018 Jafar Usmanov is a researcher on youth development issues in Tajikistan. He has studied global governance and international… Continue reading Engaging Youth to Sustain (Inter-Communal) Peace at the Tajikistan-Kyrgyzstan Border
Culture and Islam in Late Soviet Central Asia
By CAP CAP Paper 199, January 2018 On February 15, 2018, GW’s Central Asia Program organized a workshop on “‘Culture and Islam in Late Soviet Central Asia” in the framework… Continue reading Culture and Islam in Late Soviet Central Asia
Grassroots Peacebuilding: Cross-Border Cooperation in the Ferghana Valley
By Diana Mamatova CAP Fellows Paper 202 (CAAF Fellows Papers), January 2018 Diana Mamatova is a young professional in the areas of peacebuilding, development and program management, and policy research.… Continue reading Grassroots Peacebuilding: Cross-Border Cooperation in the Ferghana Valley
Between Resistance and Adaptation: the Place of the Uyghur Language in the Sinicised Zone of Urumchi
Research Between resistance and adaptation: The place of the Uyghur language in the sinicised zone of Urumchi Author: Giulia Cabras Source: China Perspectives Abstract: The urban areas of Xinjiang have… Continue reading Between Resistance and Adaptation: the Place of the Uyghur Language in the Sinicised Zone of Urumchi
Uyghur and Chinese Relations since 1949 (video)
Video Uyghur and Chinese Relations since 1949 Speaker: James Millward, Georgetown University Professor James Millward, Georgetown University discusses Uyghur and Han relations in Xinjiang since the foundation of the People’s… Continue reading Uyghur and Chinese Relations since 1949 (video)
