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Transition to Sustainability in Azerbaijan: Policy Review and Analysis

By Ilaha Abasli Ilaha was a Spring 2021 CAAFP Fellow. She is a PhD researcher at Institute of Social Studies, Erasmus Rotterdam University. Ilaha holds a Master’s degree in International… Continue reading Transition to Sustainability in Azerbaijan: Policy Review and Analysis

Facilitators of Societal Change? Exploring Educated-Abroad Youth’s Potential to Advance Gender Equality in Turkmenistan Through Civic Activism

By Rustam Muhamedov Muhamedov Rustam was a Spring 2021CAAFP Fellow. He is an independent researcher focusing on social-political and security developments in Turkmenistan and wider Central Asia. He is currently… Continue reading Facilitators of Societal Change? Exploring Educated-Abroad Youth’s Potential to Advance Gender Equality in Turkmenistan Through Civic Activism

Violent Extremism and Youth: How to Build a Productive Dialogue Between Young People and Government

By Anastassiya Reshetnyak Anastassiya Reshetnyak was a Spring 2021 CAAFP Fellow. She graduated from al-Farabi Kaz NU (BA and MA in Regional Studies) and is currently involved in the PhD… Continue reading Violent Extremism and Youth: How to Build a Productive Dialogue Between Young People and Government

Iran’s New Membership and Russia’s Global Vision: the Shanghai Cooperation Organization’s Transformations

By Janko Šćepanović, Ph.D. Janko Šćepanović, Ph.D., is a Postdoctoral Researcher at the School of Advanced International and Area Studies (SAIAS) of East China Normal University in Shanghai, People’s Republic… Continue reading Iran’s New Membership and Russia’s Global Vision: the Shanghai Cooperation Organization’s Transformations

How South Korea Builds its Soft Power in Latin America, Learning Lessons From its Diaspora Outreach in Russia and Central Asia

By Victoria Kim Victoria Kim holds an MA from the Johns Hopkins University’s SAIS in Korean Studies and MA from the University of Bolton in International Multimedia Journalism. Originally from… Continue reading How South Korea Builds its Soft Power in Latin America, Learning Lessons From its Diaspora Outreach in Russia and Central Asia

Video – Looking Back on Central Asia’s Perestroika: Political Narratives and Political Mobilization | Оглядываясь на перестройку в Ц

A virtual discussion hosted by the Central Asia Program at the George Washington University on October 1, 2021. Life in the USSR was effectively turned upside down by the package… Continue reading Video – Looking Back on Central Asia’s Perestroika: Political Narratives and Political Mobilization | Оглядываясь на перестройку в Ц

Q-Pop, The Pride of Kazakh Youth, and its Stimulation of Ethnic Identity

By Kakim Danabayev, PhD, Department of Journalism and Mass Communication, Hanyang University, Seoul, Republic of Korea • Jowon Park, Associate Professor, Department of Journalism and Mass Communication, Hanyang University, Seoul,… Continue reading Q-Pop, The Pride of Kazakh Youth, and its Stimulation of Ethnic Identity

China and Central Asia: Warm Politics, Cold Public

Chinese money Yuan and Kazakh tenge. Currency exchange concept, rise and fall in the business market

By Dr. Kemel Toktomushev Dr. Kemel Toktomushev is a Senior Research Fellow with University of Central Asia’s (UCA) Institute of Public Policy and Administration and an Assistant Professor of Political… Continue reading China and Central Asia: Warm Politics, Cold Public

Central Peripheries: Nationhood in Central Asia (Open Access)

Central Peripheries: Nationhood in Central Asia (Open Access) Central Peripheries Nationhood in Central Asia explores post-Soviet Central Asia through the prism of nation-building. Although relative latecomers on the international scene,… Continue reading Central Peripheries: Nationhood in Central Asia (Open Access)

Announcing the Central Asia Program Global Language Network Initiative

Русский We are excited to launch the new Central Asia Program Global Language Network Initiative. This partnership connects the CAP community and the Global Language Network (GLN), a not-for-profit organization… Continue reading Announcing the Central Asia Program Global Language Network Initiative

Video – Spring 2021 CAAFP Fellows Research Presentation

Spring 2021 CAAFP Fellows’ Final Research Presentation June 17, 2021 The Central Asia Program is proud to announce our Spring 2021 CAAFP Fellows’ Final Research Presentation. This brief seminar features… Continue reading Video – Spring 2021 CAAFP Fellows Research Presentation

The United States, Kazakhstan, and Environmental Cooperation

By Wilder Alejandro Sanchez Wilder Alejandro Sanchez is an analyst who covers geopolitical, trade, and defense issues in the post-Soviet world and the Western Hemisphere. He has analyzed Kazakhstan’s foreign policy… Continue reading The United States, Kazakhstan, and Environmental Cooperation