Identity-Based Discrimination in Kazakhstan: Migrant Workers in Pandemic Times

By Preety Sahu Preety Sahu is a PhD student currently working at the School of International Studies, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi, India. She specializes in domestic policies of Central… Continue reading Identity-Based Discrimination in Kazakhstan: Migrant Workers in Pandemic Times

Kazakhstan’s Policy on Multilingualism with Jill Neuendorf (Video)

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Kazakhstan’s Policy on Multilingualism with Jill Neuendorf September 14, 2020 Virtual event hosted by Central Asia Program at the Institute for European, Russian, and Eurasian Studies at the George Washington… Continue reading Kazakhstan’s Policy on Multilingualism with Jill Neuendorf (Video)

Post-COVID-19: Can Central Asia be Central to Eurasian Integration?

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By Marsha McGraw Olive Marsha McGraw Olive, PhD, retired from the World Bank in 2015 as Country Manager of Tajikistan capping a quarter-century career in the Europe and Central Asia… Continue reading Post-COVID-19: Can Central Asia be Central to Eurasian Integration?

THE COVID-19 SOLIDARITY PROGRAM FOR KEY POPULATIONS IN EASTERN PARTNERSHIP COUNTRIES IS LAUNCHED!

THE COVID-19 SOLIDARITY PROGRAM FOR KEY POPULATIONS IN EASTERN PARTNERSHIP COUNTRIES IS LAUNCHED! AFEW International has launched the regional COVID-19 Solidarity Program in the Eastern Partnership countries with the financial support… Continue reading THE COVID-19 SOLIDARITY PROGRAM FOR KEY POPULATIONS IN EASTERN PARTNERSHIP COUNTRIES IS LAUNCHED!

Book Launch: Analysing Kazakhstan’s Foreign Policy: Regime Neo-Eurasianism in the Nazarbaev Era (Video)

Book Launch: Analysing Kazakhstan’s Foreign Policy: Regime Neo-Eurasianism in the Nazarbaev Era August 27, 2020 Virtual event hosted by Central Asia Program at the Institute for European, Russian, and Eurasian… Continue reading Book Launch: Analysing Kazakhstan’s Foreign Policy: Regime Neo-Eurasianism in the Nazarbaev Era (Video)

Studying Peace in and with Central Eurasia: Starting from Local and Trans-Local Perspectives

Studying Peace in and with Central Eurasia: Starting from Local and Trans-Local Perspectives Special Issue: IFSH Peace Researcher as Guest Editor Dr. Anna Kreikemeyer In view of a crisis of… Continue reading Studying Peace in and with Central Eurasia: Starting from Local and Trans-Local Perspectives

Fellowships for Threatened Scholars: Call for Applications, August – September 2020

Fellowships for Threatened Scholars: Call for Applications, August – September 2020 Fellowships for Threatened ScholarsApplications due September 28, 2020: Apply Now  There are more threatened and displaced scholars today than ever… Continue reading Fellowships for Threatened Scholars: Call for Applications, August – September 2020

Women Face-to-Face with Domestic Abuse during COVID-19 Lockdown: The Case of Kyrgyzstan

By Asylai Akisheva Asylai Akisheva is a PhD candidate at Koç University Law School (Turkey). Her main area of research includes Legal Gender Studies and Women’s Rights. She holds an… Continue reading Women Face-to-Face with Domestic Abuse during COVID-19 Lockdown: The Case of Kyrgyzstan

Post-COVID-19 Regime Stability in Uzbekistan

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Main Photo by Patrick Barry By Bekzod Zakirov Bekzod Zakirovis a PhD scholar and research assistant at Graduate School of Public Policy, The University of Tokyo, Japan. His research interest… Continue reading Post-COVID-19 Regime Stability in Uzbekistan

Responses to Covid-19 and the Strengthening of Authoritarian Governance in Central Asia

By Edward Lemon and Oleg Antonov Edward Lemon is Assistant Professor of Eurasian Studies at the Daniel Morgan Graduate School. In September 2020, he will take up a position as… Continue reading Responses to Covid-19 and the Strengthening of Authoritarian Governance in Central Asia

Current Developments in Uzbekistan: A Conversation with H.E. Javlon Vakhabov, Ambassador of Uzbekistan to the US and Canada (Video)

Current Developments in Uzbekistan: A Conversation with H.E. Javlon Vakhabov, Ambassador of Uzbekistan to the US and Canada July 22, 2020 Virtual event hosted by Central Asia Program at the… Continue reading Current Developments in Uzbekistan: A Conversation with H.E. Javlon Vakhabov, Ambassador of Uzbekistan to the US and Canada (Video)

Uzbekistan and COVID-19: A Communication Perspective

By Davide Cancarini Davide Cancarini is an independent researcher and freelance journalist based in Milan. He holds a PhD in Institutions and Policies from the Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore… Continue reading Uzbekistan and COVID-19: A Communication Perspective

COVID-19 in Kazakhstan: Economic Consequences and Policy Implications

By Zhandos Ybrayev NAC Analytica, Nazarbayev University Zhandos Ybrayev is a Senior Researcher at NAC Analytica – Nazarbayev University with a focus on macroeconomic theory, monetary policy and development economics.… Continue reading COVID-19 in Kazakhstan: Economic Consequences and Policy Implications