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As we celebrate our 10th anniversary, we reflect on our achievements and look to the future as we lift the voices of Central Asians and highlight the region’s developments for… Continue reading Movie Screening
Creative Workshops
As we celebrate our 10th anniversary, we reflect on our achievements and look to the future as we lift the voices of Central Asians and highlight the region’s developments for… Continue reading Creative Workshops
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As we celebrate our 10th anniversary, we reflect on our achievements and look to the future as we lift the voices of Central Asians and highlight the region’s developments for… Continue reading Support CAP
Digital Transformation in Tourism Sector: Analysis of the Almaty – Karakol Case
By Zalina Enikeeva Zalina Enikeeva is a research fellow at the University of Central Asia’s Institute of Public Policy and Administration. She holds a MA in Economic Governance and Development… Continue reading Digital Transformation in Tourism Sector: Analysis of the Almaty – Karakol Case
Could a New President in Turkmenistan Provide an Opportunity for the US to Promote Reform?
Could a New President in Turkmenistan Provide an Opportunity for the US to Promote Reform? It may turn out that Serdar is just like his father, and nothing will change… Continue reading Could a New President in Turkmenistan Provide an Opportunity for the US to Promote Reform?
Modernity, Development and Decolonization of Knowledge in Central Asia: Kazakhstan as a Foreign Aid Donor
An online book launch hosted by the Central Asia Program at George Washington University on February 11, 2022. This book joins the discussion on foreign aid triggered by the rise… Continue reading Modernity, Development and Decolonization of Knowledge in Central Asia: Kazakhstan as a Foreign Aid Donor
Washington Must Step Up Its Engagement in Central Asia
Washington Must Step Up Its Engagement in Central Asia Recent unrest in Kazakhstan underscores the risks of ignoring the root causes of political instability in the region. Originally published on… Continue reading Washington Must Step Up Its Engagement in Central Asia
Central Asia as a Pivot in China’s BRI
An online event hosted by the Central Asia Program at George Washington University on January 26, 2022. With the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI), a project that aims to integrate… Continue reading Central Asia as a Pivot in China’s BRI
Kazakhstan: What Next? Understanding the Protests and the Post Protest Political Context
An online event hosted by the Central Asia Program at George Washington University and co-sponsored with the Davis Center for Russian and Eurasian Studies, the Oxus Society for Central Asian… Continue reading Kazakhstan: What Next? Understanding the Protests and the Post Protest Political Context
Bride Kidnapping in Kyrgyzstan: A Reflection of Conservative Values?
By Nadira Mukhamejan and Aidana Zhakypbekova Nadira Mukhamejan is a master’s student in International Master in Security, Strategy and Intelligence (IMSISS) with a BA in International Relations from the Kazakh-German… Continue reading Bride Kidnapping in Kyrgyzstan: A Reflection of Conservative Values?
What is Happening in Kazakhstan? (Video and Transcription)
An online special event hosted by the Central Asia Program at George Washington University and co-sponsored with the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, the Davis Center for Russian and Eurasian… Continue reading What is Happening in Kazakhstan? (Video and Transcription)
Riots in Kazakhstan | PONARS Eurasia Commentaries
GazMaidan, Crimea #2, or the End of the Old Man’s Clan? Dinissa Duvanova, Associate Professor, Lehigh University On January 5, bitcoin dropped by 13 percent in a single day. One of the big… Continue reading Riots in Kazakhstan | PONARS Eurasia Commentaries
Engaging with Muslim Civil Society in Central Asia: Components, Approaches, and Opportunities
By Sebastien Peyrouse and Emil Nasritdinov When Western policymakers and development practitioners turn their attention to Central Asia, they too often overlook Muslim civil society as a potential partner for… Continue reading Engaging with Muslim Civil Society in Central Asia: Components, Approaches, and Opportunities
The Afghanistan Project
Friends, We are launching the Afghanistan Project (AP), an ambitious new initiative of the Center for Governance and Markets (CGM), a global policy research center at the University of Pittsburgh. The Project… Continue reading The Afghanistan Project
The Legacy of an International Partnership: Kazakhstan and the Smithsonian
When asked by the Embassy of Kazakhstan to contribute an article about the Smithsonian’s partnerships with Kazakhstan (and especially our recent exhibition and publication with the Kasteyev Museum in Almaty),… Continue reading The Legacy of an International Partnership: Kazakhstan and the Smithsonian
A Father & Son
One man was coming home from the field together with his ten year old son. Father noticed a horseshoe that somebody had lost on the road and told his son,… Continue reading A Father & Son
Along the Route of Samuil Dudin’s Expedition
The author would like to thank the Kunstkamera Museum for permission to use the photos of Samuil Dudin in this article. All images are reproduced here with the written permission… Continue reading Along the Route of Samuil Dudin’s Expedition
Mother, wife, sister and daughter…A Kazakh woman at the top of the society
For centuries, a Kazakh woman stood at the center of the family, taking care of homes, children, elderly and even leading the kin group. A married woman took an active… Continue reading Mother, wife, sister and daughter…A Kazakh woman at the top of the society
Kazakh Dance Culture and the Origins of Kara-Zhorga
An interview with Anvara Sadykova. It is known that dance is a bodily expression of human feelings and emotions. Every nation has its own lexicography and distinguished style of dance.… Continue reading Kazakh Dance Culture and the Origins of Kara-Zhorga
First Visit of U.S. Secretary of State to Kazakhstan Took Place 30 Years Ago
The first visit by US Secretary of State to Kazakhstan Mr. James Baker, took place thirty years ago, on September 15-16, 1991. In many respects, it laid the foundations of… Continue reading First Visit of U.S. Secretary of State to Kazakhstan Took Place 30 Years Ago
Kazakh Cinema with Peter Rollberg
Horses and Power on the Kazakh Steppe
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