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
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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
Taliban at the Border: A New Regime Neighboring Tajikistan
By Mélanie Sadozaï Mélanie Sadozaï is a doctoral student at INALCO, Paris, specializing in border studies and Afghanistan – Tajikistan relations in contemporary Pamir. She is an associate of GW’s… Continue reading Taliban at the Border: A New Regime Neighboring Tajikistan
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 – Book Launch of Central Peripheries: Nationhood in Central Asia
A virtual discussion hosted by the Central Asia Program at the George Washington University on October 8, 2021. Central Peripheries explores post-Soviet Central Asia through the prism of nation-building. It looks… Continue reading Video – Book Launch of Central Peripheries: Nationhood in Central Asia
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
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
Video – Ground Truth: Local Views About The Taliban’s Return
A virtual event hosted by the Central Asia Program at the George Washington University on August 23, 2021. About this event In the span of just a few days, the… Continue reading Video – Ground Truth: Local Views About The Taliban’s Return
Video – Afghanistan, Central Asia, and the Resurgence of the Taliban
July 27, 2021 As Talibans are progressing in retaking control of Afghanistan, Central Asian states and border communities found themselves in a situation of neighboring Taliban-government regions, with potential implications… Continue reading Video – Afghanistan, Central Asia, and the Resurgence of the Taliban
Video – Marriage Quandaries in Central Asia
Marriage Quandaries in Central Asia June 21, 2021 The reality of marriage across Central Asia is complicated. Not only does the term “marriage” cover a wide range of practices and… Continue reading Video – Marriage Quandaries in Central Asia
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
Reclaiming Historical Past and Collective Public Memory: The Case of Valikhanov in Kazakhstan
Nazerke Mukhlissova is currently a student at Nazarbayev University, Nur-Sultan, Kazakhstan, double majoring in Political Science and History. Her paper on Valikhanov and Kazakhstani public memory has been accepted by… Continue reading Reclaiming Historical Past and Collective Public Memory: The Case of Valikhanov in Kazakhstan
Competing for Cake Crumbs: Why Chinese Mining Leads to Conflict in Kyrgyzstan but not Tajikistan
By Isabelle DeSisto Isabelle DeSisto is currently an MPhil candidate in the Department of Politics and International Studies at the University of Cambridge, UK. She holds a BA in Government… Continue reading Competing for Cake Crumbs: Why Chinese Mining Leads to Conflict in Kyrgyzstan but not Tajikistan
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
Current Political, Economic, and Social Challenges in Tajikistan
An Interview with Muhiddin Kabiri conducted by Sebastien Peyrouse as part of Central Asia Program’s Civil Society in Central Asia series. Muhiddin Kabiri is a Tajik politician, Chairman of the… Continue reading Current Political, Economic, and Social Challenges in Tajikistan
Examining the Causes of Femicide in Kazakhstan
By Moldir Kabylova Moldir is a PhD student in Public Policy at University of Nottingham, UK. The main theme of the research work she is conducting for her PhD thesis is… Continue reading Examining the Causes of Femicide in Kazakhstan
The Bukharan Crisis: A Connected History of 18th – Century Central Asia (Video)
April 20, 2021 In the first half of the eighteenth century, Central Asia’s Bukharan Khanate descended into a crisis from which it would not recover. Bukharans suffered failed harvests and… Continue reading The Bukharan Crisis: A Connected History of 18th – Century Central Asia (Video)
Память из пламени Афганистана (видео)
16 апреля, 2021 Проект «Память из пламени Афганистана» был инициирован Марлен Ларуэль, Ph.D., (директор Института исследований Европы, России и Евразии (IERES), директор Программы по изучению Центральной Азии, со-руководитель программы PONARS-Eurasia, профессор –исследователь… Continue reading Память из пламени Афганистана (видео)
The Many Faces of Polygyny in Kazakhstan
Hélène Thibault has been Assistant Professor of Political Science and International Relations at Nazarbayev University, Kazakhstan, since 2016. She specializes in ethnography, gender, and the securitization of Islam in Central Asia. She is… Continue reading The Many Faces of Polygyny in Kazakhstan
The Central Asian Revolt of 1916: A Collapsing Empire in the Age of War and Revolution (Video)
April 9, 2021 The 1916 Revolt was a key event in the history of Central Asia, and of the Russian Empire in the First World War. This volume is the… Continue reading The Central Asian Revolt of 1916: A Collapsing Empire in the Age of War and Revolution (Video)
Кыргызстан 2020: протесты рабочих и трудовые права
Бермет Борубаева Бермет Борубаева – независимая исследовательница, участница коллектива КыргСоц, автор ряда публикаций по теме трудовых прав, экологии, урбанистики и искусства. Выпускница факультета международных отношений Кыргызского-Российского Славянского университета (Бишкек) и… Continue reading Кыргызстан 2020: протесты рабочих и трудовые права
