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Alphabet Transition in Uzbekistan: Political Implications and Influences on Uzbek Identity By Ryan Michael SchweitzerMay 14, 2020 Following its independence after the collapse of the Soviet Union, Uzbekistan sought to…

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Активисты, эксперты, производители знаний: Роли и практики деятелей гражданского общества в реформировании милиции в Кыргызстане

12 May, 2020

Активисты, эксперты, производители знаний: Роли и практики деятелей гражданского общества в реформировании милиции в Кыргызстане Данная статья посвящена анализу краткой истории кыргызской неправительственной организации Гражданский Союз «За реформы и результат»,…

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Choosing Your Battles: Different Languages of Kazakhstani Youth Activism

4 February, 2020

By Nafissa Insebayeva CAP Paper 226 (CAAF Fellows Papers), January 2020 Nafissa Insebayeva is a PhD Candidate at the University of Tsukuba, Japan, where she specializes in Kazakhstan’s domestic politics,…

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Between Urumchi and Kazan: The Tatars in Chinese Concentration Camps

27 June, 2019

By Mehmet Volkan Kaşıkçı CAP Paper 219, June 2019 Mehmet Volkan Kaşıkçı is a PhD candidate in Soviet history at Arizona State University. His research focuses on the social and…

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Trilingual Education in Kazakhstan: What to Expect

24 May, 2019

By Zhuldyz Moldagazinova CAP Paper 218, May 2019 Zhuldyz Moldagazinova’s main research areas include sociolinguistics, ethnosociology, and world history. She is a Leading Specialist of the Center of Social Monitoring…

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Vulnerability and Resilience of Young People in Kyrgyzstan to Radicalization, Violence and Extremism: Analysis across Five Domains

1 February, 2019

By Emil Nasritdinov, Zarina Urmanbetova, Kanatbek Murzakhalilov, Mametbek Myrzabaev Research Institute for Islamic Studies, Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan CAP paper, no. 213, January 2019 This nation-wide research project explored what makes young people…

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The Geopolitics of Renewable Energy in Kazakhstan

7 September, 2018

By Natalie Koch CAP Paper 211, September 2018 Natalie Koch is Associate Professor of Geography and O’Hanley Faculty Scholar at Syracuse University’s Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs. She…

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Challenges to Freedom of Movement in Azerbaijan

1 August, 2018

By CAP CAP Paper 210, August 2018 Tural Aghayev is an Azerbaijani human rights lawyer. He received a Bachelor’s degree from Baku State University Law School in 2008. He subsequently…

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What Happens When Your Town Becomes an ISIS Recruiting Ground? Lessons from Central Asia about Vulnerability, Resistance, and the Danger of Ignoring Perceived Injustice

16 July, 2018

By CAP CAP Paper 209, July 2018 Noah Tucker is an Associate for the Central Asia Program at the Elliot School of International Affairs, George Washington University, and is Senior…

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The Biopolitics of China’s “War on Terror” and the Exclusion of the Uyghurs

23 March, 2018

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…

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False Alarm: Xinjiang and China’s National Security

23 March, 2018

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…

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Voices from the Diaspora: Uyghur Journalists and Protests Against China’s Aggressive Security Crackdown

23 March, 2018

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.…

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Research Update: Security Matters in Marriage, Song and Dance in China’s Muslim Borderlands, and Uyghur Gathering

6 March, 2018

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…

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East Turkistan, the Forgotten Country

6 March, 2018

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…

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Culture and Islam in Late Soviet Central Asia

12 February, 2018

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…

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Between Resistance and Adaptation: the Place of the Uyghur Language in the Sinicised Zone of Urumchi

30 January, 2018

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…

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Uyghur and Chinese Relations since 1949 (video)

30 January, 2018

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…

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China’s Xinjiang to Build “Great Wall” to Protect Border: Governor

30 January, 2018

News from the Region China’s Xinjiang to build “Great Wall” to protect border: governor Source: Reuters BEIJING (Reuters) – China’s violence-prone far western region of Xinjiang will build a “Great…

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“Bourgeois” Islam, Prosperity Theology and Ethics in Muslim Eurasia

25 January, 2018

By CAP CAP Paper 198, January 2018 On January 29, 2018, GW’s Central Asia Program organized a workshop on “‘Bourgeois’ Islam, Prosperity Theology and Ethics in Muslim Eurasia” in the…

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Life Inside China’s Total Surveillance State (video)

24 January, 2018

Source: Wall Street Journal China has turned the northwestern region of Xinjiang into a vast experiment in domestic surveillance. WSJ investigated what life is like in a place where one’s…

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Eastern Turkistan Folklore: Uyghur Music and Dance Archive Recordings (video)

24 January, 2018

A collection of music and dance performances from East Turkistan / Xinjiang, China recorded in the 1980s.

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China Uses Facial Recognition to Fence in Villagers in Far West

22 January, 2018

Source: Bloomberg News Article: China’s state surveillance apparatus is trying out a new tool in one of its favorite test beds, the restive region of Xinjiang. The Muslim-dominated villages on…

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A Visa-Free Zone Welcomes Your Wallet. But Maybe Not Your Beard

22 January, 2018

Author: Andrew Higgins Source: New York Times HORGOS, China — Except for men with long beards and women wearing veils or jewelry with a crescent moon motif, just about…