CAP Spotlight – Page 2 – Central Asia Program

A virtual event hosted by the Central Asia Program at George Washington University on April 28, 2022. For Kazakhstan, the year started with the unprecedented January riots, a stress test…

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Video – Risks and Opportunities for Central Asia in a New Geopolitical Context

20 April, 2022

A virtual event hosted by the Central Asia Program at George Washington University on April 20, 2022. How are Central Asian countries impacted by the war in Ukraine? What is…

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Video – What is the Current State of Religious Freedom in Uzbekistan?

18 April, 2022

A virtual event hosted by the Central Asia Program at George Washington University on April 13, 2022. The Central Asia Program (CAP) hosted a timely discussion with leading officials and…

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Video – EU Efforts to Prevent Violent Extremism (PVE) by Engaging Civil Society in Kyrgyzstan: Evidence from the Ground

4 April, 2022

A virtual event hosted by the Central Asia Program at George Washington University on April 1, 2022. Although a number of previous studies have investigated violent extremism in Central Asia,…

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Video – Dynastic Succession in Turkmenistan: Will it Make Any Difference?

4 March, 2022

A virtual event hosted by the Central Asia Program at George Washington University on March 3, 2022. The discussion topics included the implications of the March 12 snap presidential elections…

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Modernity, Development and Decolonization of Knowledge in Central Asia: Kazakhstan as a Foreign Aid Donor

11 February, 2022

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…

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Central Asia as a Pivot in China’s BRI

27 January, 2022

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…

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Kazakhstan: What Next? Understanding the Protests and the Post Protest Political Context

24 January, 2022

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…

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What is Happening in Kazakhstan? (Video and Transcription)

10 January, 2022

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…