Online event August 23 @ 10:00 AM – 11:00 AM EST Russia is facing unprecedented economic and political sanctions from the United States and its allies over its invasion of Ukraine. However, Moscow has… Continue reading Central Asia: A Loophole for Russia’s Sanctions?
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Bolashak Fellows Summer Conference 2023
July 27, 2023 9:00 a.m. – 4:00 p.m. (EDT) Hybrid Event Venue: Lindner Family Commons, 6th floor GW’s Elliott School of International Affairs, 1957 E St NW, Washington, 20052 or Join… Continue reading Bolashak Fellows Summer Conference 2023
Violence on the Tajikistan-Kyrgyzstan Border: Causes and Consequences
Violence on the Tajikistan-Kyrgyzstan Border: Causes and Consequences In the past 18 months, we have seen unprecedented levels of violence on the Kyrgyzstan-Tajikistan border. What marks recent incidents from the… Continue reading Violence on the Tajikistan-Kyrgyzstan Border: Causes and Consequences
Dungan Folktales and Legends: The Folkloric Narrative Tradition of the Sino-Muslims in Central Asia
Dungan Folktales and Legends: The Folkloric Narrative Tradition of the Sino-Muslims in Central Asia First migrating from northwest China to Russian Central Asia after the suppression of the Dungan Revolt… Continue reading Dungan Folktales and Legends: The Folkloric Narrative Tradition of the Sino-Muslims in Central Asia
Karakalpakstan Two Months on: Karakalpak and Independent Voices Speak
Karakalpakstan Two Months on: Karakalpak and Independent Voices Speak More than two months have passed since mass protests erupted in Uzbekistan’s northwestern region of Karakalpakstan over proposed constitutional amendments that… Continue reading Karakalpakstan Two Months on: Karakalpak and Independent Voices Speak
Reform Crisis in Uzbekistan and the Karakalpak Protests
Reform Crisis in Uzbekistan and the Karakalpak Protests President Shavkat Mirziyoev initiated several constitutional amendments in Uzbekistan at the end of June which have reminded the world about the autonomous… Continue reading Reform Crisis in Uzbekistan and the Karakalpak Protests
Giant Gap Discovered in Research on Central Asia: How Climate Change Has Been Overlookedby the Research Community
Giant Gap Discovered in Research on Central Asia: How Climate Change Has Been Overlookedby the Research Community On July 5 (2022), Indra Overland presented new research findings at the Central… Continue reading Giant Gap Discovered in Research on Central Asia: How Climate Change Has Been Overlookedby the Research Community
Referendum in Kazakhstan: Political Reset or Political Redux?
Referendum in Kazakhstan: Political Reset or Political Redux? Kazakhstan held a snap referendum on June 5th asking voters to approve a major overhaul of the country’s constitution in the wake… Continue reading Referendum in Kazakhstan: Political Reset or Political Redux?
The Reasons Behind a New Wave of Violence in the Pamirs
The Reasons Behind a New Wave of Violence in the Pamirs An online event co-sponsored with the Oxus Society for Central Asian Affairs and the Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty. Tajikistan’s… Continue reading The Reasons Behind a New Wave of Violence in the Pamirs
The Mobilizing Potential of Communication Networks in Central Asia
The Mobilizing Potential of Communication Networks in Central Asia What is the mobilizing and meaning-making potential of information and communication technologies (ICT s) in non-democratic regimes? This question has been studied… Continue reading The Mobilizing Potential of Communication Networks in Central Asia
Kazakhstan’s Political Reforms Amidst Geopolitical Shifts
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… Continue reading Kazakhstan’s Political Reforms Amidst Geopolitical Shifts
China’s Vaccine Diplomacy In Central Asia: What Next?
China’s Vaccine Diplomacy In Central Asia: What Next? A virtual discussion hosted by the Central Asia Program at the Institute for European, Russian, and Eurasian Studies at the George Washington… Continue reading China’s Vaccine Diplomacy In Central Asia: What Next?
Remembering Kazakhstan’s Great Famine of the 1930s
A virtual discussion hosted by the Central Asia Program at the Institute for European, Russian, and Eurasian Studies at the George Washington University on June 8, 2021. May 31 marks… Continue reading Remembering Kazakhstan’s Great Famine of the 1930s
Representing Cultural Diversity in Russia. The Eurovision contest and Manizha’s “Russian Woman” Performance
A virtual discussion hosted by the Central Asia Program at the Institute for European, Russian, and Eurasian Studies at the George Washington University on May 5, 2021. The nomination of… Continue reading Representing Cultural Diversity in Russia. The Eurovision contest and Manizha’s “Russian Woman” Performance
Double Book Launch: Chinese Foreign Policy toward Central Asia and the Silk Roads (Video)
Double Book Launch: Chinese Foreign Policy toward Central Asia and the Silk Roads March 26, 2021 Virtual double book launch hosted by the Central Asia Program at the Institute for… Continue reading Double Book Launch: Chinese Foreign Policy toward Central Asia and the Silk Roads (Video)
Book Launch – Pipe Dreams: Water and Empire in Central Asia’s Aral Sea Basin
Book Launch – Pipe Dreams: Water and Empire in Central Asia’s Aral Sea Basin March 16, 2021 Virtual book launch hosted by the Central Asia Program at the Institute for… Continue reading Book Launch – Pipe Dreams: Water and Empire in Central Asia’s Aral Sea Basin
Book Launch – Toward Nationalizing Regimes: Conceptualizing Power and Identity in the Post-Soviet Realm (Video)
Book Launch – Toward Nationalizing Regimes: Conceptualizing Power and Identity in the Post-Soviet Realm March 11, 2021 Virtual book launch hosted by the Central Asia Program at the Institute for… Continue reading Book Launch – Toward Nationalizing Regimes: Conceptualizing Power and Identity in the Post-Soviet Realm (Video)
Slow Anti-Americanism: The Social Movements and Symbolic Politics in Central Asia (Video)
Slow Anti-Americanism: The Social Movements and Symbolic Politics in Central Asia March 9, 2021 Virtual book launch hosted by the Central Asia Program at the Institute for European, Russian, and… Continue reading Slow Anti-Americanism: The Social Movements and Symbolic Politics in Central Asia (Video)
30th Anniversary of US-Kazakh Diplomatic Relations (Video)
30th Anniversary of US-Kazakh Diplomatic Relations February 11, 2021 Virtual discussion hosted by the Central Asia Program and the Embassy of Kazakhstan to mark the 30th anniversary of diplomatic relations… Continue reading 30th Anniversary of US-Kazakh Diplomatic Relations (Video)
Trapped in the System: Experiences of Uyghur Detention in Xinjiang (Video)
Trapped in the System: Experiences of Uyghur Detention in Xinjiang February 3, 2021 Virtual discussion hosted by the Central Asia Program at the Institute for European, Russian, and Eurasian Studies… Continue reading Trapped in the System: Experiences of Uyghur Detention in Xinjiang (Video)
Book Launch: Land of Strangers – The Civilizing Project in Qing Central Asia (Video)
Book Launch: Land of Strangers – The Civilizing Project in Qing Central Asia January 27, 2021 Virtual book launch hosted by the Central Asia Program at the Institute for European,… Continue reading Book Launch: Land of Strangers – The Civilizing Project in Qing Central Asia (Video)
Kazakhstan’s Parliamentary Elections: What Next? (Video)
Kazakhstan’s Parliamentary Elections: What Next? January 12, 2021 Virtual event hosted by Central Asia Program at the Institute for European, Russian, and Eurasian Studies at the George Washington University on… Continue reading Kazakhstan’s Parliamentary Elections: What Next? (Video)
Late Soviet Central Asia: Colonialism vs Nationalism (Video)
Late Soviet Central Asia: Colonialism vs Nationalism December 23, 2020 Virtual event hosted by Central Asia Program at the Institute for European, Russian, and Eurasian Studies at the George Washington… Continue reading Late Soviet Central Asia: Colonialism vs Nationalism (Video)
