Hybrid Event Friday, March 8, 2024 from 10:00 – 11:30am The disruption of Russian gas supplies in 2022 sparked a profound reappraisal of supply and infrastructure dependencies beyond the EU-Russia… Continue reading Navigating the New Energy Geopolitics: Assessing Russia’s Power Play in Central Asia’s Post-2022 Gas Crisis
Category: Russia
Materials on how Russia leads its politics in Central Asia and with Central Asians
Central Asia: Multi-Vector Policy for the 21st Century – Strategy and Development
Hybrid Event Wednesday, March 6th, 2024 from 10:00am-2:00pm Central Asia’s multi-vector approach to diplomacy has long been a cornerstone of its foreign policy, playing a prominent role in regional discussions.… Continue reading Central Asia: Multi-Vector Policy for the 21st Century – Strategy and Development
Kazakhstan’s Bloody January: Protest Motivations, Public Perceptions and Human Rights
Online discussion co-organized by the PaperLab Research Center (Astana, Kazakhstan). Image provided by PaperLab.kz. Thursday, December 7, 2023, 9:00 am – 10:30 am EST In the first days of 2022,… Continue reading Kazakhstan’s Bloody January: Protest Motivations, Public Perceptions and Human Rights
Armenia-Azerbaijan Relations after the Third Karabakh War
Virtual Seminar, image by Arzu Geybulla December 4, 2023 @ 12:00–1:15 p.m. (EST) The Nagorno-Karabakh conflict reached a dramatic end on September 19, 2023, when the Azerbaijani military ended the self-proclaimed… Continue reading Armenia-Azerbaijan Relations after the Third Karabakh War
Social and Political Processes in Central Asia amid Internal and External Shocks
December 4, 2023 @ 10:00 am – 11:30 am EST Social and political developments in Central Asia received greater attention following Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine, in particular the immediate… Continue reading Social and Political Processes in Central Asia amid Internal and External Shocks
Central Asian Migrants in Russia and Turkey: Migrant Legal Adaptation in Non-Democratic Contexts
Book talk with authors Ruslan Urinboyev and Sherzod Eraliev October 24, 9:30 AM – 11:30 AM (EDT) Hybrid Event Rustam Urinboyev and Sherzod Eraliev comparatively analyze the migration regimes of Russia… Continue reading Central Asian Migrants in Russia and Turkey: Migrant Legal Adaptation in Non-Democratic Contexts
Central Asia: A Loophole for Russia’s Sanctions?
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?
Uchyot and Foucault: Drug Users and Migrants in Post-Soviet Central Asia and Russia
By Rano Turaeva and Muyassar Turaeva In this paper, we unpack the uchyot (“registration”) system using Foucault’s regime-based approach. Uchyot is a Soviet tool for controlling populations by requiring them to register personal information and… Continue reading Uchyot and Foucault: Drug Users and Migrants in Post-Soviet Central Asia and Russia
Religion and Violence in Russia Context, Manifestations, and Policy (report)
Religious violence is surely as old as both faith and fighting themselves. In the Russian Federation, as elsewhere in the world, religious teachings and philosophies are used both to justify… Continue reading Religion and Violence in Russia Context, Manifestations, and Policy (report)
Russia’s Central Asia Policy 3.0: In the Post-Soviet Space, There Are No Eternal Allies, There Are Only Eternal Interests
By Rafael Sattarov
Russia, Central Asia and the Eurasian Economic Union
Russian Analytical Digest This edition of the Russian Analytical Digest is co-produced with the Central Asia Program, Institute for European, Russian and Eurasian Studies, George Washington University.
Remarks on the Eurasian Economic Union
By William Courtney
Central Asia and the Eurasian Economic Union The Global Picture and Country Perspectives
Central Asia Policy Brief No. 21, February 2015 On February 26, 2015, the Central Asia Program organized an international conference on the Eurasian Economic Union and Central Asia, together with the Harriman Institute… Continue reading Central Asia and the Eurasian Economic Union The Global Picture and Country Perspectives
Russia’s New Military Doctrine: NATO as the New Threat?
Central Asia Policy Brief No. 20, January 2015 By Marcel de Haas On 26 December 2014, Russia’s President Vladimir Putin finally endorsed the new version of the Military Doctrine, which had been announced months… Continue reading Russia’s New Military Doctrine: NATO as the New Threat?
Russian Integration Initiatives seen from Azerbaijan
By Farhad Aliyev
Russia’s Migration Policy for Central Asia: Missed Opportunities?
Central Asia Policy Forum No. 6, March 2014 Featuring: Ahmat Madeyev, Center for Public Policy, Bishkek Vladimir Malakhov, Director, Center of Political Theory and Applied Political Science, Russian Presidential Academy of Economy and… Continue reading Russia’s Migration Policy for Central Asia: Missed Opportunities?
A View from Russia: Moscow and Tehran’s Complex Relationship
By Dmitre Shlapentokh
The Future of Russia’s Involvement in Central Asia
Central Asia Policy Forum No. 3, December 2012 Featuring Ariel Cohen, Senior Research Fellow for Russian and Eurasian Studies and International Energy Policy, Heritage Foundation, Jeff Mankoff, Deputy Director and Fellow with the CSIS Russia… Continue reading The Future of Russia’s Involvement in Central Asia
Selective Engagement: Russia’s Future Role in Central Asia
Central Asia Policy Brief No. 3, July 2012 By Anna Matveeva Russian domestic agenda is influenced by the discourse on drugs and crime due to migrants from Central Asia and urges to contain them.… Continue reading Selective Engagement: Russia’s Future Role in Central Asia
