Category: United States

Materials on US affairs with Central Asian countries and Central Asian people

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

Washington Must Step Up Its Engagement in Central Asia

Relatives and people meet Kyrgyz troops, as they return from Kazakhstan, near the military unit in Tokmak some 60 kms from Bishkek, on January 14, 2022. - The decision to dispatch troops was a first for the Moscow-led Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO), an alliance of ex-Soviet states often touted by Russia as a NATO equivalent, following an urgent plea from Kazakhstan's leadership. (Photo by VYACHESLAV OSELEDKO / AFP) (Photo by VYACHESLAV OSELEDKO/AFP via Getty Images)

Washington Must Step Up Its Engagement in Central Asia Recent unrest in Kazakhstan underscores the risks of ignoring the root causes of political instability in the region. Originally published on… Continue reading Washington Must Step Up Its Engagement in Central Asia

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

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)

“The Art of the Deal”: A New American Approach to Engaging Central Asia?

By Roger Kangas, Academic Dean and a Professor of Central Asian Studies at the Near East South Asia Center for Strategic Studies. He is also an Adjunct Professor at Georgetown… Continue reading “The Art of the Deal”: A New American Approach to Engaging Central Asia?

US policy toward Kyrgyzstan and the closing of Manas transit center

Central Asia Policy Brief No. 19, December 2014 By Emil Joroev, Roger Kangas, and Erica Marat For years, the United States has stated that leaving the Manas transit center would be detrimental to its security mission in Afghanistan. Now… Continue reading US policy toward Kyrgyzstan and the closing of Manas transit center

The Growing U.S. Military Involvement in Central Asia and Its Impact on U.S.-Central Asia Relations

Voices From Central Asia No. 5, August 2012 Sultan Akimbekov, Director of the Institute for Asian Studies, Almaty, Kazakhstan, Zakir Chotaev, Assistant Director, Central Asian Research Center, Kyrgyz-Turkish Manas University, Bishkek,… Continue reading The Growing U.S. Military Involvement in Central Asia and Its Impact on U.S.-Central Asia Relations

The US Military Involvement in Central Asia and Its Impact on US-Central Asia Relations

Central Asia Policy Forum No. 1, April 2012 Featuring Stephen BLANK, Research Professor of National Security Affairs at the United States Army War College, Alexander COOLEY, Tow Professor of Political Science at Barnard College… Continue reading The US Military Involvement in Central Asia and Its Impact on US-Central Asia Relations