Category: Policy Insight

Should Turkmenistan Use the Caspian Sea to Quench its Thirst?

Authors: Originally from Turkmenistan, Jahan Taganova is a water diplomat, One Young World Peace Ambassador, and scholar, working at the intersection of global development and public policy. Jahan graduated with… Continue reading Should Turkmenistan Use the Caspian Sea to Quench its Thirst?

Новая Туркменская Сказка: «Чореджик» на пути в мир

Новая Туркменская Сказка: «Чореджик» на пути в мир «Чореджик» теплый и домашний хлебушек появивщийся на свет темной ночью перед сном для рассказа моему тогда 5 летнему сыну. «Чореджик»  словно принёс… Continue reading Новая Туркменская Сказка: «Чореджик» на пути в мир

Central Asia Security Workshop: Securing and Securitizing Policies

Central Asia Security Workshop, March 5, 2018 Transcripts of the presentations Roger Kangas, National Defense University US Strategy for South Asia/Afghanistan and its Impact on Central Asia I’ll speak from up here. First… Continue reading Central Asia Security Workshop: Securing and Securitizing Policies

Central Asia Security Workshop: Rethinking the Obvious. Changes in Perceptions, Strategies and Policies

Central Asia Security Workshop, March 5, 2018 Transcripts of the presentations Marlene Laruelle, The George Washington University Kazakhstani Perceptions of External Powers. Unexpected Findings of Survey Analysis What I wanted… Continue reading Central Asia Security Workshop: Rethinking the Obvious. Changes in Perceptions, Strategies and Policies

Central Asia Security Workshop: Central Asia’s Regional Environment. Moves and Stabilities

Central Asia Security Workshop, March 5, 2018 Transcripts of the presentations Alexander Cooley, Columbia University Central Asia as Part of Greater Eurasia? Prospects and Challenges And it’s a pleasure to be here once… Continue reading Central Asia Security Workshop: Central Asia’s Regional Environment. Moves and Stabilities

Towards a New Uzbekistan? The Magnitude, Impact and Limitations of Shavkat Mirziyoyev’s Reforms

By CAP Transcript of the CAP workshop Towards a New Uzbekistan? The Magnitude, Impact and Limitations of Shavkat Mirziyoyev’s Reforms,  January 24, 2017 Sean Roberts, GWU Navbahor Imamova, Voice of America… Continue reading Towards a New Uzbekistan? The Magnitude, Impact and Limitations of Shavkat Mirziyoyev’s Reforms

Global Powers and Competing ‘Fixes’ in Central Asia

By CAP Transcript of the presentation by Dr. Balihar Sanghera, Director of Graduate Studies (Taught), Senior Lecturer in Sociology, University of Kent; George F. Kennan Fellow, Woodrow Wilson Center  December 1,… Continue reading Global Powers and Competing ‘Fixes’ in Central Asia

Nazif Shahrani on Greater Central Asia, Regional Integration, and Stability

By CAAN Nazif Shahrani, Professor of Anthropology at the Indiana University, has been studying Central Asia for decades and knows the region very well. His initial field research (1972-1974) was a… Continue reading Nazif Shahrani on Greater Central Asia, Regional Integration, and Stability

Critical Review of the Digest “Turkmenistan: Changes and Stability under Berdymuhammedow”

By Hoşgeldi Bagtyýarow A Letter from a Reader: Critical Review of the Digest “Turkmenistan: Changes and Stability under Berdymuhammedov” (CAP edited volume) General Review At the outset, I want to convey… Continue reading Critical Review of the Digest “Turkmenistan: Changes and Stability under Berdymuhammedow”

Remarks by Kadyr Toktogulov, Ambassador of the Kyrgyz Republic to the United States, October 19, 2017

By CAP Transcript First of all, I would like to thank Marlene Laruelle and George Washington University Central-Asia Program for hosting this event. It’s an important discussion on the future… Continue reading Remarks by Kadyr Toktogulov, Ambassador of the Kyrgyz Republic to the United States, October 19, 2017

What Lies ahead for Kyrgyzstan after the Presidential Elections?

By CAP Transcript of the CAP workshop What Lies ahead for Kyrgyzstan after the Presidential Elections?, October 19, 2017 Erica Marat, National Defense University Eric McGlinchey, George Mason University Paul Stronski, Carnegie… Continue reading What Lies ahead for Kyrgyzstan after the Presidential Elections?

“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?