By CAP CAP Paper 199, January 2018 On February 15, 2018, GW’s Central Asia Program organized a workshop on “‘Culture and Islam in Late Soviet Central Asia” in the framework… Continue reading Culture and Islam in Late Soviet Central Asia
Category: Publications
Grassroots Peacebuilding: Cross-Border Cooperation in the Ferghana Valley
By Diana Mamatova CAP Fellows Paper 202 (CAAF Fellows Papers), January 2018 Diana Mamatova is a young professional in the areas of peacebuilding, development and program management, and policy research.… Continue reading Grassroots Peacebuilding: Cross-Border Cooperation in the Ferghana Valley
Countering Extremism vs. Freedom of Online Expression: The Case of Kazakhstan
By Anna Gussarova CAP Fellows Paper 201 (CAAF Fellows Papers), January 2018 Anna Gussarova is director and co-founder of the Central Asia Institute for Strategic Studies (www.caiss.expert). She previously served… Continue reading Countering Extremism vs. Freedom of Online Expression: The Case of Kazakhstan
Overcoming a Taboo: Normalizing Sexuality Education in Kazakhstan
By Karlygash Kabatova CAP Fellows Paper 200 (CAAF Fellows Papers), January 2018 Karlygash Kabatova is a researcher currently interested in how society development and sexuality education interrelate. Together with a… Continue reading Overcoming a Taboo: Normalizing Sexuality Education in Kazakhstan
“Bourgeois” Islam, Prosperity Theology and Ethics in Muslim Eurasia
By CAP CAP Paper 198, January 2018 On January 29, 2018, GW’s Central Asia Program organized a workshop on “‘Bourgeois’ Islam, Prosperity Theology and Ethics in Muslim Eurasia” in the… Continue reading “Bourgeois” Islam, Prosperity Theology and Ethics in Muslim Eurasia
The Transformation of Tajikistan’s Religious Field: From Religious Moderation to Authoritarian Salafism
By Shahnoza Nozimova and Tim Epkenhans Presentation at workshop The Islamic Mediascape in Central Asia, October 2, 2017 Transcript Tim: Really sorry that I can’t be in Washington today. This is… Continue reading The Transformation of Tajikistan’s Religious Field: From Religious Moderation to Authoritarian Salafism
Casting a Wide Net: Islamic Media in Central Asia under Atheism
By Eren Tasar
“Spirituality and Enlightenment”: Uzbekistan’s State-Backed Ideological Policy
By Rafael Sattarov
The Islamic Mediascape in Central Asia
By CAP
Five Reasons to Support the UN Initiative on Overcoming the “Water Crisis” in Central Asia
By Bekhzod Kozakov
On the New U.S. Strategy in Afghanistan with Thomas Ruttig
By CAAN
Inequality in Secondary Education and Kazakhstan’s Risk of Becoming a Fragmented Society
By Daniyar Kussainov
Multimodal Salafi Engagement with Digital Media in Azerbaijan
By Kamal Gasimov
Contemporary Art as a Public Forum in Kazakhstan
By Alexandra Tsay
Improving Governance in Kazakhstan’s Mining Towns
By Dinara Nurusheva
Empowering Local Communities in the Kyrgyz Mining Sector: The Case of Talas
By Nazik Imanbekova
Central Asia’s Globalized Despots
By Marlene Laruelle
Interview with Ivan Zuenko: On the Reality and the Future of Integrational Initiatives in Eurasia
By Rafael Sattarov
Morgan Y. Liu, Under Solomon’s Throne: Uzbek Visions of Renewal in Osh
By Central Asian Affairs
Nuances of Religious Laws and Enforcement in Tajikistan
By Marintha Miles
A Resacralization of Public Space and the Future of (Political) Islam in Azerbaijan: Quo Vadis?
By Murad Ismayilov
The Northern Region and the Southern People: Migration Policies and Patterns in Kazakhstan
By Serik Jaxylykov
Ethnic Return Migration in Kazakhstan: Shifting State Dynamics, Changing Media Discourses
By Berikbol Dukeyev
