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By Lola Ulugova CAP Paper 227 (CAAF Fellows Papers), January 2020 Lola Ulugova (Lolisanam) has been an art manager in Tajikistan since 2000. She has contributed in writing and producing…

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Choosing Your Battles: Different Languages of Kazakhstani Youth Activism

4 February, 2020

By Nafissa Insebayeva CAP Paper 226 (CAAF Fellows Papers), January 2020 Nafissa Insebayeva is a PhD Candidate at the University of Tsukuba, Japan, where she specializes in Kazakhstan’s domestic politics,…

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The Central Asia-Azerbaijan Fellowship Program’s Seminar: Youth as a Factor of Social Change in Central Asia

11 November, 2019

The Central Asia Program is proud to announce our CAAFP 2019 Fellows’ Final Research Presentation. Join us for a half-day seminar featuring our scholars from Tajikistan, Kyrgyzstan, and Kazakhstan as…

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Terrorism without a God: Reconsidering Radicalization and Counter-Radicalization Models in Central Asia

9 September, 2019

By Noah Tucker CAP papers, no. 225, September 2019 Foreign religious beliefs and practices are consistently cited by regional governments and “common sense” public discourse as the primary causal driver…

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The Nazarbayev Generation. Youth in Kazakhstan

4 August, 2019

The Nazarbayev Generation. Youth in Kazakhstan EDITED BY MARLENE LARUELLE – CONTRIBUTIONS BY AZIZ BURKHANOV; ULAN BIGOZHIN; DOUGLAS BLUM; REUEL R. HANKS; SABINA INSEBAYEVA; RICO ISAACS; AZAMAT K. JUNISBAI; BARBARA JUNISBAI; KARLYGASH KABATOVA;…

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Women of Uzbekistan: Empowered on Paper, Inferior on the Ground

23 July, 2019

By Nozima Davletova CAP Paper 223 (CAAF Fellows Papers), July 2019 Nozima Davletova is a lecturer at the University of World Economy and Diplomacy, Tashkent, where she also leads the…

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Agents of Change? Civic Engagement of Western-Educated Youth in Kazakhstan

17 July, 2019

By Sergey Marinin CAP Paper 222 (CAAF Fellows Papers), July 2019 Sergey Marinin is an independent researcher, specialized in politics and democratic governance in Central Asia. Most of his career…

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Visions of Development in Central Asia. Revitalizing the Culture Concept

4 July, 2019

Visions of Development in Central Asia. Revitalizing the Culture Concept NOOR O’NEILL BORBIEVA In Visions of Development in Central Asia: Revitalizing the Culture Concept, Noor O’Neill Borbieva reflects on anthropology’s withdrawal…

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Between Urumchi and Kazan: The Tatars in Chinese Concentration Camps

27 June, 2019

By Mehmet Volkan Kaşıkçı CAP Paper 219, June 2019 Mehmet Volkan Kaşıkçı is a PhD candidate in Soviet history at Arizona State University. His research focuses on the social and…

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Improving Human Capital and Social Innovation in a post-Karimov Uzbekistan (video)

28 May, 2019

As Uzbekistan continues to undergo reforms under Shavkat Mirziyoyev, the improvement of human capital is an essential part of the country’s growth. The country faces numerous challenges regarding its minority…

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The Hungry Steppe Famine, Violence, and the Making of Soviet Kazakhstan with author Sarah Cameron (video)

5 March, 2019

The Hungry Steppe examines one of the most heinous crimes of the Stalinist regime, the Kazakh famine of 1 930–33. More than 1.5 million people perished in this famine, a…

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Vulnerability and Resilience of Young People in Kyrgyzstan to Radicalization, Violence and Extremism: Analysis across Five Domains

1 February, 2019

By Emil Nasritdinov, Zarina Urmanbetova, Kanatbek Murzakhalilov, Mametbek Myrzabaev Research Institute for Islamic Studies, Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan CAP paper, no. 213, January 2019 This nation-wide research project explored what makes young people…

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Urban Tourism and a Culture Clash: Understanding Anti-Arab Tourist Sentiment in Baku

30 January, 2019

By Sahib Jafarov CAP Paper 216 (CAAF Fellows Papers), January 2019 Sahib Jafarov is a policy researcher focusing on Islam, ethnic and religious conflicts, social movements, bifurcated ethnicities, and urbanization in…

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Turkmenistan: Plebiscite of a Nation of Artisans

30 January, 2019

By Snezhana Atanova CAP Paper 215 (CAAF Fellows Papers), January 2019 Snezhana Atanova is a PhD candidate at INALCO. Her thesis focuses on nationalism and cultural heritage in Central Asia.…

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The Dialectics of Post-Soviet Modernity and the Changing Contours of Islamic Discourse in Azerbaijan. Toward a Resacralization of Public Space

4 December, 2018

The Dialectics of Post-Soviet Modernity and the Changing Contours of Islamic Discourse in Azerbaijan. Toward a Resacralization of Public Space MURAD ISMAYILOV Azerbaijan’s independence came after seven decades of militant…

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Symposium on China’s Mass Incarceration of Uyghurs (video)

4 December, 2018

On 27 November, 2018, GW’s Central Asia Program hosted a Symposium on China’s Mass Incarceration of Uyghurs, which included the following panels and speakers: Panel 1: “Contextualizing the Re-education Camps” James A. Millward, Georgetown…

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Encounters at the Edge of the Muslim World: A Political Memoir of Kyrgyzstan with author Eugene Huskey and Ambassador Kadyr M. Toktogulov (video)

20 November, 2018

Drawing on three decades of research and travel in Kyrgyzstan, Encounters at the Edge of the Muslim World: A Political Memoir of Kyrgyzstan takes readers on a journey through the unlikely birth…

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Orange and Blue: the World of Barzu- Promoting Central Asia through Children’s Literature (video)

20 November, 2018

Author Marina Abrams introduces Central Asia through children’s literature in her new book Orange and Blue: The World of Barzu. The story is told through the young boy, Barzu, who lives in…

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Assessing the Terrorist Threat In and From Central Asia

25 October, 2018

Through an examination of the available evidence and drawing on fieldwork in the region since 2014, Edward Lemon discusses the threat posed by terrorism in the region and beyond it,…

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Challenges to Freedom of Movement in Azerbaijan

1 August, 2018

By CAP CAP Paper 210, August 2018 Tural Aghayev is an Azerbaijani human rights lawyer. He received a Bachelor’s degree from Baku State University Law School in 2008. He subsequently…

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What Happens When Your Town Becomes an ISIS Recruiting Ground? Lessons from Central Asia about Vulnerability, Resistance, and the Danger of Ignoring Perceived Injustice

16 July, 2018

By CAP CAP Paper 209, July 2018 Noah Tucker is an Associate for the Central Asia Program at the Elliot School of International Affairs, George Washington University, and is Senior…