Society – Page 5 – Central Asia Program

By Raushanna Sarkeyeva CAP Paper 208 (CAAF Fellows Papers), June 2018 Raushanna Sarkeyeva is a founder and director of Urban Initiatives Public Foundation (Kyrgyzstan). She studied Change Management at the…

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Eurasia on the Move. Interdisciplinary Approaches to a Dynamic Migration Region

22 May, 2018

Eurasia on the Move. Interdisciplinary Approaches to a Dynamic Migration Region Eurasia is marked by some of the freest migration in the world through the free labor zone of the…

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New Voices from Central Asia: Political, Economic, and Societal Challenges and Opportunities (Volume 2)

22 May, 2018

New Voices from Central Asia: Political, Economic, and Societal Challenges and Opportunities (Volume 2) The second volume “New Voices from Central Asia: Political, Economic, and Societal Challenges and Opportunities” gives…

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Tajikistan on the Move. Statebuilding and Societal Transformations

4 May, 2018

Tajikistan on the Move. State-building and Societal Transformations EDITED BY MARLENE LARUELLE – CONTRIBUTIONS BY JESSE DRISCOLL; MICHELE COMMERCIO; HAFIZ BOBOYOROV; TIM EPKENHANS; JOHN HEATHERSHAW; BRENT HIERMAN; SOPHIE HOHMANN; MARLENE LARUELLE; EDWARD LEMON;…

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Central Asia Security Workshop – 2018 (video)

12 March, 2018

5 March 2018 Full video of the event:

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Assessing the Impact of NGO Peacebuilding Programs in the South Caucasus: The Case of Nagorno-Karabakh

6 March, 2018

By Jeyhun Veliyev CAP Paper 204 (CAAF Fellows Papers), March 2018 Jeyhun Veliyev is a junior researcher interested in political economy, energy security, conflict, human rights, and democracy-building in post-Soviet…

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Central Asia in the Era of Sovereignty. The Return of Tamerlane?

6 March, 2018

Central Asia in the Era of Sovereignty. The Return of Tamerlane? EDITED BY DANIEL L. BURGHART AND THERESA SABONIS-HELF – CONTRIBUTIONS BY LAURA ADAMS; SVETLANA ANCKER; DANIEL L. BURGHART; YUHAO DU; STACIE L.…

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Culture and Islam in Late Central Asia (video)

26 February, 2018

15 February, 2018 Full video of the event:

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‘Bourgeois’ Islam, Prosperity Theology, and Ethics in Muslim Eurasia (video)

21 February, 2018

29 January, 2018 Full video of the event:

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Culture and Islam in Late Soviet Central Asia

12 February, 2018

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…

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Countering Extremism vs. Freedom of Online Expression: The Case of Kazakhstan

29 January, 2018

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…

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Overcoming a Taboo: Normalizing Sexuality Education in Kazakhstan

29 January, 2018

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…

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“Bourgeois” Islam, Prosperity Theology and Ethics in Muslim Eurasia

25 January, 2018

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…

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Constructing the Uzbek State

4 December, 2017

Constructing the Uzbek State EDITED BY MARLENE LARUELLE – CONTRIBUTIONS BY SERGEY ABASHIN; PETER FINKE; MATTEO FUMAGALLI; ALISHER ILKHAMOV; MARLENE LARUELLE; MORGAN Y. LIU; MARIA LOUW; NICK MEGORAN; SVETLANA PESHKOVA; SEBASTIEN PEYROUSE; JOHAN…

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Deciphering the Notion of “Uzbek Terrorists”

20 November, 2017

By CAP Transcript of the presentation by Alisher Siddique, Director of RFE/RL’s Uzbek Service, November 15, 2017 I’m very humbled to address such a knowledgeable crowd actually. And from my short conversation…

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Islam and the State in Central Asia – a Friedrich Ebert Foundation Report

16 November, 2017

By CAP The latest report of the Almaty club (a Central Asia Policy Group) on Islam and the State in Central Asia analyzes evolution in legislation, the secularization of Islam,…

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The Transformation of Tajikistan’s Religious Field: From Religious Moderation to Authoritarian Salafism

14 November, 2017

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…