Uncategorized – Central Asia Program

Reforming the Academy:

7 May, 2026

Centralising Science Governance in Kazakhstan by Aikerim Bektemirova Aikerim Bektemirova is an early-career researcher from Kazakhstan. She recently served as a Non-Resident Scholar at the Institute for European, Russian, and Eurasian…

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Call for Applications: Spring/Summer, 2025

23 September, 2024

The Central Asia-El Umiti Program We are excited to announce the launch of the El Umiti Internship, a collaborative initiative by the Data Lab and the Central Asia Program (CAP)…

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Central Asia’s Aral Sea: Lessons for Today’s Climate Crisis

4 December, 2023

Hybrid Event, Image by NASA Earth Observatory December 11, 9:00 am – 10:30 am (EST) Once one of the world’s largest inland bodies of water, the Aral Sea began to shrink…

Book talk with the author of Social Innovations in Post-Soviet Countries

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Central Asia: A Source of Energy for the 21st Century

6 December, 2022

Central Asia: A Source of Energy for the 21st Century Three decades after independence, Central Asia continues its impressive path of economic development. Russia’s invasion of Ukraine sent shockwaves throughout…

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China’s Genocide Against Uyghurs

3 November, 2022

China’s Genocide Against Uyghurs Millions of Uyghurs are suffering from unspeakable atrocities at the hands of the Chinese government, including forced sterilization of young women, enforced separation of families and…

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Uyat and the Culture of Shame in Central Asia

28 October, 2022

A virtual event hosted by the Central Asia Program at George Washington University on Ocotber 27, 2022. This panel proposes an interdisciplinary look at the culture of shame in Central…

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Silk Road Festival

12 April, 2022

As we celebrate our 10th anniversary, we reflect on our achievements and look to the future as we lift the voices of Central Asians and highlight the region’s developments for…

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Movie Screening

12 April, 2022

As we celebrate our 10th anniversary, we reflect on our achievements and look to the future as we lift the voices of Central Asians and highlight the region’s developments for…

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Bride Kidnapping in Kyrgyzstan: A Reflection of Conservative Values?

13 January, 2022

By Nadira Mukhamejan and Aidana Zhakypbekova Nadira Mukhamejan is a master’s student in International Master in Security, Strategy and Intelligence (IMSISS) with a BA in International Relations from the Kazakh-German…

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Interview with Dr. Kairat Kelimbetov, Governor of the Astana International Financial Centre

21 December, 2021

Mr. Kelimbetov was appointed as the Governor of the Astana International Financial Centre on 24 December 2015. He heads the AIFC and is a member of the AIFC Management Council.…

Ўзбекистон Россия ерини ижарага олади: Экспертлар фикри

29 November, 2021

Яқин келажакда Ўзбекистон қишлоқ хўжалиги маҳсулотларини етиштириш учун Россия ҳудудидан 1 млн. гектар ер майдонини ижарага олишни режалаштирмоқда. Бунга асосий сабаблардан бири Ўзбекистондаги сув ресурслари танқислигидир. Маълум қилинишича, ижара ерлардан……

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Эпизод 2 c Алией Цхай. Есть ли мягкая сила у Китая?

29 November, 2021

В этом эпизоде Руслан Изимов обсуждает “мягкую силу” Китая в Центральной Азии. Антикитайские протесты не так уж редки в этих странах, культурная и языковая разница создает трудные барьеры для ежедневной…

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Атомная степь: как Казахстан отказался от ядерного оружия. Интервью с автором книги

25 November, 2021

Книга Тогжан Касеновой, старшего научного сотрудника Университета штата Нью-Йорк в Олбани, и научного сотрудника Фонда Карнеги за международный мир – Atomic Steppe. How Kazakhstan Gave Up the Bomb выходит в…

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«Общественные инфраструктуры» как новый феномен в маргинальных кварталах. Опыт и сравнение двух городов

25 November, 2021

Как сообщества справляются с упадком, повреждением или полным отсутствием инфраструктур? В четвертое десятилетие после распада Советского Союза и других социалистических государств актуальность этой проблемы сохраняется, если не возрастает, для всей…

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Эпизод 1 c Василием Кашиным. Какую роль будет играть Китай в обеспечении безопасности в Центральной Азии?

25 November, 2021

В этом эпизоде Руслан Изимов обсуждает возможные изменения в основной архитектуре безопасности в Центральной Азии с ростом интересов Китая в регионе. Для Китая безопасность инвестиций, предотвращение терроризма, недопущение перетока экстремизма…

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Узбекистан и Кыргызстан: сложные страницы почти перевернуты

25 November, 2021

В серии интервью по двусторонним отношениям в Центральной Азии эксперты из Кыргызстана и Узбекистана Шерадил Бактыгулов и Ильдар Якубов обсуждают, как две страны пытаются развернуть широкомасштабную программу сотрудничества после истории…

Mother, wife, sister and daughter…A Kazakh woman at the top of the society

25 November, 2021

For centuries, a Kazakh woman stood at the center of the family, taking care of homes, children, elderly and even leading the kin group. A married woman took an active…

The Legacy of an International Partnership: Kazakhstan and the Smithsonian

25 November, 2021

When asked by the Embassy of Kazakhstan to contribute an article about the Smithsonian’s partnerships with Kazakhstan (and especially our recent exhibition and publication with the Kasteyev Museum in Almaty),…

A Father & Son

25 November, 2021

One man was coming home from the field together with his ten year old son. Father noticed a horseshoe that somebody had lost on the road and told his son,…

Along the Route of Samuil Dudin’s Expedition

25 November, 2021

The author would like to thank the Kunstkamera Museum for permission to use the photos of Samuil Dudin in this article. All images are reproduced here with the written permission…

New Online Academy Teaches the True History of the Great Steppe

25 November, 2021

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First Visit of U.S. Secretary of State to Kazakhstan Took Place 30 Years Ago

25 November, 2021

The first visit by US Secretary of State to Kazakhstan Mr. James Baker, took place thirty years ago, on September 15-16, 1991. In many respects, it laid the foundations of…