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

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

“Not In Our Name”: A research and documentary project developed by RFE/RL (video of the discussion)

In October 2018, GW’s Central Asia Program and RFE/RL launched Not in Our Name, a research and documentary project developed by Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty (RFE/RL) to help communities in Central… Continue reading “Not In Our Name”: A research and documentary project developed by RFE/RL (video of the discussion)

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

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

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

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

Assessing the Terrorist Threat In and From Central Asia

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,… Continue reading Assessing the Terrorist Threat In and From Central Asia

Not In Our Name: The Trailer

Not In Our Name, produced by Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty (RFE/RL), is the first regional counter-extremism project ever produced for Central Asia. Staff traveled to diverse areas within the region, exploring and reporting… Continue reading Not In Our Name: The Trailer

Central Asia Security Workshop – 2018 (video)

5 March 2018 Full video of the event:

Culture and Islam in Late Central Asia (video)

15 February, 2018 Full video of the event:

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

29 January, 2018 Full video of the event:

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

Deciphering the Notion of “Uzbek Terrorists”

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… Continue reading Deciphering the Notion of “Uzbek Terrorists”

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

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,… Continue reading Islam and the State in Central Asia – a Friedrich Ebert Foundation Report

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?

One Year of the Mirziyoyev Presidency: What Has Changed in Uzbekistan?

By CAP

Russia’s Approaches to Afghanistan and its Implications for Central Asia