Annual Security Workshop: Central Asia in a Transformed Geopolitical Environment

This full-day hybrid event will address a range of issues, including the perceptions and impact of the war in Ukraine on Central Asia, the impact of the return of the Taliban to power in Afghanistan on the region, Central Asian countries’ domestic challenges, and how the US could be better engaged in the region.

Watch the recordings of the Central Asia Annual Security Workshop 2023 on the Central Asia Program Youtube channel following these links:

1. Keynote speech by Alexander Cooley and Panel 1. The War in Ukraine: Perceptions from and Impact on Central Asia.
2. Panel 2. The Taliban’s Afghanistan 2.0: What Impact on Central Asia?
3. Panel 3. Central Asia’s Domestic Trajectories.
4. Panel 4. What Role for the US in Central Asia?

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