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SUMMARY:Bolashak Fellows Summer Conference July 2023
DESCRIPTION:Hybrid Event \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nFrom March to August 2023\, the Central Asia Program hosted 18 Bolashak Visiting Fellows from Kazakhstan on a tailor-made training program focusing on teaching science\, technology\, engineering and mathematics (STEM) to school children. Over the period of their program the fellows gained new skills through and visited outstanding STEM schools in the DMV region observing and exchanging the best practices. With their time at the George Washington University (GWU) coming to an end\, please join us for a full day hybrid conference to meet the fellows\, learn about their experiences in the United States\, and hear their key findings. \n\n\n\n \n\n\n\nCONFERENCE PROGRAM \n\n\n\nJuly 27\, 2023 \n\n\n\n9:00 a.m. –  4 p.m. \n\n\n\n9:00–9:30 a.m. Welcome Coffee \n\n\n\n9:30–9:45 a.m. Welcome Remarks: Marlene Laruelle\, Director of IERES; Ruslan Sakeyev\, Representative of the Embassy of the Republic of Kazakhstan\, Gulzat Salikova\, Managing Director of Social Development Fund\, Nazarbayev University \n\n\n\n9:45–10:50 a.m. Panel I. Utilizing Project Zero Tools for Effective STEM Education \n\n\n\nSpeakers: \n\n\n\n\nKarlygash Jarbulova\, Sandugash Kazybekova\, Dana Kassymbayeva Group project: Integration of Project Zero strategies and visual thinking routines for promoting the development of metacognitive practices in IB classrooms.\n\n\n\nAinagul Yermekova\, A study of effective practices and approaches of the Project Zero for developing digital literacy in Kazakhstan schools.\n\n\n\nAlima Kurbangaliyeva\, Developing students’ skills to analyze the results of an experiment through STEM-based learning with Project Zero strategies in the International Baccalaureate program. \n\n\n\nRyszhan Zhairbayeva\, Using the Project Zero opportunities to study the author’s program on STEM learning. \n\n\n\n\n10:50–11:10 a.m. Break \n\n\n\n11:10–12:00 p.m. Panel II. Maximizing the Potential of Innovative Approaches in STEM Education \n\n\n\nSpeakers: \n\n\n\n\nMeruyert Shagimoldina\, Which type of American STEM-focused schools (selective\, inclusive\, CTE\, adapted STEM schools) is the most effective in the future success of students?\n\n\n\nNursultan Yembergenov\, Teaching alphabet to kids using augmented reality.\n\n\n\nAlibi Skakov\, Statistics in school curriculum. The experience of US high school teachers (teacher support material).\n\n\n\nTemirlan Otepov\, Finalizing students scores with machine learning tools.\n\n\n\n\n12:00–1:00 p.m. Lunch \n\n\n\n1:00–1:50 p.m. Panel III. Nurturing the 21st Century Skills: Integrating New Concepts into the Curriculum \n\n\n\nSpeakers: \n\n\n\n\nBakhadir Rismetov\, The benefits and challenges of integrating AI into STEM education in Kazakhstani secondary schools.\n\n\n\nAizhan Yerzhanova\, Development of an elective course “STEM in Action” based on learning objectives of the NIS programme middle school curriculum.\n\n\n\nYerassyl Tleudin\, Developing a project-based STEM curriculum: integrating 3D printing and robotics as elective courses in middle school.\n\n\n\nMakpal Mukanova\, Development of an elective course on STEM projects for students in grades 7-9.\n\n\n\n\n1:45–2:05 p.m. Break \n\n\n\n2:05–2:55 p.m. Panel IV. Fostering Student Engagement: Effective Strategies for Active Learning in STEM Education \n\n\n\nSpeakers: \n\n\n\n\nMarzhan Mergenbayeva\, Improving soft skills among Kazakh students based on American schools experiences.\n\n\n\nArailym Tuktybayeva\, Using flipped classroom models in mathematics class.\n\n\n\nMoldir Akhmetbekova\, The positive effects of the Early College Program on US high school student experiences.\n\n\n\nNurzhigit Botabekov\, The impact of project-based learning on student engagement and achievement in STEM subjects.\n\n\n\n\n2:55–3:10 p.m. Break \n\n\n\n3:10–4:00 p.m. Certificates Awarding Ceremony and a Photo Session
URL:https://centralasiaprogram.org/event/bolashak-fellows-summer-conference-july-2023/
LOCATION:Lindner Family Commons\, 6th floor  GW’s Elliott School of International Affairs\, 1957 E St NW\, Washington\, 20052
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SUMMARY:Bolashak Visiting Fellows Conference — Spring 2023
DESCRIPTION:From May 2022 to May 2023\, the Central Asia Program hosted 23 Bolashak Visiting Fellows from Kazakhstan on a tailor-made training program focusing on 1) Leadership in Higher Education Management and 2) Economics and Crisis Management. With their time at the George Washington University (GWU) coming to an end\, please join us for a two-day conference to meet the Fellows\, learn about their experiences in the United States\, and hear their key findings regarding educational challenges in their home regions and Central Asia. \n\n\n\nCoffee and light refreshments will be provided. \n\n\n\n \n\n\n\n\nRSVP\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nConference Program \n\n\n\nDay 1: April 26\, 2023 \n\n\n\n12:15 p.m. –  4 p.m. \n\n\n\n12:15–12:30 a.m. Welcome Remarks: Marlene Laruelle\, Director of IERES; Ruslan Sakeyev\, Representative of the Embassy of the Republic of Kazakhstan \n\n\n\n12:30–1:15 p.m. Panel I: The Internationalization of Kazakhstani Universities \n\n\n\nChair: Sebastien Peyrouse\, Director\, Central Asia Program\, GWU \n\n\n\nSpeakers: \n\n\n\n\nElmira Assan\, Head of the Division of International Treaties and Legislation of the Ministry’s International Cooperation Department\n\n\n\nAbaibek Zhunissov\, Associate Professor at Korkyt Ata Kyzylorda University\n\n\n\nMirey Kabasheva\, Associate Professor of Economics Department at the Kazakh Auto Road Institute\n\n\n\n\n1:25–2:25 p.m. Panel II: Inclusion and Sustainability Issues in Higher Education \n\n\n\nChair: Aisalkyn Botoeva\, Search for Common Ground \n\n\n\nSpeakers: \n\n\n\n\nGaini Mukhanova\, Associate Professor and Vice Rector for Science and International Relationships at the Kazakh Academy of Labor and Social Relations\n\n\n\nBotagoz Kerimbayeva\, Associate Professor of Foreign Philology and Translation Studies at Zhubanov University\n\n\n\nGulashar Doskeyeva\, Professor of Economics at Narxoz University\n\n\n\nArdak Montayev\, Associate Professor of the Department of Political Science at Auezov University\n\n\n\n\n2:45–3:45 p.m. Panel III: Enhancing Quality Assurance and Educational Efficiency in Kazakhstani Higher Education \n\n\n\nChair: Hugh Agnew\, Professor of History and International Affairs\, Interim Director\, M.A. International Affairs Program\, GWU \n\n\n\nSpeakers: \n\n\n\n\nGulden Manarbek\, Head of the Department for Accreditation and Licensing of Educational Programs at Al-Farabi Kazakh National University\n\n\n\nAigul Amrenova\, Deputy Director of the Institute of Heat Power Engineering and Control Systems at Almaty University of Power Engineering and Telecommunications\n\n\n\nGalym Teleuyev\, Dean of the Law faculty of the International Educational Corporation\n\n\n\nAigul Yessentemirova\, Deputy Director of the Agency for Recognition and Quality Assurance.\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nDay 2: April 27\, 2023 \n\n\n\n10:00 a.m. – 3:00 p.m. \n\n\n\n10:00–11:00 A.M. Panel I: Driving Sustainable Growth for Small & Medium-Sized Enterprises in Kazakhstan \n\n\n\nChair: Kacey Reeves West\, PhD Fellow\, George Mason University \n\n\n\nSpeakers: \n\n\n\n\nArman Nurmaganbetov\, Head of Internal Administration for the Department of State Fund of Social Insurance\n\n\n\nAssem Tanzharikova\, Associate Professor\, Scientific and Educational Department of Accounting and Audit at Narxoz University\n\n\n\nUgur Choban\, Assistant Professor and Research Coordinator of the Suleyman Demirel University Business School\n\n\n\nBauyrzhan Kobadilov\, Lecturer in finance at Suleyman Demirel College in Kazakhstan\n\n\n\n\n11:10 a.m.–12:10 p.m. Panel II: Navigating Macroeconomic Challenges & Opportunities for Economic Growth in Central Asia \n\n\n\nChair: Paola Marcela Ballon Fernandez\, Senior Economist at the World Bank \n\n\n\nSpeakers: \n\n\n\n\nBibigul Aidarkhanova\, Professor at the Kazakh University of Economics\n\n\n\nOrynbassar Tumenbayeva\, Assistant Professor\, Department of Economics and Business\, Business School of Suleyman Demirel University\n\n\n\nZhanna Yessinbayeva\, Head of the Department of Formation of the State Educational Order of the Department of Higher and Postgraduate Education of the Ministry of Education and Science\n\n\n\nOlzhas Kenzhaliyev\, Head of Science and Innovation at Kazakh-British Technical University\n\n\n\n\n1:00–2:00 p.m. Panel III: Overcoming Social & Economic Challenges in Kazakhstan \n\n\n\nChair: Dan Whitman\, Professorial Lecturer\, GWU \n\n\n\nSpeakers: \n\n\n\n\nLesbek Taizhanov\, Associate Professor at the International Kazakh-Turkish University\n\n\n\nAltynay Omirzakova\, Senior Lecturer in Marketing and international relations coordinator of the Suleyman Demirel University Business School\n\n\n\nDina Bakranova\, Deputy Head of the Center of Alternative Energy and Nanotechnologies at Kazakh-British Technical University\n\n\n\nMaral Alisheva\, Associate Professor at Law Enforcement Academy under the General Prosecutor’s Office
URL:https://centralasiaprogram.org/event/bolashak-visiting-fellows-conference-spring-2023/
LOCATION:Lindner Family Commons\, 6th floor  GW’s Elliott School of International Affairs\, 1957 E St NW\, Washington\, 20052
CATEGORIES:Conferences,Events Archive
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SUMMARY:Bolashak Fellows Conference
DESCRIPTION:The Central Asia Program (CAP) has hosted 16 Bolashak Visiting Fellows pursuing a tailor-made training program in Leadership in Higher Education Management. As their time at GW is coming to a close\, please join us to meet them\, to learn from their experience in the US\, to hear about their key findings\, and get to know more about the educational challenges facing Central Asia.\n\n\n\nJoin us for a Bolashak Fellows Conference  \n\n\n\nWelcome coffee and light refreshments will be provided during the day \n\n\n\nFull Conference Program \n\n\n\n9:30-10AM Welcome Speech: Marlene Laruelle\, Director IERES; Marat Sapargaliyev\, representative of Embassy of the Republic of Kazakhstan in the USA \n\n\n\n10-11AM Panel I: Innovation in Teaching Methods for Kazakhstani Universities \n\n\n\nChair: Assylzat Karabayeva\, PhD in International Relation\, CAP fellow\, IERES \n\n\n\nSpeakers: \n\n\n\n1. Nauzhan Didarbekova\, Deputy Director for the National Testing Center of the Ministry of Education and Science of the Republic of Kazakhstan \n\n\n\n2. Dinmukhamed Kelesbayev\, Dean of the Faculty Economics of Khoja Akhmet Yassawi International Kazakh-Turkish University \n\n\n\n3. Alibek Ydyrys\, Director of the Biomedical Research Centre at Al-Farabi Kazakh National University \n\n\n\n4. Dina Sabirova\, Senior Lecturer at Abai Kazakh National Pedagogical University \n\n\n\n \n\n\n\n11AM-12PM Panel II: Internationalization of Kazakhstani Universities \n\n\n\nChair: Karlygash Kabatova\, CAP coordinator\, IERES \n\n\n\nSpeakers: \n\n\n\n1. Guzyal Zada\, Senior Manager at Satbayev University \n\n\n\n2. Sabina Manapova\, Senior Manager at the Institute of Distance Education and Professional Development\, Satbayev University \n\n\n\n3. Samal Kazybayeva\, Head of the International Cooperation Office at the Toraighyrov University in Pavlodar \n\n\n\n4. Arslan Ivashov\, Assistant professor at the Almaty University of Power Engineering and Telecommunications \n\n\n\n12-1PM Lunch Break \n\n\n\n1-2PM Panel III: Ethics and Leadership in Higher Education \n\n\n\nChair: Catherine Donovan\, Program Coordinator\, IERES \n\n\n\nSpeakers: \n\n\n\n1. Aigul Sarenova\, Dean of General Education at Satbayev University \n\n\n\n2. Gaini Seitenova\, Chair of the Mechanics and Oil and Gas Department at the Toraighyrov University \n\n\n\n3. Kazyna Bekbenbetova\, Director of the Department of Educational\, Social Work\, and Youth Policy at the Kazakh National Pedagogical University \n\n\n\n4. Sholpan Kalkabayeva\, Methodologist at kindergarten in Astana. \n\n\n\n2-3PM Panel IV: Inclusion and Sustainability Issues in Higher Education \n\n\n\nChair: Sebastien Peyrouse\, Research Professor\, Central Asia Program\, IERES \n\n\n\nSpeakers: \n\n\n\n1. Ainur Seilkhan\, Senior Lecturer at Abay Kazakh National Pedagogical University \n\n\n\n2. Madina Yussubaliyeva\, Senior Research Manager at D. Serikbayev East Kazakhstan Technical University \n\n\n\n3. Mussa Turdalyuly\, Associate Professor in the Department of Software Engineering at the Kazakh National Research Technical University \n\n\n\n4. Aida Baibotanova\, head of kindergarten in Astana
URL:https://centralasiaprogram.org/event/bolashak-fellows-conference/
LOCATION:Lindner Family Commons\, 6th floor  GW’s Elliott School of International Affairs\, 1957 E St NW\, Washington\, 20052
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SUMMARY:Escaping the Taliban\, One Year Later: Afghan Voices of Hope
DESCRIPTION:Afghan Voices of Hope is a project that seeks to strengthen Afghan diasporic civil society by building solidarity and connecting people through shared experience. As refugees of the 2021 exodus navigate life outside of Afghanistan\, Afghan Voices of Hope helps to build shared identity in the hopes that\, perhaps\, many or all of them will someday be able to return to their country or\, if not\, that they will continue to engage with each other in building Afghanistan’s democratic future. Since late August 2021\, the project has collected\, transcribed\, and cataloged more than 200 stories from displaced Afghans living in exile across the globe. Interview sites include Poland\, France\, the UK\, Canada\, and several states across the US. It is time for us to look back and reflect on these stories to amplify messages of perseverance and commit to never forget the reality of life in exile. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nJoin the Central Asia Program\, the Afghan Voices of Hope project\, and the Sigur Center for Asian Studies to discuss evacuation and resettlement efforts\, important advocacy tools\, and policy reform around Afghan refugees and migrants as we reflect on the past year. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nRegistration is required | Refreshments will be provided \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nAfghan Voices of Hope is a project that seeks to strengthen Afghan diasporic civil society by building solidarity and connecting people through shared experience. As refugees of the 2021 exodus navigate life outside of Afghanistan\, Afghan Voices of Hope helps to build shared identity in the hopes that\, perhaps\, many or all of them will someday be able to return to their country or\, if not\, that they will continue to engage with each other in building Afghanistan’s democratic future. Since late August 2021\, the project has collected\, transcribed\, and cataloged more than 200 stories from displaced Afghans living in exile across the globe. Interview sites include Poland\, France\, the UK\, Canada\, and several states across the US. It is time for us to look back and reflect on these stories to amplify messages of perseverance and commit to never forget the reality of life in exile. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nSpeakers\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nGaisu Yari\, Project Director\, Afghan Voices \n\n\n\nGaisu Yari is a former Commissioner in the Civil Service of Afghanistan and a human rights defender who holds a master’s degree in human rights from Columbia University and a bachelor’s degree in Middle Eastern and gender studies from the University of Virginia. Gaisu is the Director of the Afghan Voices of Hope project and travels around the world to collect the emotional narratives of fellow Afghan exiles. She is also an advocate and public speaker on gender justice. As an activist\, she speaks at conferences\, to individual organizations\, and in the media on the rights of women in Afghanistan. \n\n\n\nLyla Kohistany\, CEO\, Honor the Promise \n\n\n\nLyla is an Afghan refugee\, US Navy veteran\, and cultural intelligence strategist. She has deployed to Afghanistan three times alongside US and NATO Special Operations Forces—once as a naval intelligence officer and twice as a civilian cultural advisor. She is also the co-founder and director of two national nonprofits. PROMOTE focuses on innovation through inclusion in national security. Honor the Promise focuses on the long-term resiliency of Afghan Special Operations Forces who were evacuated to the US in the Fall of 2021. Lyla also serves on several nonprofit boards in both Director and Advisory roles. Lyla is currently a nonresident Senior Fellow with the Atlantic Council’s Forward Defense program focused on the future of war\, and is pursuing a Doctor of Education (EdD) through Arizona State University’s Leadership and Innovation program. \n\n\n\nMujib Mehrdad\, Poet and Writer \n\n\n\nMujib Mehrdad is a former Editor-in-Chief of Hash-e Subj Daily and the author of the poetry collections Gladiators Are Still Dying (2007\, winner of the Afghan Civil Society’s literature contest)\, The Fishes Have Fled Our Veins (2008)\, Audience (2009)\, and Soldiers(2014)\, and of the collection of essays The Rain Passed. His recent book Dolphins’ Alley has won the Ahmad Shamlo award for the best collection of the year in Iran. He has translated Ginsberg\, Plath\, Langston Hughes\, Mayakovsky\, Tagore\, and others into Dari. He is a board member of the literary organization Kashane Nawesendagan (House of Authors) and teaches Persian literature at Albironi University in Kapisa. He is also a board member of Afghanistan Pen association and in 2010 he was representing Afghanistan Pen at the 76th congress of the International Pen association. \n\n\n\nAnya McMurray\, President and COO\, Welcome.US \n\n\n\nAnya McMurray is President and COO of Welcome.US\, a national initiative to mobilize all aspects of American society to help resettle refugees at a moment of great challenge: the evacuation of Afghanistan followed by the Russian invasion of Ukraine. Before joining Welcome.US\, Anya was the Senior Director of Strategy & Policy for Immigration at the Emerson Collective\, where she led innovative strategic initiatives to advance a more inclusive American identity through policy development\, coalition-building\, communications campaigns\, and grant-making. Previously\, Anya was Deputy General Counsel to Senator Patrick Leahy while he was Chairman and later Ranking Member of the Senate Judiciary Committee; a public defender in Minneapolis; and a Prettyman Fellow at Georgetown Law Center\, where she taught and represented indigent clients. Before law school\, Anya served as a Peace Corps volunteer in Paraguay and as a program officer at the National Democratic Institute for International Affairs in Washington. She is an alumna of Wesleyan University and Yale Law School. \n\n\n\nJohn Agoglia\, Deputy Director for Partnerships\, Global Friends of Afghanistan (GFA) \n\n\n\nJohn Agoglia is the director of Trinity Planning & Investments LLC. He served as director of the Counterinsurgency Training Center-Afghanistan in Kabul from 2008–2010 and also the director of the US Army Peacekeeping and Stability Operations Institute. John is the Deputy Director of Global Friends and is responsible for its partnerships and outreach programs. \n\n\n\nModerator\, Benjamin D. Hopkins \n\n\n\nBenjamin D. Hopkins is Professor of History and International Affairs\, as well as Senior Associate Dean of Academic Affairs\, at the Elliott School of International Affairs. He is a historian of modern South Asia\, specializing in the history of Afghanistan and British imperialism on the Indian subcontinent. He has authored\, co-authored\, and co-edited numerous books on the region\, including The Making of Modern Afghanistan\, Fragments of the Afghan Frontier\, and Beyond Swat: History\, Society and Economy along the Afghanistan-Pakistan Frontier. His latest book\, Ruling the Savage Periphery: Frontier Governance and the Making of the Modern State\, which won the Association of Asian Studies Ananda Kentish Coomaraswamy Prize (2022)\, presents a global history of how the limits of today’s state-based political order were organized in the late 19th century\, with lasting effects to the present day. He is currently working on a manuscript about the American war in Afghanistan provisionally entitled\, The War that Destroyed America\, as well as A Concise History of Afghanistan\, for Cambridge University Press.
URL:https://centralasiaprogram.org/event/escaping-the-taliban-one-year-later-afghan-voices-of-hope/
LOCATION:Elliott School of International Affairs\, 6th floor\, 1957 E Street NW\, Washington\, DC\, 20052\, United States
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SUMMARY:BISHKEK: Joint Conference "Integration Processes and State Interests in Eurasia
DESCRIPTION: Joint Conference of the American University of Central Asia and The George Washington University\, Central Asian Program with support from United States Agency for International Development (USAID)\nIntegration Processes and State Interests in Eurasia \nVenue: \nAmerican University in Central Asia \nTokombaev St. 7/6\, Bishkek\, Kyrgyz Republic \nRoom 440 (CH-1) \nJune 11\, 2018 (Monday) \n  \nDownload program \n\n\n  \n 
URL:https://centralasiaprogram.org/event/bishkek-joint-conference-integration-processes-and-state-interests-in-eurasia/
CATEGORIES:Conferences,Events Archive,Kyrgyzstan
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20170928T090000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20170929T120000
DTSTAMP:20260920T163453
CREATED:20200930T162508Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20241014T192855Z
UID:17554-1506589200-1506686400@centralasiaprogram.org
SUMMARY:NAC-NU CAP Conference on External and Internal Migration in Central Asia\, ASTANA
DESCRIPTION:  \nProgram\n\nDay 1\, 28 September 2017 \n9.00 – 9.30        Registration  \n9.30 – 9.45        Welcome speech  \nShigeo Katsu\, President\, Nazarbayev University (TBC) \nMarlene Laruelle\, Director CAP\, G. Washington University (by skype) \nSession 1: External and Internal Migration in Central Asia \nModerator: Dennis de Tray\, Advisor to the President of Nazarbayev University \n9.45 – 10.00        NAC presentation \n“Migration trends in the region” \n10.00 – 10.15      Galib Bashirov\, Lecturer\, Florida International University\, USA \n“Between Securitization and Accommodation: A Comparative Study of Russian and Turkish Approaches to Migration from Central Asia” \n10.15 – 10.30      Irfan Shahzad\, Lead Coordinator/Assistant Director\, Institute of Policy Studies\, Pakistan \n“Central Asian Migrants in UAE: Fostering the Foundations of Faith?” \n10.30 – 11.00        Q/A session \n11.00 – 11.15         Coffee-break \n11.15 – 11.30      Farrukh Irnazarov\, Country Director\, Central Asian Development Institute\, Uzbekistan \n“The Impact of Russian Re-entry Bans on Central Asian Labor Migrants’ Coping Strategies”  \n11.30 – 11.45      Malika Bahovadinova\, Consultant to the Labour Migration Department\, Human Rights Center\, Tajikistan (by skype) \n“Capitalism Fulfills the Final Five Year Plan: How Soviet Era Migration Institutions Came to Fruition in Post-Soviet Eurasia” \n11.45 – 12.00      Nodira Kholmatova\, Doctoral Researcher\, European University Institute (EUI)\, Italy \n“Changing the Face of Labor Migration? The Feminization of Labor Migration from Tajikistan to Russia”  \n12.00 – 12.30         Q/A session \n12.30 – 13.30         Lunch  \nSession 2: External and Internal Migration in Central Asia \nModerator: TBC \n13.30 – 13.45      Jakhongir Kakhkharov\,  Associate Lecturer\, Griffith Business School\, Australia \n“Remittances of Labor Migrants as a Source of Finance for Development: Evidence from Uzbekistan”  \n13.45 – 14.00      Gulnaz Atabaeva\, PhD candidate\, International Ataturk Alatoo University\, Kyrgyzstan \n“Remittances and Economic Growth: Empirical Evidence from Kyrgyzstan” \n14.00 – 14.15      Zhengizkhan Zhanaltay\, Research Fellow\, Eurasian Research Institute\, Kazakhstan \n“Social Remittance Dynamics in Central Asia: Potential and Limitations”  \n14.15 – 14.45         Q/A Session \n14.45 – 15.00         Coffee-break \n15.00 – 15.15      Bolat Tatibekov\, Professor\, Suleyman Demirel University\, Kazakhstan \n“Spatial Dynamics of External Labor Migration in Contemporary Kazakhstan” \n15.15 – 15.30      Ajar Chekirova\, PhD candidate\, University of Illinois – Chicago\, USA \n“Citizens Undocumented: challenges of internal migration in Kyrgyzstan”  \n15.30 – 15.45      Nazira Sodatsayrova\, PhD candidate\, University of Tsukuba\, Japan \n“Understanding Motivation and Mobility of Tajikistan Students towards Asian Countries: The case of Tajikistan students in Japan” \n15.45 – 16.00      Rustamjon Urinboyev\, Research Fellow\, Lund University\, Sweden \n“Migration\, Transnationalism and Social Change in Central Asia: Everyday Transnational Lives of Uzbek Labour Migrants in Russia” \n16.00 – 16.30         Q/A session  \n16.30 – 17.00         Day 1: wrap-up \n\nDay 2\, 29 September 2017 \nSession 3: External and Internal Migration in Central Asia. Group work \n9.30 – 10.00        Rules setting \n10.00 – 11.30      Group work \nWG1: Political Mechanisms of Immigration Control. Discussion leader: Caress Schenk \nWG2: Social Dynamics Across Borders. Discussion leader: Aurelie Baird \nWG3: Migration’s Impact on Host States. Discussion leader: Galiya Sagyndykova \nWG4: Social Determinants of Migration. Discussion leader: Helene Thibault \n10.45 – 11.00         Coffee-break \n11.30 – 12.00         Wrap up and closing remarks
URL:https://centralasiaprogram.org/event/nac-nu-cap-conference-on-external-and-internal-migration-in-central-asia-astana/
CATEGORIES:Conferences,Events Archive
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20170818T000000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20170824T000000
DTSTAMP:20260920T163454
CREATED:20200930T162457Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20241014T192925Z
UID:17541-1503014400-1503532800@centralasiaprogram.org
SUMMARY:2017 Trans-Caspian Forum: East West Trade & Transit Corridor
DESCRIPTION:See tentative program. \nBackground: The Trans-Caspian East-West Trade and Transit Corridor brings together the Central Asia\, Caspian and Black Sea strategic regions to form a viable trade and transit corridor between Europe and East & South-East Asia. Connecting trade\, people and economies\, the modern trans-Caspian corridor has extensive and integrated network of infrastructure\, special economic zones\, harmonized customs\, cross-border procedures and more along this route. \nThe United States played an important role in the development of this corridor and its cooperation with our countries has evolved into resilient strategic partnerships. Joint initiatives and projects such as the Baku-Tbilisi-Ceyhan oil pipeline and Southern Gas Corridor have greatly contributed to the increased business between the region and the United States. Moreover\, currently underway regional infrastructure projects such as С5+1 Transport Corridor Development\, Baku-Tbilisi-Kars railway and the multiple Port developments valued over $50 billion have been providing additional business opportunities including increased trade\, investments and development of strategic infrastructure for facilitating commercially viable transit that the United States and its companies can benefit from. \nToday\, ambitious regional infrastructure projects will ensure swift and efficient shipments of all types of goods. These projects will connect Asian and European transport networks\, significantly shorten delivery time and save transportation costs for delivering goods from Asian to European markets. Expanding regional transport grids along the Trans-Caspian corridor opens new opportunities for transcontinental shipments\, and innovative services. Afghanistan\, Azerbaijan\, Georgia\, Kazakhstan\, Turkey and Turkmenistan form a market of around 150 million consumers. These countries are willing to offer customized and integrated solutions to companies with highly sophisticated supply chains. \nProject description: Forum is a practical manifestation of joint willingness of the Trans-Caspian countries to make this corridor a viable option for East-West trade and transit shipments. Regional governments will introduce infrastructure\, business\, investment\, trade and transit opportunities to business leaders\, policy-makers and expert community across a variety of multinational industries. The Forum presents a suitable platform for public and private senior executives from regional countries and businesses. \nThe diplomatic missions of Afghanistan\, Azerbaijan\, Georgia\, Kazakhstan\, Turkey and Turkmenistan will hold the “2nd Trans-Caspian East-West Trade and Transit Corridor” forum in Washington D.C onJune 26-27\, 2017. The Forum will take place at the George Washington University followed up by a policy discussion at the US Congress and round-table at the World Bank. \nOn the first day\, June 26\, the Forum will be co-hosted by the Central Asia Program at George Washington University and the Caspian Policy Center and it will be open to the wider public including academic\, think tank\, policy\, business community\, government officials and policy-makers from six organizing countries along with the United States. \nOn June 27\, the morning session will be held at the United States Congress and will be open to the public\, specifically to Congressional staff along with academic\, think tank\, policy\, business community\, government officials and policy-makers. \nOn the second half of June 27\, an event will be organized at the World Bank for businesses\, think tanks and government officials to discuss practical issues of cooperation along the Trans-Caspian corridor. \nMore details are available on the event’s website and registration now available.
URL:https://centralasiaprogram.org/event/2017-trans-caspian-forum-east-west-trade-transit-corridor-2/
CATEGORIES:Conferences,Events Archive
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20170502T000000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20170504T000000
DTSTAMP:20260920T163454
CREATED:20200930T162445Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20241014T194437Z
UID:17529-1493683200-1493856000@centralasiaprogram.org
SUMMARY:The United States’ and Russia’s Relationship in Central Asia and its Neighborhood
DESCRIPTION:[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Tuesday\, May 2 \n\n10:30 Opening remarks \nAlexander Cooley (Harriman Institute\, Columbia University) and\nMarlene Laruelle(George Washington University) \n10:45-12:15 Panel 1. Central Asia and the ‘global order’ \nChair: Rajan Menon (City College of New York) \nPaul Stronski (Carnegie Endowment for International Peace)\nProspects for Central Asia Policy in the Trump Administration \nChristian Bleuer (ANU)\nAmerican Allies’ Strategic and Economic Interests in Afghanistan and Central Asia: Navigating Change and Continuity in the US-Russia Relationship \nAlexander Cooley (Columbia University)\nCentral Asia as a Buffer Zone between National Populist Great Powers \n12:15-1:00 Lunch \n1:00-2:30 Panel 2. The international community in a changing environment \nChair: Alexander Cooley (Columbia University) \nRoman Vakulchuk (NUPI)\nBig Powers in Central Asia: Old Rhetoric\, New Perception \nIvan Safranchuk (MGIMO)\nCentral Asia – Asset\, Burden or Instrument for International Actors? \nGeorge Gavrilis (Columbia University)\nCentral Asia’s Borders: The Next Twenty-Five Years \n2:30-3:00 Coffee break \n3:00-4:00 Panel 3. Russia’s presence and influence in Central Asia and Afghanistan \nChair:  Nargis Kassenova (KIMEP) \nYulia Nikitina (MGIMO)\nRussian Strategies of International Status-Seeking in International Institutions and Forums \nEkaterina Stepanova (IMEMO)\nArmed Conflict\, Insurgency\, Terrorism and Peace Process in Afghanistan: A View From Russia \n  \nWednesday\, May 3 \n\n9:30-10:30 Panel 4. Is China really changing the given? \nChair: George Gavrilis (Columbia University) \nRobert Sutter (George Washington University)\nChina’s expansion into Central Asia—A Pattern for Its Periphery? \nSun Zhuangzhi (CASS\, Beijing)\nBuilding Silk-Road Economic Belt and Central Asian Stability and Development \n10:30-11:00 Coffee break \n11:00-12:30 Panel 5. Central Asia’s perspectives on the US-Russia new relationship \nChair: Marlene Laruelle (George Washington University) \nNargis Kassenova (KIMEP)\nUS and Russia’s Failing ‘Pivots to Asia’ and Central Asia \nErlan Karin (KISI)\nNew Perspectives on the US-Russia Relationship and Multivectoralism in Central Asia \nEmil Joroev (American University in Central Asia)\nTrump’s America Viewed from Bishkek: Sharing Moscow’s Hopes or Excited for Own Reasons? \n12:30-1:15 Lunch \nThis conference is generously funded by the Carnegie Corporation of New York. \n[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] \nThis event is co-hosted by SIPA and the Harriman Institute (Columbia University)\, and generously funded by the Carnegie Corporation of New York.  \n[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column width=”1/2″][vc_single_image image=”10568″ img_size=”” alignment=”center”][/vc_column][vc_column width=”1/2″][vc_single_image image=”10569″ img_size=”” alignment=”center”][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_btn title=”REGISTER” color=”warning” align=”center” button_block=”true” link=”url:http%3A%2F%2Fgo.gwu.edu%2F42p\, \, target:%20_blank\, “][/vc_column][/vc_row]
URL:https://centralasiaprogram.org/event/the-united-states-and-russias-relationship-in-central-asia-and-its-neighborhood/
CATEGORIES:Conferences,Events Archive
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20170410T093000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20170410T150000
DTSTAMP:20260920T163454
CREATED:20200930T162428Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20241014T194437Z
UID:17512-1491816600-1491836400@centralasiaprogram.org
SUMMARY:Islamic Education and Knowledge Transmission in Central Asia
DESCRIPTION:[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] \nIslamic Education and Knowledge Transmission in Central Asia\nApril 10\, 2017\, 9:30am-3:00pm\nCentral Asia Program\, IERES\nGeorge Washington University\n1957 E Street\, NW\, Lindner Commons\, Suite 602\n9:30am. Session 1. State Institutions\, Muftiates and the Teaching of Islam \nSebastien Peyrouse (George Washington University)\nAt The Crossroads of the Religious and Regime Security: The Teaching Of Islam In Uzbekistan \nKamal Gasimov (CAP Fellow)\nIdeology of Islamic Education and the Struggle Over Transmission of Religious Knowledge In Azerbaijan \nGulnaz Sibgatullina (Leiden University)\nRussian vs. Ethnic Vernaculars: Languages of Islamic Education in the Post-Soviet Space \n11:00am. Coffee break \n11:30am. Session 2. Religion and Ethics at School and in the Media \nRafael Sattarov (CAP Fellow)\nState-Backed Ideological Policy and “Spirituality and Enlightenment” in Uzbekistan \nDonohon Abdugafurova (Emory University)\nIslam\, Morality and Public Education: Religious Elements of Ethics and Etiquette in the Uzbek School Curriculum \nNoah Tucker (CAP Associate)\nIdentifying Islamic Education and Indigenous Counter-Extremism Resources in Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan \n1:00pm. Lunch \n1:45pm. Session 3. The Informal Transmission of Religious Knowledge \nNurbek Bekmurzaev (Norwegian Institute of International Affairs)\nMediatization of Religion in Kyrgyzstan: Redistribution of Power and Changing Perceptions of Religion \nBenjamin Gatling (George Mason University)\nLearning to be a Sufi in Tajikistan \nYanti Hoelzchen (Tuebingen University)\nKyrgyzstan’s New Mosques: The Institutionalization of Islamic Education In Contemporary Kyrgyzstan \nThis event is part of the CERIA Initiative\, generously funded by the Henry Luce Foundation. \n[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_btn title=”REGISTER” color=”warning” align=”center” button_block=”true” link=”url:http%3A%2F%2Fgo.gwu.edu%2Fceriaworkshop\, \, target:%20_blank\, “][/vc_column][/vc_row]
URL:https://centralasiaprogram.org/event/islamic-education-and-knowledge-transmission-in-central-asia/
CATEGORIES:CERIA,Conferences,Events Archive
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20170306T110000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20170306T170000
DTSTAMP:20260920T163454
CREATED:20200930T162427Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20241014T194437Z
UID:17510-1488798000-1488819600@centralasiaprogram.org
SUMMARY:Central Asia Security Workshop
DESCRIPTION:The Central Asia Security WorkshopMarch 6\, 2017\, 10:00am-4:00pm\nCentral Asia Program\, IERES\nGeorge Washington University\n1957 E Street\, NW\, Lindner Commons\, Suite 602\n10.00am. PANEL 1. CENTRAL ASIA’S DOMESTIC LANDSCAPES. CHANGING MORE THAN WE THOUGHT?\nChair: Lawrence Markowitz (Rowan University) \nAlexander Cooley (Harriman Institute\, Columbia University)\nCentral Asia’s Global Authoritarian Spaces: Politics and Contestation Outside of a Closed Region  \nEric McGlinchey (George Mason University)\nPresidential Transitions and the Implications for US Soft Power in Central Asia \nBruce Pannier (RFE/RL)\nUzbekistan under New Leadership: What’s Changing\, What’s Staying the Same \nMarlene Laruelle (George Washington University)\nRevisiting ‘Conservative values’. Is Illiberalism the New Mainstream for Central Asian Societies? \n12.00pm. Lunch \n12:45pm. PANEL 2. CENTRAL ASIA AND THE GREAT POWERS IN A SHIFTING INTERNATIONAL ENVIRONMENT\nChair: Eric McGlinchey (George Mason University) \nRoger Kangas (Near East South Asia Center for Strategic Studies)\n‘The Art of the Deal’: A New American Approach to Engaging Central Asia? \nNadège Rolland (National Bureau of Asian Research)\nChina’s Eurasian Century: Deciphering the ‘Community of Common Destiny’ \nJeffrey Mankoff (CSIS)\nChinese and Russian Strategies for the New Uncertainty in Afghanistan and Central Asia \n2:15pm. Coffee break \n2:30pm. PANEL 3. REASSESSING WHAT ‘SECURITY’ MEANS IN CENTRAL ASIA\nChair: Marlene Laruelle (George Washington University) \nNoah Tucker (CAP Associate)\nAfter Aleppo: The Future of the Central Asian Jihadist Movement \nLawrence Markowitz (Rowan University)\nHow the Terrorism-Trafficking Nexus Has Shaped Security Apparatuses in Central Asia \n  \nErica Marat (National Defense University)\nMimicking ‘Broken Windows’ Theory in Post-Soviet Cities: What could go wrong?\n  \n\nPlease RSVP.
URL:https://centralasiaprogram.org/event/central-asia-security-workshop/
CATEGORIES:Conferences,Events Archive
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20161023T000000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20161027T000000
DTSTAMP:20260920T163454
CREATED:20200930T162330Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20241014T194523Z
UID:17460-1477180800-1477526400@centralasiaprogram.org
SUMMARY:MOSCOW - Third International Conference on Uyghur Studies: History\, Culture\, Society
DESCRIPTION:View the full program. 
URL:https://centralasiaprogram.org/event/moscow-third-international-conference-on-uyghur-studies-history-culture-society/
CATEGORIES:Conferences,Conferences Abroad,Events Archive,Uyghur Studies
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20160613T000000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20160615T000000
DTSTAMP:20260920T163454
CREATED:20200930T162327Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20241014T194523Z
UID:17456-1465776000-1465948800@centralasiaprogram.org
SUMMARY:STOCKHOLM - Tajikistan. Approaches\, fieldworks and topics
DESCRIPTION:A Conference organized by the Swedish Institute of International Affairs and The George Washington University’s Central Asia Program (CAP)\nStockholm\, June 13-14\, 2016 \nJune 13\, 2016 \n9.45-10.00 Welcoming Remarks and Coffee \n10.00- 11.00 Panel 1. Tajikistan at the Interplay of Foreign and Domestic Policies \nDavid Abramson (US State Department)\nInterwoven Affairs: Foreign and Domestic Politics in Rahmon’s Governing Style \nKirill Nourzhanov (Australian National University)\nTajikistan’s Foreign Policy in 2015 and after: the Pros and Cons of President Rahmon’s multi-vector Diplomacy \n11.00-13.00 Panel 2. Tajikistan’s Contested Political Legitimacy \nJessie Driscoll (Stanford University)\nBeyond Hobbesian Legitimacy: Thinking A Way Out Of Neopatrimonialism in Tajikistan \nJohn Heathershaw & Alexander Sodiqov (Exeter University and Toronto University)\nRebels without a Cause? Authoritarian Conflict Management as State Formation in Tajikistan \nSuzanne Levi Sanchez (Rutgers\, The State University of New Jersey)\nPolitics at the Periphery of Tajikistan \nBrent Hierman (Virginia Military Institute)\nDushanbe is quite far away: Deconcentrated Agrarian Reform in Rural Tajikistan \n13.00-14.00 Lunch  \n14.00-15.30 Panel 3. Memory and Identities \nTim Epkenhans (Freiburg University)\nRemembering the Civil War in Tajikistan \nSophie Roche (Heidelberg University)\nCulture as Fact \nMarlene Laruelle (George Washington University)\nTajikistan’s Quest for a National Storytelling. Ambivalences\, Blank Spaces\, and Discontinuities \n  \nJune 14\, 2016 \n10.00-12.30 Panel 4. Plural Islams  \nSultonbek Aksakolov (Independent Researcher)\nBetween State and Religion: Officials and Religious Figures in Soviet Tajikistan  \nEdward Lemon (Exeter University)\nGoverning (in)Security: Security Governance and Muslim Migrants in Russia and Tajikistan \nMichelle Commercio (University of Vermont)\n“A Woman without a Man is a Kazan without a Lid”. Polygyny in Tajikistan and Kyrgyzstan \nShahnoza Nozimova (George Mason University)\nHijab Ban in Tajikistan: Unveiling the Fault Lines \nSaodat Olimova (Sharq Analytical Center)\nIslam and Migration: the Role of Religion and Religious Institutions in the Life of Tajik Migrants \n12.30-13.30 Lunch \n13.30-14.o0 Discussion on publication
URL:https://centralasiaprogram.org/event/stockholm-tajikistan-approaches-fieldworks-and-topics/
CATEGORIES:Conferences,Conferences Abroad,Events Archive
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20160308T090000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20160308T170000
DTSTAMP:20260920T163454
CREATED:20200930T162241Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20241014T194609Z
UID:17408-1457427600-1457456400@centralasiaprogram.org
SUMMARY:The Central Asia Security Workshop
DESCRIPTION:9:00am. Registration and Breakfast\n9:30-11:00am. Session 1. The Chinese ‘One Belt One Road’ Strategy \nChair: Robert Sutter (George Washington University) \nAlexander Cooley (Harriman Institute\, Columbia University) \nOne Road\, One Belt\, Many Headaches: the Economic\, Political and Social Challenges of OBOR in Central Asia \nRafaello Pantucci and Sarah Lain (RUSI\, London) \nChina and Russia in Central Asia: Cooperation and Conflict \nNadège Rolland (National Bureau of Asian Research) \nUnwrapping the Belt and Road: Chinese Perspectives \n11:00am-11:30pm. Coffee break \n11:30-1:00pm. Session 2. Russia’s Influence in Central Asia. Hard and Soft Power \nChair: Cory Welt (George Washington University) \nJeffrey Mankoff (CSIS) \nMultilateralism a la Russe: How the EEU and CSTO are Performing \nRichard Weitz (Hudson Institute) \nAssessing Russia’s Military Buildup in Central Asia: Dynamics and Implications \nMarlene Laruelle (George Washington University) \nCapturing Russian Media Influence in Central Asia \n1:00-1:45. Lunch \n1:45-3:15pm. Session 3. Afghanistan\, Regional Security and the United States  \nChair: Sean Roberts (George Washington University) \nScott Smith (US Institute of Peace) \nSpeed Bumps on the New Silk Road \nEric McGlinchey (George Mason University)\nInternational Financial Institutions and the Projection of US Power in Central Asia \nRoger Kangas (Near East South Asia Center for Strategic Studies) \nNew Dynamics of Security Cooperation in Central Asia in the Post-ISAF Era \n3:15-3:30pm. Coffee break \n3:30-5:00pm. Session 4. Exporting Radicalism. New Trends among Eurasian Fighters in Syria \nChair: Sebastien Peyrouse (CAP\, George Washington University) \nNoah Tucker (Associate researcher\, CAP) \nFear and Loathing in Central Asia: Social Media’s Role in Generating Hate and Mobilizing Violence \nJean-François Ratelle (Carleton University\, Canada) \nCaucasian Foreign Fighters in Syria and Iraq: Motivations\, Roles and the Threat of Returnees \nRémi Castets (Montaigne University\, Bordeaux\, France) \nFrom Xinjiang Madrasas to Global Jihadism War Fields: Political and Ideological Transformations of Uyghur Salafi Networks \n  \nThis event is part of the Central Asia Policy Assessment series\, funded by GW’s CIFF fund \nPlease RSVP.
URL:https://centralasiaprogram.org/event/the-central-asia-security-workshop-2/
CATEGORIES:Conferences,Events Archive
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20151215T000000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20151216T000000
DTSTAMP:20260920T163454
CREATED:20200930T162218Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20241014T194652Z
UID:17382-1450137600-1450224000@centralasiaprogram.org
SUMMARY:GLASGOW - Inside the Pyramid: Is Central Asia authoritarianism stable?
DESCRIPTION:A Workshop Series organized byCRCEES [University of Glasgow] & CAP [George Washington University] \nView the full program here. \nPatrimonial\, patronal\, clientelistic: Central Asia’s authoritarian power is often classified in these terms. The proliferation of analytical rubrics and conceptual lenses to delve into regional developments confirms that\, if anything\, Central Asian politics is profoundly complex. The regional conformation of power does however remain relatively stable. Regime durability\, in most cases\, is supported by the intricate connexion of domestic patronal networks with international alliances; sophisticated propaganda machines have also sustained local élites in their drive to conceal disastrous socio-economic policies. To all intents and purposes\, a calculated combination of softer authoritarian strategies and more repressive governance methods has allowed the Central Asian leaders to reduce internal political processes and mechanisms to regimes’ monopolies.\n\nIncumbency continues to dominate politics in the region\, as confirmed by the long tenures of first-generation leaders in Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan\, and of Emomali Rahmon in post-conflict Tajikistan. The outcome of the Turkmen transition in 2006-2007\, on the other hand\, suggested that the persistence of authoritarian governance is likely to survive eventual leadership changes. Ultimately\, it is a picture of apparent stability that informs how international observers have understood\, digested\, and framed the interconnection between power and politics in post-Soviet Central Asia.\n\nThese two workshops aim to challenge directly this characterisation\, by discussing a specific set of factors\, processes\, and actors that are eroding – silently yet not insignificantly – the stability that is proverbially enshrined within Central Asia’s authoritarian governance. While the weak nature of Central Asia’s statehood has been appropriately questioned in the current scholarly debate\, this workshop series intends to challenge the myth of Central Asia’s regime infrangibility.  An accurately designed work of regime diagnostic does therefore sit at the analytical core of these workshops; succession prognosis is not\, except indirectly.\n\nFour specific issues have been selected by the organisers to identify and discuss the key elements underpinning the stability of the regimes that rule Central Asia 25 years after the achievement of independence. Specifically:\n• The International Environment\n• Economics\n• Nation-building\n• Élite fragmentation\n\nThe first two facets will be discussed at the Glasgow workshop (December 2015)\, while the Washington DC seminar (April 2016) will in turn focus on the latter set of factors.
URL:https://centralasiaprogram.org/event/glasgow-inside-the-pyramid-is-central-asia-authoritarianism-stable/
CATEGORIES:Conferences,Conferences Abroad,Events Archive,The Policy Debate
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20151211T090000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20151211T160000
DTSTAMP:20260920T163454
CREATED:20200930T162220Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20241014T194652Z
UID:17385-1449824400-1449849600@centralasiaprogram.org
SUMMARY:Women and Water in Central Asia and South Asia: Building a Sustainable Future
DESCRIPTION:Funded by the US State Department for 2013-2015\, this project connected women in Central and South Asia to water and its management\, and proposed a program of international exchange of knowledge and leadership to support innovative conflict resolution with a sustainable and multiplying effect. To this end\, it brought together young female social entrepreneurs and activists from Kyrgyzstan\, Tajikistan\, Afghanistan\, Pakistan and India\, to discuss their experiences and innovative solutions on community-level water management\, enhance their competencies and leadership skills\, and expose them to U.S institutions and the policy community working on water management and gender issues. This was accomplished through in-person and virtual exchanges in the Central and South Asian region and Washington\, DC\, video and web content production\, and curriculum development. \nMore details on this project are available at womenandwatergw.org \nView the preliminary program here. \nPlease RSVP.
URL:https://centralasiaprogram.org/event/women-and-water-in-central-asia-and-south-asia-building-a-sustainable-future/
CATEGORIES:Conferences,Events Archive
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20151117T000000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20151121T000000
DTSTAMP:20260920T163454
CREATED:20200930T162212Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20241014T194653Z
UID:17379-1447718400-1448064000@centralasiaprogram.org
SUMMARY:BRUSSELS and PARIS - Second International Conference on Uyghur Studies
DESCRIPTION:  \nThe 2015 Second International Conference on Uyghur Studies will take place in Brussels and Paris from November 17-20\, 2015. At the conference there will be several cultural events and exhibits organized for the participants. This event promises to provide stimulating conversation on many pressing topics in the region. \nView the program here.
URL:https://centralasiaprogram.org/event/brussels-and-paris-second-international-conference-on-uyghur-studies/
CATEGORIES:Conferences,Conferences Abroad,Events Archive,Uyghur Studies
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20151015T000000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20151019T000000
DTSTAMP:20260920T163454
CREATED:20200930T162152Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20241014T194653Z
UID:17355-1444867200-1445212800@centralasiaprogram.org
SUMMARY:CESS Annual Meeting 2015
DESCRIPTION:[vc_row][vc_column width=”1/1″][vc_column_text] \nCAP is proud to host the Central Eurasian Studies Society 16th Annual Conference\, October 15-18\, 2015\nDownload the full program here. \n[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column width=”1/1″][vc_column_text] \nView the keynote addresses\n[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column width=”1/2″][vc_column_text] \n“Locating Central Asian Geopolitics: the Rise and Future Decline of Multivectorism in Practice”\nby Alexander Cooley\,\nDirector\, Harriman Institute\, Columbia University \n[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][vc_column width=”1/2″][vc_column_text] \n“Trace\, Trajectory\, Pressure Point: Re-imagining ‘Area Studies’ in an Age of Migration”\nby Madeleine Reeves\,\nUniversity of Manchester\, UK \n[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row]
URL:https://centralasiaprogram.org/event/cess-annual-meeting-2015/
CATEGORIES:Conferences,Events Archive
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20150925T000000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20150927T000000
DTSTAMP:20260920T163454
CREATED:20200930T162206Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20241014T194653Z
UID:17371-1443139200-1443312000@centralasiaprogram.org
SUMMARY:LEIDEN - Development and Modernization in the Soviet Periphery
DESCRIPTION:Since their incorporation into the Russian Empire in the 19th century\, Central Asia and the Caucasus have been the target of various schemes for economic and social improvement. Whether dealing with water management\, transportation\, education\, or medicine and hygiene\, the region became a frontier where Russian reformers could try out schemes they were often unable to carry out close to home. In the Soviet period\, ideas of modernization became tied up with revolution\, and the region gained new importance as an example Moscow could hold up to the colonial and post-colonial world. Local elites were often the driving force of various schemes and projects. The Soviet legacy is ambiguous\, however. Clear gains in areas like literacy\, health\, and infrastructure stand in contrast to environmental pollution\, new kinds of inequality\, and dislocation caused in part by Soviet social policies. Since the collapse of the Soviet Union\, these regions have once again become a destination for development\, this time from international institutions like the World Bank and various NGOs with more narrowly defined agendas. Originally welcomed by post-Soviet elites looking for help to transition to a post-socialist economy\, their activities have been seriously circumscribed over the past decade\, as their agendas have been found to be incompatible with the practices of ruling regimes.\nPrecisely because this region has been part of two very different “schemes to improve the human condition\,” it serves as a particularly useful area of focus and offers opportunities to do some comparative thinking. We hope the workshop will lead to discussions that help us compare institutions\, discourses\, and practices of the Soviet Union\, the independent post-Soviet states\, and international organizations. \nThis workshop is being organized with the support of the Netherlands Organization for Scientific Research (NWO)\, the Dutch Royal Academy of Science (KNAW)\, the Central Asia Program at the George Washington University\, and the Central Asia program at Leiden University.   \nDevelopment and Modernization in the Soviet Periphery
URL:https://centralasiaprogram.org/event/leiden-development-and-modernization-in-the-soviet-periphery/
CATEGORIES:Conferences,Conferences Abroad,Events Archive
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20150611T000000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20150613T000000
DTSTAMP:20260920T163454
CREATED:20200930T162128Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20241014T194244Z
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SUMMARY:STOCKHOLM - Uzbekistan Beyond the ‘Curtain’. Approaches\, Fieldworks and Topics
DESCRIPTION:[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]A Conference organized by The George Washington University’s Central Asia Program (CAP)\, and the Swedish Institute of International Affairs \nUzbekistan is at the core of Central Asia. It is the region’s demographic power with close to 30 million inhabitants\, its second-largest economic power behind Kazakhstan thanks to its cotton production and still developed industrial network\, and a key cultural and historical power. However\, since the early 2000s\, Uzbekistan increasingly became a kind of ‘black hole’ in terms of scholarly research. \nThe country’s growing isolationism\, the authoritarian hardening of the regime\, and its shutting out of researchers have all worked to hinder the ability to conduct fieldwork\, thus affecting our knowledge of the country’s domestic evolutions. Nonetheless a new form of knowledge about Uzbekistan has noticeably arisen\, and stems from the Uzbek diasporas scattered throughout the world\, including Russia\, Europe\, and the United States. These Uzbek communities abroad provide news from the ground that attests to a quickly evolving societal fabric\, as well as to new cultural and socio-economic dynamics at the grassroots level. \nIn this context it is time to generate a kind of introspective approach of what have we have learned over the last two decades. This two-day conference brings together some of the main scholars to have contributed to our knowledge of Uzbekistan. The aim is to open a genuine discussion about the approaches used to analyze the country’s society\, politics and identities. \nUzbekistan beyond the Curtain: Approaches\, Fieldworks and Topics \n[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row]
URL:https://centralasiaprogram.org/event/stockholm-uzbekistan-beyond-the-curtain-approaches-fieldworks-and-topics/
CATEGORIES:Conferences,Conferences Abroad,Events Archive
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20150226T093000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20150226T160000
DTSTAMP:20260920T163454
CREATED:20200930T161900Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20241014T194156Z
UID:17194-1424943000-1424966400@centralasiaprogram.org
SUMMARY:Central Asia and the Eurasian Economic Union: The Global Picture and Country Perspectives
DESCRIPTION:[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]In cooperation with the Harriman Institute and the US-Kazakhstan Business Association\nOpening Remarks: Marlene Laruelle (IERES\, George Washington University) \n9:30-11:00am Session I. Roundtable \nMartha Brill Olcott (Michigan State University)\nSarah Freese (US-Kazakhstan Business Association)\nAlexander Cooley (Barnard College\, Columbia University)\nAlexander Libman (German Institute for International and Security Affairs SWP) \n11:30-1:00pm Session II. Kazakhstan’s Perspective on the EEU \nAitolkyn Kourmanova (CSIS Visiting Fellow\, Washington DC)\nKazakhstan and Eurasian integration: Taking a Broader View \nNate Schenkkan (Freedom House)\nThe Eurasian Economic Union Treaty. Pre-2014 aspirations\, post-2014 realities? \nMolly O’Neal (SAIS\, Johns Hopkins University)\nKazakhstan in the Eurasian Economic Integration Project: Regionalism and the Multilateral \n2:00-4:00pm Session III. Voices from the Central Asian Neighbors \nRoman Mogilevsky (University of Central Asia\, Bishkek)\nThe EEU seen from Kyrgyzstan \nSaodat Olimova (Sharq Analytical Center\, Dushanbe)\nThe EEU seen from Tajikistan \nFarrukh Irnazarov (Central Asia Fellow at GW and Country Director and Researcher\, Central Asian Development Institute\, Tashkent)\nThe EEU seen from Uzbekistan \nNazik Muradova (Central Asia Fellow at GW)\nThe EEU seen from Turkmenistan[/vc_column_text][vc_button title=”Please RSVP” target=”_self” color=”btn-warning” icon=”none” size=”btn-large” href=”http://go.gwu.edu/EEU” el_class=”align-center”][/vc_column][/vc_row]
URL:https://centralasiaprogram.org/event/central-asia-and-the-eurasian-economic-union-the-global-picture-and-country-perspectives/
CATEGORIES:Conferences,Economic Forum,Events Archive
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20141103T000000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20141105T000000
DTSTAMP:20260920T163454
CREATED:20200930T161824Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20241014T194109Z
UID:17154-1414972800-1415145600@centralasiaprogram.org
SUMMARY:Islam in Eurasia
DESCRIPTION:[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] \n\nEurasia is often a forgotten space on the radar of the public opinion and the policy community looking at the Islamic world. However\, Eurasia offers diversity of Islamic traditions\, including both Sunni and Shiite.  Islam in Eurasia has been at the crossroads of many influences\, interacting with Christianity\, European secularism and Soviet atheism\, as well as with Islamic revivalist movements from the Middle-East and South Asia. \nThis conference gives the floor to a generation of scholars who have been working on the ground to renew our knowledge of Eurasian Islam in its plurality\, going beyond the media hype of Islamist radicalization and terrorism. The first two panels will look at the relationship between state and religion in the region and at the place of Islam in everyday life. The second day will explore Eurasian Islamic actors as they interact with the globalized world: they discover other Islamic traditions\, enjoy the rise of digital media as a new platform to discuss religion\, and a minority engage in internationalized insurgency theaters. \n\n[/vc_column_text][vc_button title=”Please RSVP” target=”_self” color=”btn-warning” icon=”none” size=”btn-large” href=”http://go.gwu.edu/ceria1″][vc_column_text] \nMonday\, November 3\, 2014 \n9:30 am Introduction \nMarlene Laruelle (George Washington University) \n9:45-11:00am Keynote Speaker \nPauline Jones Luong (Michigan University\, USA)\nReassessing Central Asia’s Islamic Revival \n11:00-1:00pm Session I. State and Religion in Eurasia \nChair: David Abramson (State Department\, USA) \nSergey Markedonov (Russian State University for the Humanities)\nRussian State and Multi-Faced Political Islam \nSufian Zhemukhov (IERES\, George Washington University)\nSecurity\, Religion\, and the State in the North Caucasus \nBayram Balci (CERI Science Po\, France)\nBetween Sunni and Shia Revival: State and Religion in Azerbaijan \nSebastien Peyrouse (IERES\, George Washington University\, USA)\nAuthoritarian Secularism:  State Management of Religion in Central Asia \nDiscussion \n1:00-2:00pm Lunch \n2:00-4:00pm Session II. Islam and Everyday Life in Central Asia \nChair: Pauline Jones Luong (Michigan University\, USA) \nDavid Montgomery (University of Pittsburgh\, USA)\nIslam in Everyday Life and Everyday Life in Islam: Religion and Secularism as Lived Categories in Central Asia \nShahnoza Nozimova (George Mason University\, USA)\nFemale Islamic Lifeworld in Tajikistan: Competing Discourses and Limited Public Spheres \nElyor Karimov (Institute of History\, Academy of Sciences\, Tashkent\, Uzbekistan)\nFemale Ordinances of Sacred Sites at Modern Central Asia: Traditions and Innovations \nAurelie Biard (Sciences Po\, France)\nIslam\, Individuation and Neo-Community in Kyrgyzstan \nTuesday\, November 4\, 2014 \n11:00-12:30pm Session III. Interacting with the World. Travelers\, Migrants and Proselytes \nChair: Sean Robert (George Washington University\, USA) \nDavid Abramson (State Department\, USA)\nThe Politicization of Islamic Education at Home and Abroad \nMarlene Laruelle (George Washington University\, USA)\nThe Role of Islam among Central Asian Migrants \nEmil Nasridtinov (American University in Central Asia\, Kyrgyzstan)\nKyrgyz Dawatchis: Travel\, Dawah and Glocal Narrative  \n12:30-1:30pm Lunch \n1:30-3:00pm Session IV. Roundtable: Digital Islam. A New Marketplace for Religion \nChair: Noah Tucker (Independent scholar\, CAP associate\, USA) \nSarah Kendzior (Al-Jazeera English\, CAP associate\, USA)\, \nBehzod Mamadiev (VoA\, Washington DC\, USA)\, and \nWendell Schwab (Pennsylvania State University\, USA) \n3:00-3:30pm Coffee-break \n3:30-5:00pm Session V. From Pakistan to Syria. Trajectories of Eurasian Insurgents \nChair: Marlene Laruelle (IERES\, George Washington University) \nJean-Francois Ratelle (IERES\, George Washington University\, USA)\nComparative Analysis of the Caucasus Emirate Islamic Ideology inside the Global-Salafi Jihad \nNoah Tucker (Independent scholar\, CAP associate\, USA)\nThe Syrian Conflict and the Transformation of the Uzbek Jihad \nErlan Karin (Director\, Kazakhstan Institute for Strategic Studies)\nNatives of Kazakhstan in Syria: Routes\, Factors\, Portraits \n[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row]
URL:https://centralasiaprogram.org/event/islam-in-eurasia/
CATEGORIES:CERIA,Conferences,Events Archive
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20141028T110000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20141028T150000
DTSTAMP:20260920T163454
CREATED:20200930T161830Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20241014T194109Z
UID:17161-1414494000-1414508400@centralasiaprogram.org
SUMMARY:Prospects for Regional Integration in Central Asia
DESCRIPTION:[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]12:00-12:30pm Lunch\n12:30pm Opening remarks.\nDCM Yerkin Akhinzhanov\, Kazakhstan Embassy in the United States \nFatema Z. Sumar\, Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for South and Central Asia Affairs at the U.S. Department of State \n1:00-2:30pm. Session I. Regional Integration Projects\, Divergences and Challenges \nModerator: Margarita Assenova (Jamestown Foundation) \nSumona Guha (Policy Planning Staff\, U.S. Department of State)\nU.S. perspectives on Central Asia’s regional integration \nAndrew Kuchins (Senior Fellow and Director of the CSIS Russia and Eurasia Program)\nCompeting and Collaborative Visions of Eurasian Integration \nFarrukh Irnazarov (Country Directory and Researcher\, Central Asian Development Institute (CADI)\, Tashkent\, Uzbekistan\, and Visiting Fellow at the Central Asia and Caucasus Institute\, SAIS)\nRegional Cooperation in Central Asia: Evidence from the Field \nGalymzhan Kirbassov (Columbia University)\nAn Integrated Approach to Combating International Terrorism in Central Asia \n2:30-2:45pm Coffee-break \n2:45-4:00pm. Session 2. Regional Integration\, a View from Kazakhstan \nModerator: Sergey Gretsky (Catholic University) \nMartha Brill Olcott (Visiting Professor\, Michigan State University)\n2014: The Impact on Kazakh Foreign Policy and Regional Cooperation \nAnuar Ayazbekov (Rumsfeld Fellow)\nConstructors of the Silk Road Narrative: Kazakhstan’s Voice \nMarlene Laruelle (Central Asia Program\, George Washington University)\nKazakhstan’s Dilemmas: Eurasian integration\, Central Asian integration\, or a ‘Kazakh Eli’ path? \n  \nThe Kazakhstan Initiative at GW\nGratefully funded by the Kazakhstan Embassy in Washington D.C.[/vc_column_text][vc_button title=”Please RSVP” target=”_self” color=”btn-warning” icon=”none” size=”btn-large” href=”http://go.gwu.edu/Akhinzhanov” el_class=”align-center”][/vc_column][/vc_row]
URL:https://centralasiaprogram.org/event/prospects-for-regional-integration-in-central-asia/
CATEGORIES:Conferences,Events Archive,Kazakhstan
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20140925T000000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20140928T000000
DTSTAMP:20260920T163454
CREATED:20200930T161759Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20241014T194109Z
UID:17137-1411603200-1411862400@centralasiaprogram.org
SUMMARY:First International Conference on Uyghur Studies - History\, Culture\, and Society
DESCRIPTION:[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]The Uyghurs are one of the ten most populous stateless nations in the world. While they have a long history of cultural accomplishments and political influences\, they have remained marginal in international scholarship given their ambiguous position both in regional studies and in geopolitics. Nonetheless\, given their contribution to global and regional historical and cultural processes\, there has developed a transnational community of scholars whose research is focused on the Uyghur people’s history\, culture\, society. This conference is the first attempt to bring together a broad spectrum of this international community of scholars\, drawing from the academic communities of the Americas\, Russia\, Turkey\, and elsewhere in Europe and Asia. Hopefully\, it will serve as a basis for future transnational collaboration on the history\, culture\, and society of Uyghurs throughout the world.[/vc_column_text][vc_button title=”Please RSVP” target=”_self” color=”btn-warning” icon=”none” size=”wpb_regularsize” href=”https://docs.google.com/a/gwmail.gwu.edu/forms/d/1zSMEKL3egeU15iy09JZH9_6cU7Ylu1-usbUoZhlRJyI/viewform”][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column width=”1/1″][vc_column_text]Thursday\, September 25\, 2014\, Lindner Commons\, 6th floor\n 9:00-10:00am      Opening \n 10:00-11:00am    Session 1: The Policy Debate \nChair: Marlene Laruelle (George Washington University) \nSean R. Roberts (George Washington University)\nMichael Dillon (Independent scholar\, formerly Director of the Centre for Contemporary Chinese Studies at the University of Durham)\nGardner Bovington (Indiana University)\nHenryk Szadziewski (Uyghur Human Rights Project)\nKilic Kanat (Penn State University\, USA) \n11:00-11:30am Coffee break \n11:30-12:45pm    Session 2: Roundtable Discussion – Uyghurs in Geopolitics Over Time \nChair: Sean R. Roberts (George Washington University) \nDru Gladney (Pacific Basin Institute\, Pomona College)\nJames Millward (Georgetown University)\nValerii Barmin(Altai State Pedagogical Academy\, Russia)\nYunus Koç (Hacettepe University\, Turkey) \n12:45-1:30pm Lunch \n1:30-3:30pm         Session 3: Uyghur Social Cohesion\, Identity\, and Resistance \nChair and Discussant: Dru Gladney (Pomona College) \nMichael Dillon (Independent scholar\, formerly Director of the Centre for Contemporary Chinese Studies at the University of Durham)\nReligion\, repression and traditional Uyghur culture in southern Xinjiang: Kashghar and Khotan (2010-14) \nNathan Light (Professor\, ​Department of Linguistics and Philology\, Uppsala University)\nUyghur Social Networking and Chinese Censorship: Before and After 2009 \nRemi Castets (Michel de Montaigne University\, Bordeaux\, France)\nUyghur Islam and State Control Policies in Xinjiang \nSean R. Roberts (George Washington University)\n‘Uyghurstan is Where the Home is’. “Self-Governmentality” and the Maintenance of Uyghur National Identity without a State \nRachel Harris (SOAS\, University of London\, UK)\nIntangible Cultural Heritage and Illegal Gatherings: reflections on the Uyghur Meshrep \n3:30-4:00pm Coffee break \n4:00-6:00pm         Session 4: Xinjiang under Chinese Influence \nChair and discussant: Michael Dillon (Independent Scholar) \nGardner Bovington (Indiana University)\nTaking a Mulligan: New Minzu Policies in Search of Appropriate Problems \nChienyu Shih (Chienhsin University\, Taiwan)\nAnother Round of Power Struggle: Xinjiang and Beijing Current Ethnic Policy Debate \nJoanne Smith (Newcastle University\, UK)\nThe Redistribution of Wealth or Consolidation of Majority Han Power? The ‘National Partner Assistance Programme’ \nKilic Kanat (Penn State University\, USA)\n‘War on Terror’ and ‘Radicalism’ as Diversionary Strategies for PRC Regime \nKara Abramson (Independent scholar\, USA)\nUnderstanding and Promoting Human Rights in Xinjiang: Challenges and Opportunities \n7:00pm Dinner for Participants[/vc_column_text][vc_column_text]Friday\, September 26\, 2014\, State Room\, 7th floor \n9:00-11:00am      Session 5: The Transformation of Uyghur Language and Landscapes \nChair and Discussant: Sean R. Roberts (The George Washington University) \nStanley Toops (Miami University\, Ohio\, USA)\nThe Demography of the Uyghur: Spatial Results of the 2010 Census of Xinjiang \nArienne Dwyer (University of Kansas)\nThe Emergence of Diasporic Uyghur Language \nGiulia Cabras (Institut National des Langues et Civilisations Orientales-INALCO\, France)\nUyghur-Chinese Code Switching in Xinjiang’s Urban Areas: Interactional and Sociocultural Aspects \nErkin Emet (Ankara University\, Turkey)\nThe Effect of Chinese language on Uyghur language \nJean-Paul Loubes (Ecole d’Architecture Paris-La Villette\, France; Laboratory Architecture of Paris-La Villette)\nThe Transformation of the Oasis Cities in Xinjiang: the Case of Kashgar \n11:00-11:30am Coffee break \n11:30-1:15pm    Session 6: The Forgotten Diaspora? Uyghurs in Post-Soviet Central Asia \nChair and Discussant: Remi Castets (Science PO-CERI\, Paris) \nIvan Safranchuk (Moscow State Institute of International Relations)\nGreat Game? Politics\, Business\, and Security in Central Asia \nAblet Kamalov (Institute for Oriental Studies\, Academy of Sciences\, Almaty)\nDiaspora and Identity: Discourse of Homeland (Watan) in the Uyghur communities of post-Soviet Central Asian Countries \nKhamit Khamraev (Independent scholar. President of Uyghur international PEN centre\, Almaty\, Kazakhstan)\nUyghur Diaspora in Kazakhstan from the collapse of the Soviet Union to the Shanghai Cooperation Organization \nIlkhamzhanMusaev (Independentscholar\, Bishkek\, Kyrgyzstan)\nFormation and Development of the Uyghur Ethno-Cultural Identity in Kyrgyzstan \nGuzel Maitdinova (Center for geopolitical Studies\, Russian-Tajik University\, Dushanbe)\nThe Uyghur Diaspora in Tajikistan. History\, Culture and Current Situation \n1:15-2:00pm Lunch \n2:00-3:30pm         Session 7: Uyghurs in Multinational Empires \nChair and Discussant: Nabijan Tursun (Independent Scholar\, DC) \nYuliy Drobyshev (Institute for Oriental Studies\, Academy of Science\, Moscow)\nSome Features of Interrelations Between the Uighur Khanate and China \nAleksandr Kadyrbaev (Institute for Oriental Studies\, Academy of Science\, Moscow)\nUyghurs in the Mongol empires\, 13-14th centuries \nLiudmila Chvyr (Institute of Oriental Studies\, Academy of Sciences\, Moscow)\nThe Uyghur model of Ethnocultural Interactions in the 19th century \nDinara Dubrovskaia (Institute for Oriental Studies\, Academy of Science\, Moscow)\nQing Dynasty and Uyghurs. Controversy over the Question of Reconquering Xinjiang \n3:30-4:00pm Coffee break \n4:00-6:00pm         Session 8: Russian and Soviet Influences on Uyghurs’ Destiny \nChair and Discussant: James Millard (Georgetown University) \nAleksandr Vasiliev (Institute for Oriental Studies\, Academy of Science\, Moscow)\nDocuments from Russian and Ottoman Archives on the Destiny of Bek-Kuli Beg\, Son of Jakub-beg \nValerii Barmin (Professor\, Head of Chair\, Altai State Pedagogical Academy)\nThe activities of the Komintern on the creation of a revolutionary party in Xinjiang in the 1920s \nSabine Trebinjac (Professor\, Laboratory of Ethnology and Comparative Sociologie (LESC)\, CNRS and Nanterre University\, France)\nAnthropological Survey in the Komintern Archives: The Announced Bankruptcy of the Soviet Annexation of Chinese Turkestan \nVladimir Boyko (Professor of Asian Studies at Altai State Pedagogical Academy; Research Associate at Altai State University\, Barnaul)\nEthnicity\, Conflict and Development of Xinjiang 1910s-2010s in Russian\, Soviet and Post-Soviet Scholarship and Analysis \nAnna Bondarenko (Independent Scholar\, formerly research fellow at the Institute of Far Eastern Studies\, Academy of Science\, Moscow)\nState of the Research on Xinjiang in Russia in the 2000s \nNabijan Tursun (Independent Scholar)\nUyghur Ethnic-Political Orientation and the Soviet Union \n7:00pm Dinner for Participants[/vc_column_text][vc_column_text]Saturday\, September 27\, 2014\, Lindner Commons. 6th floor \n9:30-11:00am      Session 9: New Discoveries of Uyghur Ancient History and Culture \nChair and Discussant: Victor Mair (Pennsylvania University) \nDmitri Vasiliev (Institute of Oriental Studies\, Academy of Sciences\, Moscow\, Russia)\nUyghur Fortress in Tuva and new Discoveries of Turkic Runic Inscriptions \nSergey Dmitriev (Institute of Oriental Studies\, Russian Academy of Sciences; Institute of Asian and African States\, Moscow State University)\nBilingual ‘Stela of Merits of Generations’ of Iduq-quts\, Kings of Gaochang as an example of Uyghur historiography \nRisalat Karimova (Institute of Oriental Studies\, Academy of Sciences\, Almaty)\nUyghur Religious Places in the 14-19th centuries. The Birth a new Architectural Style \nAblet Semet (Department of Turcology and Centralasien Studies\, Georg-August-University Goettingen)\nNew Studies and Results Concerning the Old Uyghur ‘Maitrisimit nom bitig’ \n11:00-11:30am Coffee break \n11:30-1:00pm      Session 10: Uyghur Oral and Written Traditions Through the Ages \nChair and Discussant:Dmitri Vasiliev (Academy of Sciences\, Moscow\, Russia) \nDolkun Kamberi (Radio Free Asia\, Washington DC)\nBrief History of Uyghur Literature \nRian Thum (Assistant Professor\, Department of History\, Loyola University New Orleans)\nText and Practice in Uyghur Islam \nMamtimin Ala (Independent scholar\, Australia)\nBetween Utopia and Dystopia: Uyghur intellectuals from 1949 to 2000 \nTatiana Anikeeva (Institute of Oriental Studies\, Academy of Sciences\, Moscow)\nOn Some Mythological Plots in the Ancient Uyghur Literature \n 1:00-2:00pm Lunch and Wrap-Up[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row]
URL:https://centralasiaprogram.org/event/first-international-conference-on-uyghur-studies-history-culture-and-society/
CATEGORIES:Conferences,Events Archive,Uyghur Studies
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20140613T100000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20140614T170000
DTSTAMP:20260920T163454
CREATED:20200930T162201Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20241014T194109Z
UID:17365-1402653600-1402765200@centralasiaprogram.org
SUMMARY:Kazakhstan Beyond Economic Success - Exploring Social and Cultural Changes in Eurasia
DESCRIPTION:Organized by The George Washington University’s Central Asia Program (CAP) and the Uppsala Center for Russian and Eurasian Studies (UCRS)\nFunded by Riksbankens Jubileumsfond (RJ) Uppsala University\, Sweden \nJune 13-14\, 2014 \nKazakhstan Beyond Economic Success – Exploring Social and Cultural Changes in Eurasia
URL:https://centralasiaprogram.org/event/kazakhstan-beyond-economic-success-exploring-social-and-cultural-changes-in-eurasia/
CATEGORIES:Conferences,Conferences Abroad,Events Archive
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20140421T080000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20140421T173000
DTSTAMP:20260920T163454
CREATED:20200930T161903Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20241014T194011Z
UID:17198-1398067200-1398101400@centralasiaprogram.org
SUMMARY:Youth in Kazakhstan: Societal Changes\, Challenges and Opportunities
DESCRIPTION:9:00am Registration and Breakfast\n\n9:15am Opening\n\nPeter Rollberg\, Director\, IERES\, The George Washington University\nAmbassador Kairat Umarov\, Kazakhstan Embassy in the United States\n\n9:30­‐10:00am Keynote speaker\n\nAmbassador Richard Hoagland\, Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary\, Bureau of South and Central Asian Affairs\, US Department of State\n\n10:00­‐11:45am Session 1: Youth Identities. National Trends and the Globalization Process\n\nChair: Marlene Laruelle\, The George Washington University\n\nDouglas Blum\, Providence University\nThe Social Process of Globalization: A Case Study from Kazakhstan\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nStefan B. Kirmse\, Humboldt University\, Berlin\nSimilarities and Differences Between Young People’s lives in Central Asia\n\nAzamat Junisbai\, Pitzer College\nAre the Young truly Different? Youth Opinion about Selected Social and Political Issues in Kazakhstan\n\nSerik Beysembayev\, Sociological Center Strategy\, Almaty\nPolitical and Ideological Trends among Kazakhstani Youth\n\n11:45­‐12:00am Coffee Break \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n12:00­‐1:30pm Session 2: Youth Subcultures. Questioning Social Norms \n\nChair: Douglas Blum\, Providence University\n\nMegan Rancier\, Bowling Green State University\nThe ‘Spirit of Tengri’: Spirituality\, Nationalism\, and Emerging Trends in Kazakh Ethno­‐Pop\n\nErik Aasland\, Biola University\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nBetwixt and Between: Kazakhstani Youth Language Ideologies in a Globalized World\n\nOlena Nikolayenko\, Fordham University\nMedia Consumption and Perceptions of Electoral Integrity among Youth in Kazakhstan and Kyrgyzstan\n\n1:30­‐2:15pm Lunch\n\n2:15‐3:45pm Session 3: Youth Empowerment Strategies\n\nChair: Sean Roberts\, The George Washington University\n\nSayasat Nurbek\, Director of the Nur Otan Institute of Public Policy\nThe Bolashak Scholarship Program: Ripple Effect and Non­-Monetary Advantages\n\nPavel Koktyshev\, Kazakhstan’s Young Entrepreneurs Club\nInitiatives and Limits of Youth Entrepreneurship in Kazakhstan\n\nErlan Karin\, Visiting Professor\, American University\nA Sociological Portrait of Youth Radical Religious Groups \n\n3:45‐4:00pm Coffee Break \n\n4:00­‐5:30pm Session 4: Media as the Sounding Board of Youth\n\nChair: Peter Rollberg\, The George Washington University\n\nAibek Aldabergenov\, Alash Media Group Holding\, Tengri News\nThe Development of Internet Media in Kazakhstan\n\nRauan Kenzhekhanuly\, Chairman\, WikiBilim Foundation\nKazakh­-speaking Internet and the National Identity Issue\n\nOleg Katsiev\, Internews\, Almaty Internews TV and Social Media Projects\n\n5:30-6:30pm Reception\n\nThe Kazakhstan Initiative at GW is gratefully funded by the Kazakhstan Embassy in Washington D.C. 
URL:https://centralasiaprogram.org/event/youth-in-kazakhstan-societal-changes-challenges-and-opportunities/
CATEGORIES:Conferences,Events Archive,Kazakhstan
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20140224T000000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20140225T000000
DTSTAMP:20260920T163454
CREATED:20200930T162017Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20241014T194012Z
UID:17260-1393200000-1393286400@centralasiaprogram.org
SUMMARY:The Second Central Asia Security Workshop
DESCRIPTION:Join us for the Second Security Workshop to celebrate the two year anniversary of the CentralAsia Program. We will discuss the current state of affairs in Central Asia and offer a fresh look at the main policy issues\, including the future of the US Silk Road Strategy in the wake of the withdrawal from Afghanistan and the stakes of forthcoming presidential successions in Uzbekistan andKazakhstan. The Workshop will also explore what the Program considers as key societal and political issues that will shape the future of Central Asia\, i.e. the small and medium business circles. For its anniversary the Program is launching a new web initiative\, the Uzbekistan Initiative\,which will be presented first at this Workshop. The country’s history and culture\, its geographic allocation at the heart of Central Asia\, and its booming demography and economic potential shape the overall picture of the region and its strategic weight. However\, Uzbekistan has increasingly become a kind of ‘black hole’ in terms of scholarly and policy-oriented analysis. The goal of this Initiative is to create an apolitical platform of discussion for knowledge exchanges that promote Uzbekistan beyond the divergences in assessing its current course.\n—\n\n8:30               Breakfast and Registration \n9:00               Introductory Remarks by Marlene Laruelle\, Director\, Central Asia Program \n9:15-10:45   Session I. Lessons Learned and Unlearned for the US Silk Road Strategy \nChair and Moderator: Peter Rollberg (George Washington University) \nAlexander Diener (The University of Kansas) \nMobilities and Immobilities in Central Eurasia: A Geographical Perspective on the New Silk Road \nMarlene Laruelle (George Washington University) \n“Silk Road”: Historical Metaphor\, Ideology\, Wishful Thinking? \nGael Raballand (Choiseul Institute) and Sebastien Peyrouse (George Washington University) \nAn Economic Assessment of the Potentialities of the US Silk Road \n10:45-11:15 Coffee-break \n11:15-12:45 Session II. Presidential successions. Real and False Stakes \nChair and Moderator: Cory Welt (George Washington University) \nEric McGlinchey (George Mason University) \nGoodbye Karimov\, Hello Status Quo \nSean Roberts (George Washington University) \nNur-Otan as a Vehicle for Presidential Succession: Turkey’s CHP or Russia’s Yedinaya Rossiya?” \nMyles Smith (Media Sustainability Index at IREX) \nThe Stakes of Successions: Turkmenistan and Elite Redistribution \n12.45-1:30   Lunch \n1:30-3:00     Session III. Peeking behind the Iron Curtain: Uzbekistan in 2014 and Beyond \nChair and Moderator: David Abramson (State Department) \nRoundtable Discussion: \nLaura Adams (Harvard University)\, Sarah Kendzior (Al-Jazeera English services)\, Lawrence Markowitz (Rowan University)\, and Noah Tucker (Managing Editor\, Registan.net) \n3:15-3:45     Coffee-break \n3:45-5:15     Session IV. The Missing Piece: Small and Medium Business Circles \nChair and Moderator: Marlene Laruelle (George Washington University) \nGul Berna Özcan (University of London) \nThe Political and Moral Economy of Small and Medium-sized Enterprises in Central Asia \nRegine Spector (University of Massachusetts) \nMade in Kyrgyzstan: The Reassembling of Apparel Manufacturing in a    Peripheral State \nAlexander Libman (Frankfurt School of Finance & Management) \nThe Small and Medium-sized Enterprises world in Kazakhstan and the Implications of the Customs Union \n\n—\n\n 
URL:https://centralasiaprogram.org/event/the-second-central-asia-security-workshop/
CATEGORIES:Conferences,Events Archive,The Policy Debate
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20140204T083000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20140204T163000
DTSTAMP:20260920T163454
CREATED:20200930T161905Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20241014T194012Z
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SUMMARY:Addressing Soft Security Challenges in Kazakhstan and Central Asia
DESCRIPTION:Kazakhstan has already taken the regional leadership on soft security issues in the whole Central Asian region. This conference will discuss the region’s main soft security issues: water management\, regulating migrations and refugees flows\, developing disaster preparedness and reaction to climate change. It will bring together scholars and experts to offer a full panorama of the soft security situation and the way Kazakhstan can address these challenges. \n9:00 AM Opening\, Yerkin Akhinzhanov\, Deputy Chief of Mission\, Embassy of Kazakhstan \n9:15-10:15 AM Keynote speaker: Johannes Linn (Brookings Institution)\nQ&A \n10:15 – 11:15 AM The Water/Energy Nexus and its Regional Dimension\nChair: Kamiljon Akramov (International Food Policy Research Institute) \nKathleen Kuehnast (US Institute of Peace)\nWhose rules rule? Water and Energy in Central Asia \nKai Wegerich (Consultative Group on International Agricultural Research)\nWater security in the Syr Darya \n11:15 – 11:30 PM Coffee-break\n\n11:30 – 12:30 PM Natural Disaster and Climate Change Preparedness \nChair: Kai Wegerich (Consultative Group on International Agricultural Research) \nWilliam Brown (Brookings Institution)\nImplications of Climate Change for Kazakhstan \nReinhard Bodemeyer (Deutsche Gesellschaft für Zusammenarbeit GIZ)\nLocal coping strategies – the neglected option in tackling climate change in Central Asia \n12:30 – 1:15 PM Lunch  \n1:15 – 2:15 PM Strategies and Challenges of ensuring Food Security in Central Asia \nChair: Marlene Laruelle (GWU) \nKamiljon Akramov (International Food Policy Research Institute)\nAgricultural transformation and food security challenges in Central Asia \nSebastien Peyrouse (IERES\, George Washington University)\nFood policy in Kazakhstan: domestic stakes\, regional consequences \n2:15 – 2:30 PM Coffee-break \n2:30 – 3:30 PM Kazakhstan as a Eurasian Crossroads. Managing MigrationChair: Sebastien Peyrouse (GWU) \nDejan Kedserovic (International Organization for Migration)\nMigration and Development Nexus Case in Kazakhstan \nMarlene Laruelle (IERES\, George Washington University)\nKazakhstan as a Migration Pole: Regional Opportunities\, Domestic Challenges \n3:30 – 4:30 PM Reception \nThe Kazakhstan Initiative at GW gratefully funded by the Kazakhstan Embassy in Washington D.C.
URL:https://centralasiaprogram.org/event/addressing-soft-security-challenges-in-kazakhstan-and-central-asia/
CATEGORIES:Conferences,Events Archive,Kazakhstan,The Policy Debate
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20131114T090000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20131114T153000
DTSTAMP:20260920T163454
CREATED:20200930T162023Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20241014T193925Z
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SUMMARY:Central Asia\, Iran\, and the Nuclear Landscape in Asia
DESCRIPTION:Co-sponsored by the Sigur Center for Asian Studies’ Rising Powers Initiative\n\n9:00 – 9:30 AM Registration and Breakfast\n\n9:30 – 9:45 AM Welcoming Remarks by Douglas Shaw\, Associate Dean for Planning\, Research and External Relations\, GWU\n\n9:45 – 11:15 AM Panel I. Asia’s Changing Nuclear Landscape\n\nChair: Douglas Shaw\, Associate Dean for Planning\, Research andExternal Relations\, GWU\n\nJapan’s Nuclear Tremors: Domestic Debates about Energy & Security after 3/\nMike Mochizuki\, Sigur Center for Asian Studies\, GWU\n\nChina’s Nuclear Priorities–Implications for Iran and Central Asia\nRobert Sutter\, Sigur Center for Asian Studies\, GWU\n\nIndia’s Evolving Nuclear Discourse and Search for Policy Coherence\nDeepa Ollapally\, Sigur Center for Asian Studies\, GWU\n\n11:15 – 11:30 AM Coffee Break\n\n11:30 – 1:00PM Panel II. The Iranian Question and its Regional Environment\n\nChair: Cory Welt\, Ponars Eurasia\, IERES\, GWU\n\nIran’s Nuclear Ambitions:  US and Israeli Threat Perceptions\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nJanne Nolan\, Elliott School of International Affairs\, GWU\n\nPartners or Rivals? Contextualizing the Russian-Iranian Nuclear Relationship\nJeff Mankoff\, Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS)\nCentral Asia’s Viewpoint on being in Iran’s Vicinity\nMarlene Laruelle\, Central Asia Program\, IERES\, GWU\n\n1:00 – 2:00 PM Lunch\n\n2:00 – 3:30 PM Panel III. Central Asia’s Nuclear Strategies and Challenges\n\nChair: Deepa Ollapally\, Sigur Center for Asian Studies\, GWU\n\nManaging Radioactive Waste in Central Asia: Successes and Challenges\nDauren Aben\, Kazakhstan Institute for Strategic Studies\, Almaty\n\nKazakhstan in the Global Nuclear Order: Carving Out a Role That Matters\nTogzhan Kassenova\, Carnegie Endowment for International Peace\n\nNuclear Domestic Debates in Kazakhstan: Public Opinion and Expert Controversies\nSebastien Peyrouse\, Central Asia Program\, IERES\, GWU\n\n3:30 PM Wrap–up\n\nThe Sigur Center gratefully acknowledges the support of the John D. and Catherine T.MacArthur Foundation for this conference.
URL:https://centralasiaprogram.org/event/central-asia-iran-and-the-nuclear-landscape-in-asia/
CATEGORIES:Conferences,Events Archive,The Policy Debate
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20131106T090000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20131106T180000
DTSTAMP:20260920T163454
CREATED:20200930T161906Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20241014T193925Z
UID:17202-1383728400-1383760800@centralasiaprogram.org
SUMMARY:Kazakh Culture: Legacies and Innovations
DESCRIPTION:9:00 AM OpeningPeter Rollberg\, Director\, IERES\, George Washington University\nAmbassador Kairat Umarov\, Kazakhstan Embassy in the United States \n9:15-10.30 AM Keynote speaker\nAmbassador Olzhas Suleymenov\, Permanent Representative of Kazakhstan to UNESCO \nQ&A \n10:30-11:00 AM Coffee-break \n11:00 – 12:30 PM Legacies and Innovations in Kazakh Literature\nChair: Marlene Laruelle (IERES\, George Washington University) \nAn inconvenient Sage. The Legacy of Abai\nPeter Rollberg (IERES\, George Washington University) \nKazakh Literature in the 19th Century: The Case of the Zar Zaman Poets\nGabriel McGuire (Nazarbaev University) \n  \n‘Imagining Community’ in Soviet Kazakhstan. An Historical Analysis of Narrative on Nationalism in Soviet Kazakh Literature\nDiana Kudaibergenova (Cambridge University) \n12:30 – 1:30 PM Lunch \n1:30 – 2:30 PM Politics and Society On the Screen\nChair: Peter Rollberg (IERES\, George Washington University) \nKazakh Cinema through the Looking Glass\nMichael Rouland (Georgetown University) \nThe Kazakh Cinema Industry. A View from the Inside\nGaukhar Noortas (Mount Helix Films Inc.) \n2:30 – 3:30 PM Performing Music and Identity\nChair: Sean Roberts (George Washington University) \nDiscussing Kazakh Musical Identity\nAlma Kunanbaeva (Stanford University) \nFriction and Flows: Transnationalism and Aesthetics of Musical Performance\nMargarethe Adams (Stony Brook University) \n3:30 – 3:45 PM Coffee-break \n3:45 – 4.45 PM The Art Scene: Plurality and Market\nChair: Sebastien Peyrouse (IERES\, George Washington University) \nThe Contemporary Art Scene in Kazakhstan\nKendal Henry (Public Art Consultant\, CEC Artslink) \nArt of the Daily Life: The Artpologist Collective and the Influences of Kazakhstan\nDaniel Gallegos (Artist and co-founder of The Artpologist Collective) \n4:45 – 6:00 PM Reception\nDombra performance by Olzhas Bayalbayev \nThe Kazakhstan Initiative at GW is gratefully funded by the Embassy of Kazakhstan in Washington\, DC.
URL:https://centralasiaprogram.org/event/kazakh-culture-legacies-and-innovations/
CATEGORIES:Conferences,Events Archive,Kazakhstan
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20130219T100000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20130219T140000
DTSTAMP:20260920T163454
CREATED:20200930T162124Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20241014T193834Z
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SUMMARY:European and U.S. policies in Central Asia: Will transatlantic cooperation work in Central Asia towards and beyond 2014?
DESCRIPTION:The seminar aims to bring together experts and policy-makers from both sides of the Atlantic to discuss the connecting points and divergences of policies of the European Union and the U.S. in Central Asia. Both have similar – though not identical – interests and objectives inCentral Asia but their policy-approaches differ substantially. What can be done in terms of cooperation and coordination in the light of the NATO draw-down from Afghanistan and how can both partners cooperate in Central Asia post-2014?\n\nDuring the seminar EUCAM will also present its latest Working Paper: The Afghanistan-Central Asia relationship: what role for the EU? \n\nEuropean and U.S. policies in Central Asia: Will transatlantic cooperation work in Central Asia towards and beyond 2014?
URL:https://centralasiaprogram.org/event/european-and-u-s-policies-in-central-asia-will-transatlantic-cooperation-work-in-central-asia-towards-and-beyond-2014/
CATEGORIES:Conferences,Conferences Abroad,Events Archive
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