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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20140421T080000
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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:20260921T215141
CREATED:20200930T162017Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20241014T194012Z
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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:20260921T215141
CREATED:20200930T161905Z
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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:20260921T215141
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:20260921T215141
CREATED:20200930T161906Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20241014T193925Z
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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:20260921T215141
CREATED:20200930T162124Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20241014T193834Z
UID:17326-1361268000-1361282400@centralasiaprogram.org
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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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20121217T103000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20121218T180000
DTSTAMP:20260921T215141
CREATED:20200930T162200Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20241014T193834Z
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SUMMARY:Kyrgyzstan Beyond 'Democracy Island' and 'Failing State': Factoring Social and Political Changes in a Post-Soviet Society
DESCRIPTION:An international conference organized by the Central Asia Program and the Uppsala Center for Russian Studies.\nKyrgyzstan Beyond ‘Democracy Island’ and ‘Failing State’: Factoring Social and Political Changes in a Post-Soviet Society
URL:https://centralasiaprogram.org/event/kyrgyzstan-beyond-democracy-island-and-failing-state-factoring-social-and-political-changes-in-a-post-soviet-society/
CATEGORIES:Conferences,Conferences Abroad,Events Archive
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20120517T090000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20120517T190000
DTSTAMP:20260921T215141
CREATED:20200930T162125Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20241014T193738Z
UID:17328-1337245200-1337281200@centralasiaprogram.org
SUMMARY:Afghanistan's Stability and Regional Security Implications for Central Asia
DESCRIPTION:A conference organized by the Central Asia Program (George Washington University)\, and EUCAM (Europe-Central Asia Monitoring)\,with the support of the NATO Science for Peace and Security Program.\n\nAfghanistan’s Stability and Regional Security Implications for Central Asia 
URL:https://centralasiaprogram.org/event/afghanistans-stability-and-regional-security-implications-for-central-asia/
CATEGORIES:Conferences,Conferences Abroad,Events Archive
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