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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20130416T151500
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20130416T183000
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SUMMARY:American and European Policies in Central Asia: Similarities and Divergence
DESCRIPTION:Panel 1: Debating Similarities and Divergences in European and American Policies Toward Central Asia (3:15-4:45)\nJos Boonstra\, Senior Researcher\, Head of EUCAM programme\, FRIDE\, Brussels\nAlexander Cooley\, Tow Professor\, Barnard College\, New York \nJeff Goldstein\, Senior policy analyst for Eurasia\, Open Society Foundations\nSebastien Peyrouse\, Research Professor\, Central Asia Program\, GWU\n \nPanel 2: European and American Policy Priorities in Central Asia(5:00-6:30)\nPatricia Flor\, EU Special Representative for Central Asia\, European External Action Service\nLynne Tracy\, Deputy Assistant Secretary for South and Central Asian Affairs\n\nThe seminar aims to build on the existing dialogue among experts and policy-makers from the two sides of the Atlantic\, with the goal of finding pragmatic policy solutions and converging the objectives of the two actors in the region. While there is a general consensus that the objectives ofEurope and the U.S in Central Asia are similar\, the methodologies in perusing those objectives differ. What are the priorities of the two actors in the run up to 2014 and beyond in the view of the value-based approach versus security constraints linked to the 2014 draw-down from Afghanistan. More information can be found at http://go.gwu.edu/EUUS.
URL:https://centralasiaprogram.org/event/american-and-european-policies-in-central-asia-similarities-and-divergence/
CATEGORIES:Events Archive,The Policy Debate
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20130402T160000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20130402T173000
DTSTAMP:20260925T225951
CREATED:20200930T162003Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20241014T193516Z
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SUMMARY:Book Launch: Globalizing Central Asia-Geopolitics and Challenges of Economic Development
DESCRIPTION:Part of IERES’s Book Launch Series \nMarlene Laruelle\, Research Professor of International Affairs\, GWU\nSebastien Peyrouse\, Research Professor of International Affairs\, GWU\nand\nDiscussant: Johannes Linn\nFormer World Bank Vice President for Europe and Central Asia\n\nCentral Asia\, as it emerges from a political and economic system that was closed until the end of the twentieth century\, is a textbook case for globalization. The book Globalizing Central Asia: Geopolitics and Challenges of Economic Development traces the region’s entry into the highly competitive global arena\, not only through state interaction with numerous external players\, but also in geo-economic terms. The region’s natural resources compel the attention of rivalrous great powers and ambitious internal factions. Russia and China dominate the horizon\, with other global players close behind.The local regimes are caught between the need for international collaborations to valorize their resources and the need to maintain control over them in the interest of state sovereignty. Local patterns of development thus become a key driver of external actors’ involvement and shape the mechanisms by which the Central Asian states are forging a place for themselves in the globalized world.   
URL:https://centralasiaprogram.org/event/book-launch-globalizing-central-asia-geopolitics-and-challenges-of-economic-development/
CATEGORIES:Economic Forum,Events Archive
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20130325T084500
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20130326T120000
DTSTAMP:20260925T225951
CREATED:20200930T162121Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20241014T193834Z
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SUMMARY:The Central Asia Security Workshop
DESCRIPTION:NATO members are exiting from Afghanistan at different speeds\, dictated by pressures from their domestic public opinions. This withdrawal has re-launched debates on the security of the Central Asian region. In the years to come\, the post-2014 changes in the regional landscape will intersect with domestic evolutions including changes in political leadership\, in demographics\, and the end of the Soviet legacy. GW’s Central Asia Program seeks to participate in the policy debate on Central Asia by providing current research on the different sources of potential insecurity in the region. \n\n\n\n\n\n\nMONDAY\, MARCH 25\, 2013 (8.45 am – 4 pm)\n8.45 am. Registration9 am. Opening Remarks\n9.15-11 am. CENTRAL ASIA IN THE AFGHAN NEIGHBORHOOD: DO WE GET IT RIGHT?\n\nChair: Chantal de Jonge Oudraat (SIPRI-North America) and Marlene Laruelle (George Washington University)\nDeconstructing the ‘Spillover’ Narrative\nScott Radnitz (University of Washington)\nAfghan Spillover Oversell: The Greater Danger of Self-Inflicted Harm in Central Asia\nGeorges Gavrilis (Hollings Center for International Dialogue)\nThe Closing of Central Asia’s Borders\nSebastien Peyrouse (George Washington University)\nDrug-Trafficking: Identifying the Real Challenges\n11-11.30 am. Coffee break\n\n11.30-1.15 pm. INTERNATIONAL LAW\, GOVERNANCE\, AND REGULATORY DILEMMAS\n\nChair: Scott Radnitz (University of Washington) and Sean Roberts (George Washington University)\nDilemmas of Democratization: The Problems of Transitioning from Authoritarian Rule in Kyrgyzstan andImplications for other Countries in the Region\nEric McGlinchey (George Mason University)\nMy Property\, your Courts: The International Litigation of Contested Central Asian Assets\nErica Marat (American University)\nRegulating Private Security Companies in Central Asia\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nJan Harfst (UNDP Regional Bureau for Europe and the CIS)\nEffective resolution of water related issues as a crucial factor for security in Central Asia\n\n1.15-2.15 pm. Lunch\n\n2.15-4 pm. THE CURSE OF STABILITY IN CENTRAL ASIA?\n\nChair: David Abramson (State Department)Sarah Kendzior (Al Jazeera English)\nThe Crisis of Consistency in Uzbekistan\nGael Raballand (Institute Choiseul\, Paris)\nRedistribution of oil revenues in Kazakhstan: excessive expectations from the population?\nNate Schenkkan (Freedom House)\nKyrgyzstan: When Consolidation Fails\nZohra Ismail Beben (College of William and Mary)\nStatecraft in Tajikistan: A blunt instrument for a fine task?\n\nTUESDAY\, MARCH 26\, 2013 (9.30-11.30 am)\n9.30-11.30 am. ISLAM IN CENTRAL ASIA: RELIGION\, POLITICS\, MILITANCY AND NEW MEDIA\n\nNoah Tucker (Registan.net)  \nIslamic “revival” in Central Asia: Social trend or political threat?  \nNathan Barrick (Strategic consultant\, CLI Solutions)\nGeostrategic factors in the Islamist militant threat to central Asia\nAzizullah Ghazi (Independent Scholar)\nActivities of Central Asian Islamic militant organizations on the internet and social media\n\n11.30-12 pm. Wrap up
URL:https://centralasiaprogram.org/event/the-central-asia-security-workshop/
CATEGORIES:Events Archive,The Policy Debate
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20130305T123000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20130305T140000
DTSTAMP:20260925T225951
CREATED:20200930T161952Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20241014T193834Z
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SUMMARY:Understanding Conflict and Ethnic Violence in Kyrgyzstan
DESCRIPTION:with Neil Melvin\, Director of Program Armed Conflict and Conflict Management\, SIPRI \nOver the last two decades\, Kyrgyzstan has experienced two major outbreaks of violence involving the main ethnic communities in the country: the Kyrgyz and the Uzbeks. These violent incidentshave generally been viewed as ethnic conflicts and much of the response to the violence from thegovernment\, local communities\, and the international community has been framed within thisunderstanding. At the same time\, Kyrgyzstan has also experienced other\, less significant violent events and political crises that have often been linked temporally to the “ethnic conflicts”. This suggests that a full understanding of the nature of armed conflict in Kyrgyzstan and the involvement of ethnic communities in violence at a minimum requires a broader examination of the context of the violence. Neil Melvin is director of Program Armed Conflict and Conflict Management at the StockholmInternational Peace Research Institute (SIPRI)\, and has also worked at a variety of leading policy institutes in Europe. 
URL:https://centralasiaprogram.org/event/understanding-conflict-and-ethnic-violence-in-kyrgyzstan/
CATEGORIES:Events Archive,The Policy Debate
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20130219T100000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20130219T140000
DTSTAMP:20260925T225951
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:20130108T160000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20130108T173000
DTSTAMP:20260925T225951
CREATED:20200930T161927Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20241014T193414Z
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SUMMARY:Diversification of an Energy-Producing Economy Agricultural Policy in Kazakhstan
DESCRIPTION:with Richard Pomfret\, Professor of Economics\, University of Adelaide\, Australia \nKazakhstan has used energy revenues to save for the future\, invest in human capital\, and diversify the structure of production with the goal of becoming one of the “fifty most competitive\, dynamically developing countries in the world”. Agriculture has been a key part of the diversification strategy ever since the government committed a billion dollars to the 2003-5 Agriculture and Food Program. Since then agricultural policy has passed through several phases\, mirroring evolving attitudes in Kazakhstan towards the role of government and of the market in economic development. This seminar analyses the content and consequences of agricultural policy\, and agriculture’s role in Kazakhstan’s economic transformation. \nRichard Pomfret\, Professor of Economics at the University of Adelaide\, Australia\, and adviser to the Australian government and to international organizations such as the World Bank\, Asian Development Bank\, United Nations Development Programme\, and the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development.
URL:https://centralasiaprogram.org/event/diversification-of-an-energy-producing-economy-agricultural-policy-in-kazakhstan/
CATEGORIES:Economic Forum,Events Archive,Kazakhstan
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20121217T103000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20121218T180000
DTSTAMP:20260925T225951
CREATED:20200930T162200Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20241014T193834Z
UID:17364-1355740200-1355853600@centralasiaprogram.org
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:20121206T170000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20121206T183000
DTSTAMP:20260925T225951
CREATED:20200930T162113Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20241014T193834Z
UID:17317-1354813200-1354818600@centralasiaprogram.org
SUMMARY:Central Asia's Struggle with Religion
DESCRIPTION:with Catherine Cosman\, Senior Policy Analyst- U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom         \nCentral Asian governments use state-controlled Islam to build national identity\, but also fear Islam’s influence and understand that Islam has greater mobilization potential than any other institution in their societies.  In the early 1990’s\, there was fairly free access to various religious influences and the popularity of Islam and other religions increased rapidly. Today\, however\, Central Asian religion laws include: severe restrictions on religious education; strict limits or bans on children attending religious services; censorship and limits on religious literature; severe limits and controls on places of worship; bans on unregistered religious activity; restrictions on foreign influence\, and difficult registration regulations.  Central Asian governments also attempt to control religion via government-controlled structures\, including religious affairs committees and state-controlled religious bodies.Central Asian states have also have adopted wide-ranging policies to combat extremism\, particularly the prosecution of alleged members of officially banned groups rather than proven involvement in violent acts.\n \nCatherine Cosman is senior policy analyst at the U.S. Commission on International ReligiousFreedom. Her areas of responsibility include the countries of the former Soviet Union\, East andCentral Europe\, and Western Europe.
URL:https://centralasiaprogram.org/event/central-asias-struggle-with-religion/
CATEGORIES:Events Archive,The Policy Debate
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20121108T130000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20121108T170000
DTSTAMP:20260925T225951
CREATED:20200930T161930Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20241014T193516Z
UID:17214-1352379600-1352394000@centralasiaprogram.org
SUMMARY:Nomadic Life Styles and Narratives in Kazakhstan: Then and Now
DESCRIPTION:A workshop held in conjunction with the exhibition “Nomads and Networks: The Ancient Art and Culture of Kazakhstan” currently at the Arthur M. Sackler Gallery in the Smithsonian Institution until December 2\, 2012. \nNomadism has been a key aspect of culture in the Eurasian space\, especially on the Kazakh steppes\, throughout the centuries. The Russian colonization and the Soviet Union drastically transformed the Kazakh society in the 19th and 20th century. Since independence in 1991\, the legacy of nomadism has been rehabilitated by the political authorities in their nation building schemes. \nThe society has also participated in reconstructing symbols of the nomadic past: they have become objects of memory and research\, but also objects of artistic inspiration\, and commercial branding. This workshop invites a team of experts to discuss the contemporary use of the concept of nomadism from various angles.
URL:https://centralasiaprogram.org/event/nomadic-life-styles-and-narratives-in-kazakhstan-then-and-now/
CATEGORIES:Cultures and Societies,Events Archive,Kazakhstan
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20121102T123000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20121102T140000
DTSTAMP:20260925T225951
CREATED:20200930T162111Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20241014T193834Z
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SUMMARY:Extractive Politics\, Trust Deficit & Uncertainty in Afghanistan and Central Asia
DESCRIPTION:with Nazif Shahrani\, Professor\, Indiana University-Bloomington \nIn the framework of the SSRC Eurasian Program’s Workshop “Crossing Boundaries: Merging Eurasian Insights with the Study of Afghanistan” the Central Asia Program is proud to host Nazif Sharhani\, Professor of Central Eurasian Studies and Anthropology at Indiana University-Bloomington.\n  \nIn his presentation Professor Sharhani will discuss the following key questions: What are the most persistent challenges facing Afghanistan and Central Asian republics to over come economic stagnation\, increasing poverty\, inequality\, oppression\, radicalism\, and terrorism\, dependency on outside powers and looming instability and uncertainty in the region? How will the US & NATO withdrawal of combat forces from Afghanistan in 2014 affect political stability in the region? What are the prospects for averting further uncertainty and instability within the region any time soon?
URL:https://centralasiaprogram.org/event/extractive-politics-trust-deficit-uncertainty-in-afghanistan-and-central-asia/
CATEGORIES:Events Archive,The Policy Debate
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20121101T000000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20121105T000000
DTSTAMP:20260925T225951
CREATED:20200930T162043Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20241014T193835Z
UID:17286-1351728000-1352073600@centralasiaprogram.org
SUMMARY:Merging Eurasian Insights with the Study of Afghanistan
DESCRIPTION:THE EURASIA PROGRAM of the Social Science Research Council (SSRC) and the Central Asia Program at the Institute for European\, Russian\, and Eurasian Studies atGeorge Washington University are pleased to announce a field development workshop\, to be held on the GWU campus November 1-4\, 2012.\nELIGIBILITY\nApplicants must be US citizens or permanent residents and currently either within five years of the completionof their dissertation\, enrolled in an accredited PhD program\, or enrolled in an area studies MA program.Applicants should have an identified and developed research project that relates to the theme and focus of theworkshop. Preference will be given to those developing their dissertation.\nFull instructions on how to apply can be found on the program’s website: http://www.ssrc.org/programs/pages/eurasia-program/crossing-boundaries-merging-eurasian-insights-with-the-study-of-afghanistan/ \nApplication materials should be submitted electronically to the SSRC Eurasia Program at eurasia@ssrc.org by5:00 p.m. EDT on October 1\, 2012.  Travel costs\, workshop meals\, and accommodation for participants will becovered by the SSRC. Should you have any questions\, please contact the Eurasia Program (eurasia@ssrc.org).
URL:https://centralasiaprogram.org/event/merging-eurasian-insights-with-the-study-of-afghanistan/
CATEGORIES:Events Archive,The Policy Debate
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20121018T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20121018T133000
DTSTAMP:20260925T225951
CREATED:20200930T162001Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20241014T193516Z
UID:17244-1350561600-1350567000@centralasiaprogram.org
SUMMARY:Game Over? Shifting Energy Geopolitics in Central Asia
DESCRIPTION:with Michael Denison\, Research Director\, Control Risks  \nSince the dissolution of the Soviet Union\, Central Asia’s geopolitical salience\, from inside and outside the region\, has been predicated both on its oil and gas export potential and its proximity to several volatile security complexes. However\, rapidly changing patterns of global supply and demand\, allied to shifting perceptions of political risk\, are altering both the stakes of external engagement and the region’s profile as a zone of geopolitical contestation. This seminar examines where Central Asia is likely to fit into the evolving global energy map and how these shifts might\, in turn\, reconfigure the region as a geo/political space. \nMichael Denison is an Associate of IERES’ Central Asia Program and was formerly SpecialAdviser to the UK Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs. He is now ResearchDirector at Control Risks\, London.
URL:https://centralasiaprogram.org/event/game-over-shifting-energy-geopolitics-in-central-asia/
CATEGORIES:Economic Forum,Events Archive
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20121016T100000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20121016T123000
DTSTAMP:20260925T225951
CREATED:20200930T162110Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20241014T193835Z
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SUMMARY:Islam and Politics in Tajikistan: An Insider’s View
DESCRIPTION:with Muhiddin Kabiri\, Chairman of the Islamic Renaissance Party of Tajikistan \nMuhiddin Kabiri\, Chairman of the Islamic Renaissance Party of Tajikistan\, will discuss the current situation in Tajikistan including the preparation for the presidential elections in 2013\, the new restrictive laws on religion\, the difficulties faced by the Islamic Renaissance Party\, and the tensions in the Gorno-Badakhshan region since last July.\nMarlene Laruelle\, Director of the Central Asia Program\, will moderate.\n\nA light lunch will be served and time will be given for a Q&A session and interaction with the public.
URL:https://centralasiaprogram.org/event/islam-and-politics-in-tajikistan-an-insiders-view/
CATEGORIES:Events Archive,The Policy Debate
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20121010T160000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20121010T180000
DTSTAMP:20260925T225951
CREATED:20200930T161958Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20241014T193835Z
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SUMMARY:Discovering Azerbaijani Musical Traditions
DESCRIPTION:with Jeffery Werbock\, Chairman of the Mugham Society of America \nJeffrey Werbock will present a program of instrumental solo improvisations based on traditional Azerbaijani mugham\, played on oud – fretless wood face short neck lute; tar fretted skin face long neck lute; and kamancha- skin face spike fiddle.Mr. Werbock has been giving presentations for over three decades and has performed often at LincolnCenter\, the Metropolitan Museum of Art\, the American Museum of Natural History\, World Music Institute\,and presents lecture demonstrations at universities all over the English speaking world.  He has been awarded an honorary degree by the National Music Conservatory of Azerbaijan\, in Baku\, and was recently sponsored by the Ministry of Culture of Azerbaijan to perform a solo concert.
URL:https://centralasiaprogram.org/event/discovering-azerbaijani-musical-traditions/
CATEGORIES:Cultures and Societies,Events Archive
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20121004T143000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20121004T163000
DTSTAMP:20260925T225951
CREATED:20200930T161943Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20241014T193516Z
UID:17226-1349361000-1349368200@centralasiaprogram.org
SUMMARY:Is there a place for Uzbeks in the Kyrgyz Republic? Lessons from Under Solomon's Throne: Uzbek Visions of Societal Renewal in Osh
DESCRIPTION:Co-Sponsored by the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars\nwith Morgan Y. Liu\, Associate Professor of Anthropology\, The Ohio State University\nEthnic Uzbeks in the Kyrgyz Republic (Kyrgyzstan) attempted to create a place for themselves in the Kyrgyz-dominated nation-state since its independence in 1991.  For a while\, there were reasons to be optimistic about this minority community.  Even though they felt ethnic discrimination\, local Uzbek leaders labored through the 1990’s and 2000’s to build institutions that serve the Uzbek communities within the framework of their Kyrgyzstani citizenship.  That model of ethnic community-building now lies in tatters after the massive conflict between Kyrgyz and Uzbeks in June 2010.  What now for Uzbeks in the Kyrgyz Republic?  This talk evaluates their prospects in light of sixteen years of detailed ethnographic work among Osh Uzbeks.\n  \nHis 2012 book\, Under Solomon’s Throne: Uzbek Visions of Renewal in Osh (University of Pittsburgh Press)\, concerns how ethnic Uzbeks in the ancient Silk Road city of Osh\, Kyrgyzstan think about political authority and post-Soviet transformations\, based on research using vernacular language interviews and ethnographic fieldwork of urban social life from 1993 to 2011.\n \nMorgan Y. Liu is a cultural anthropologist studying Islamic revival\, post-socialist states\, and social justice movements.  An Associate Professor of Anthropology in the Department of Near Eastern Languages and Cultures\, The Ohio State University\, he teaches about the Middle East\, Central Asia\, Islamic revival and social justice\, and cultural theory.  He was a postdoctoral fellow at the Society of Fellows\, Harvard University.  His Ph.D. is from the University of Michigan in Anthropology  
URL:https://centralasiaprogram.org/event/is-there-a-place-for-uzbeks-in-the-kyrgyz-republic-lessons-from-under-solomons-throne-uzbek-visions-of-societal-renewal-in-osh/
CATEGORIES:Cultures and Societies,Events Archive,Uzbekistan
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20120925T160000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20120925T173000
DTSTAMP:20260925T225951
CREATED:20200930T162109Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20241014T193835Z
UID:17310-1348588800-1348594200@centralasiaprogram.org
SUMMARY:Debating “Patronal Politics in Central Asia:” A Demokratizatsiya Special Issue 
DESCRIPTION:with \nSlovomir Horak\, Charles University \nMarlène Laruelle\, IERES\n\nErica Marat\, American University\n\nLawrence Markowitz\, Rowan University\n\nand Sébastien Peyrouse\, IERES\n\nThe Fall 2012 issue of IERES’ Demokratizatsiya: The Journal of Post-Soviet Democratization examines the role of patronal politics in Central Asia. An introductory essay about the concepts of neopatrimonialism and patronal presidentialism lays out the theoretical background for the issue.Five country-study articles then describe the dynamics of each society\, while also discussing the different aspects that comprise patronal regimes in the region. At this presentation\, four of the contributors will discuss their articles and the current situation in Central Asia. 
URL:https://centralasiaprogram.org/event/debating-patronal-politics-in-central-asia-a-demokratizatsiya-special-issue/
CATEGORIES:Events Archive,The Policy Debate
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20120921T160000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20120921T171500
DTSTAMP:20260925T225951
CREATED:20200930T162042Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20241014T193835Z
UID:17283-1348243200-1348247700@centralasiaprogram.org
SUMMARY:Kyrgyzstan in Its Regional Context
DESCRIPTION:with Asylbek Jeenbekov\, Speaker of the Supreme Council of Kyrgyzstan\, The Jogorku Kengesh \nThe George Washington University’s International Development Studies Program and Central AsiaProgram are proud to host Asylbek Jeenbekov\, Speaker of the Kyrgyz Parliament\, to discuss security and development issues in Kyrgyzstan and in the Central Asian region.
URL:https://centralasiaprogram.org/event/kyrgyzstan-in-its-regional-context/
CATEGORIES:Events Archive,The Policy Debate
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20120621T170000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20120621T183000
DTSTAMP:20260925T225951
CREATED:20200930T162040Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20241014T193835Z
UID:17282-1340298000-1340303400@centralasiaprogram.org
SUMMARY:Iranian Religious Presence in the Republic of Azerbaijan: Roots\, Forms and Security Implications
DESCRIPTION:with Fuad Aliyev \nFulbright Scholar at the Central Asia-Caucasus Institute\, School of Advanced International Studies\, Johns Hopkins University\nIranian religious influence in Azerbaijan has recently become a ‘hot’ topic. However\, there is little insiderknowledge\, or data-based analysis of the situation on the ground. Is Iran indeed capable of usingreligious activists as its fifth column in the Republic of Azerbaijan? How are Iran-backed groupsorganized and funded? What are Iran’s real threats to various Azerbaijani strategic projects?\n\nAzerbaijan has been the subject of Iranian political interests and religious influence since the first days ofits independence. Due to the contemporary interpretations of the Shi’a principles and the way it isintertwined with the political system of post-revolutionary Iran\, the relationship between the twocountries is indeed a matter of concern for Azerbaijan.\nAlthough the Azerbaijani government has always feared Iran’s possible aspirations and capacities toinfluence its domestic affairs using the Shi’a believers as the key channel through which to exert pressure\,Iranian official and semi-official organizations have been allowed to spread their version of Islamthroughout Azerbaijan. However\, recent developments\, public statements\, “spy” and “terror” plots\, massprotests\, arrests in both countries\, and the revival of tensions around the Iranian nuclear weaponsprogram show that the previously set lines in the relations between two countries have been crossed.Understanding the roots\, forms and security implications of Iranian religious influence in Azerbaijan mayprove to be helpful in forecasting possible outcomes of this relationship.\nFuad Aliyev is a Fulbright Scholar at the Johns Hopkins University School of Advanced InternationalStudies’ Central Asia – Caucasus Institute. Dr. Aliyev has a Master of Arts degree in Political Sciencefrom the Central European University (Budapest\, Hungary) and PhD in Economics from AzerbaijanState Economic University. Dr. Aliyev previously worked as Department Head at the FinancialMonitoring Service under the Central Bank of the Republic of Azerbaijan. He authored severalpublications on Islamic economics and finance\, and Islamic activism in Central Asia and the Caucasus.
URL:https://centralasiaprogram.org/event/iranian-religious-presence-in-the-republic-of-azerbaijan-roots-forms-and-security-implications/
CATEGORIES:Events Archive,The Policy Debate
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20120621T123000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20120621T140000
DTSTAMP:20260925T225951
CREATED:20200930T162054Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20241014T193835Z
UID:17298-1340281800-1340287200@centralasiaprogram.org
SUMMARY:Border Security Assistance in Central Asia: Implications for Post-2014 Afghanistan
DESCRIPTION:with George Gavrilis\, Executive Director\,The Hollings Center for International Dialogue\n\nA discussion of Central Asia’s Border Woes & the Impact of International Assistance\nOccasional Paper Series\, Central Eurasia Project\, Open Society Foundations\n\nPlease join us for a discussion on border security assistance in Central Asia and its implications for the 2014 U.S. and NATO drawdown in Afghanistan. Over the last decade\, the states of Central Asia have hosted a number of international programs\ndesigned to overhaul\, equip\, and reform the region’s border control practices aimed at making the borders more secure and\nmore open – more secure against threats such as narco trafficking and cross–border extremism and more open to licit civilian crossings and lucrative trade flows.Dr. Gavrilis will assess programs funded by the United States\, European Union\, United Nations\, and other sponsors; discuss the accomplishments and limits that these programs face on the ground\, particularly in Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan; and present recommendations for policymakers and the donor community as they prepare for a major change in the security environment in neighboring Afghanistan.\nGeorge Gavrilis is Executive Director of the Hollings Center for International Dialogue\, a nongovernment organization with offices in Washington\, D.C.\, and Istanbul.  He is author of The Dynamics of Interstate Boundaries (Cambridge University Press\,2010)\, which examines how border guards\, state officials\, and local populations affect border security in new states. He has travelled extensively in Central Asia and the Middle East and has published articles on Afghanistan\, the Central Asian republics\, Iran\, Israel\, Turkey\, and the West Bank in Foreign Affairs\, The Washington Quarterly\, and other forums for policy analysis and discussion. He received his PhD in political science from Columbia University and served as an assistant professor in the Department of Government at the University of Texas\, Austin. In 2008–09\, he was an international affairs fellow with the Council on Foreign Relations and spent his fellowship working with the United Nations on policy initiatives forCentral Asia and Afghanistan.
URL:https://centralasiaprogram.org/event/border-security-assistance-in-central-asia-implications-for-post-2014-afghanistan/
CATEGORIES:Events Archive,The Policy Debate
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20120607T123000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20120607T140000
DTSTAMP:20260925T225951
CREATED:20200930T162107Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20241014T193835Z
UID:17309-1339072200-1339077600@centralasiaprogram.org
SUMMARY:USAID Experience with Legislative Strengthening in the Former Soviet Union
DESCRIPTION:With \nDr. Eric Rudenshiold\, Senior Officer in Charge of Kyrgyzstan and the Central Asian Republics at USAID\nKregg Halstead\, Chief of Party of USAIDs “Kyrgyzstan Parliamentary Strengthening Program” being implemented by DAI\n \nModerated by\nDr. Sean Roberts\, Director and Associate Professor\, International Development Studies Program\, The Elliott School of International Affairs\, The George Washington University\n\nIn the two decades since the fall of the Soviet Union and the emergence of independent states on Russia’s periphery\, USAID has led the effort to help parliaments in these countries become more effective in passing meaningful legislation\, more engaged with citizens\, and more independent of the executive branch. This panel will be a discussion of those efforts\, with both a comparative regional overview and a more focused look at recent work with Kyrgyzstan’s Jogorku Kenesh.\n\nDr. Eric Rudenshiold\, the Senior Officer in Charge for Kyrgyzstan and the Central Asian Republics at USAID\, has been instrumental in the design and implementation of USAID’s work with legislative institutions in Central Asia\, the Caucuses and elsewhere in the region\, and will speak on the challenges and successes in those efforts.   \n\nKregg Halstead is the Chief of Party of USAID’s “Kyrgyzstan Parliamentary StrengtheningProgram” being implemented by DAI\, and has worked on legislative strengthening\, human rights and rule of law programs in the former Soviet Union for almost 20 years.   \n\nDr. Sean Roberts is a noted expert on issues of democracy and governance in Central Asia. Between 1998 and 2006 he spent six years in the region designing and managing USAID programs on democracy\,  civil society and legislative assistance.
URL:https://centralasiaprogram.org/event/usaid-experience-with-legislative-strengthening-in-the-former-soviet-union/
CATEGORIES:Events Archive,The Policy Debate
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20120525T093000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20120525T110000
DTSTAMP:20260925T225951
CREATED:20200930T162104Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20241014T193751Z
UID:17307-1337938200-1337943600@centralasiaprogram.org
SUMMARY:Informal Justice in Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan
DESCRIPTION:with Azita Ranjbar and Dr. Eric McGlinchey \nWhat role does informal justice play in resolving conflict in Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan? Is there an inverse relationship between the use of informal justice mechanisms and properly functioning state institutions?  In Kyrgyzstan\, aksakal courts (courts of elders) are village-level institutions responsible for resolving community-level disputes\, although they are increasingly described as largely obsolete and only used in villages to resolve small disputes. Their authority to resolve cases is gradually diminishing;most aksakal courts surveyed received less than ten cases last year.  In Tajikistan\, informal leaders\,usually imams\, often play a contradictory role: they often act as arbitrators and mitigate conflict within their communities and yet they oversee practices that can violate individual rights and contravene Tajik law\, such as officiating marriages and divorces outside of state institutions. In recent years\, the authority of informal leaders has increased because of the government’s inability to provide much needed social services\, including fair and equal access to justice.\n\nAzita Ranjbar spent a year in Tajikistan as a Fulbright Fellow and two months in Kyrgyzstan interviewing ordinary citizens on the role that informal justice plays in daily life. As an InternationalResearch and Exchanges Board research fellow\, she carried out research on legal and economic challenges facing the families of migrant workers in Tajikistan. She worked as a Senior ProgramSpecialist at the U.S. Institute of Peace\, on rule of law initiatives and peace building programs inAfghanistan and Pakistan. She previously conducted research in Afghanistan as a research assistant withDartmouth College and the Afghan Women Judges Association in Kabul.\n\nEric McGlinchey is an associate professor of government and politics at George Mason University and an associate in the Central Asia Program at The George Washington University. He received hisPh.D. from Princeton University in 2003. He is the author of Chaos\, Violence\, Dynasty Politics andIslam in Central Asia.
URL:https://centralasiaprogram.org/event/informal-justice-in-kyrgyzstan-and-tajikistan/
CATEGORIES:Events Archive,The Policy Debate
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20120517T090000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20120517T190000
DTSTAMP:20260925T225951
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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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20120516T160000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20120516T173000
DTSTAMP:20260925T225951
CREATED:20200930T161933Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20241014T193516Z
UID:17216-1337184000-1337189400@centralasiaprogram.org
SUMMARY:Uyghur Neighborhoods in Kazakhstan
DESCRIPTION:with Sean Roberts\, Associate Professor and Director\, International Development Studies Program\, GWU \nWith the fall of the Soviet Union\, the Uyghurs of Kazakhstan\, like many others in the former USSR\, began to resurrect and re-invent traditional cultural practices that had been repressed during the Soviet period as either contrary to socialist atheism or as remnants of a “feudal past.” These traditions included daily practices and rituals based in local communities as well as the informal structure of neighborhood governance that regulates such practices. Since the 1990s\, the importance of these neighborhood structures and practices to Uyghur daily life in Kazakhstan have gradually increased\, and most recently the informal structure of neighborhood governance has even been scaled up to create a Republic-wide organization that represents Uyghur interests to the government of Kazakhstan. This lecture will discuss the evolution of local Uyghur neighborhoods in Kazakhstan over the last twenty years\, focusing on these communities’ roles in both cultural resurrection and political mobilization. \nSean R. Roberts\, PhD is a professor at the Elliott school and the Director of the International Development Studies program. He is a cultural anthropologist who has done extensive fieldwork among the Uyghur people of Central Asia and China\, and worked for USAID in Central Asia on democracy programs. In 1996 he produced a documentary film on the Uyghur people titled\, Waiting for Uighurstan.
URL:https://centralasiaprogram.org/event/uyghur-neighborhoods-in-kazakhstan/
CATEGORIES:Cultures and Societies,Events Archive,Kazakhstan,Uyghur Studies
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20120417T173000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20120417T190000
DTSTAMP:20260925T225951
CREATED:20200930T162015Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20241014T193728Z
UID:17258-1334683800-1334689200@centralasiaprogram.org
SUMMARY:Turkish Religious Movements in the Caucasus and Central Asia
DESCRIPTION:with\, Bayram Balci\, Visiting Fellow\, Carnegie Endowment for International Peace\n\nIn the 1990s-2000s\, different Islamic movements had the opportunity to develop and spread their ideas throughout the former Soviet Union. They contributed drastically to the religiousrevival in both Caucasus and Central Asia. Among them\, those coming from Turkey were more influential\, especially the Nurcu movement of Fethullah Gülen\, which gathers the disciples of Sait Nursi (1876-1960)\, but also other brotherhoods with pan-Turkish sensibilities. Moreover\, theTurkish state was the first to develop significant educational cooperation with the new post-Soviet republics. Even though it was secular\, it paradoxically supported these new religiousnetworks and used them to its advantage.  The core of this presentation analyzes the extent to which these different Turkish movements have contributed to the formation of new Islamic elites in Azerbaijan\, Uzbekistan\, Kazakhstan\, Kyrgyzstan\, and Turkmenistan\, and how the newTurkish model may influence Azerbaijan and Central Asia.\nBayram Balci is a visiting fellow at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace and is aSenior Researcher at the CERI Science Po in Paris\, France. His research focuses on Turkey andTurkish foreign policy in the Middle East\, Central Asia\, and the Caucasus. He is the founding member of The European Journal of Turkish Studies and recently co-edited China and India inCentral Asia: A New “Great Game”?.
URL:https://centralasiaprogram.org/event/turkish-religious-movements-in-the-caucasus-and-central-asia/
CATEGORIES:Events Archive,The Policy Debate
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20120308T183000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20120308T200000
DTSTAMP:20260925T225951
CREATED:20200930T162013Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20241014T193516Z
UID:17256-1331231400-1331236800@centralasiaprogram.org
SUMMARY:Russian Policy Toward Central Asia: Tools for Integration and Arguments for Security Involvement
DESCRIPTION:Alexey Malashenko\, Scholar-in-Residence\, Carnegie Center\, Moscow and Professor\, Moscow State Institute of International Relations\n \nRussia is trying to preserve its influence in Central Asia\, and for a few years has actively promoted integrative strategies in the framework of the Customs Union\, and the Eurasian Union project.  Sofar these structures are dominated mostly by the bilateral Russia-Kazakhstan relationship\, while theother potential partners\, above all Uzbekistan\, have had a skeptical position toward Russia’sinitiatives. Older projects such as the Eurasian Economic Union and the Collective Security TreatyOrganization are viewed in the region as instruments of Russia’s influence. Central Asian governments are weary of these initiatives as they are trying not to be pressured by Moscow. Accordingly\, Moscow does not have a lot of tools at its disposal to influence the domestic and foreign strategies of the Central Asian states. However\, the Russian elites are increasingly concernedabout Central Asia as a zone of potential conflict and about the possible spread of militant Islamicgroups\, using labor migrants as a way of penetrating Russia’s territory.\n\nAlexey Malashenko is Scholar-in-Residence for the Religion\, Society\, and Security Program at theCarnegie Center in Moscow. He has also been a professor at Moscow State Institute of InternationalRelations\, Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation (MGIMO) since 2000. He has written and co-authored many books on religion in Russia and the near-abroad\, including The IslamicFactor in the Northern Caucasus and The Muslim Community of the CIS.
URL:https://centralasiaprogram.org/event/russian-policy-toward-central-asia-tools-for-integration-and-arguments-for-security-involvement/
CATEGORIES:Economic Forum,Events Archive
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