Kyrgyzstan-US Relationship: After the Cooperation Treaty, and before the Parliamentary Elections
Kyrgyzstan's decision to cancel a cooperation treaty with the United States after tensions over the US awarding a human rights prize to jailed dissident, Azimjon Askarov, contributed to deteriorating US-Kyrgyz…
Kazakhstan’s Accession to the WTO, Central Asia and the Eurasian Economic Union
In July 2015, Kazakhstan finalized its accession to the World Trade Organization after 19 years of negotiations, and intends to ratify the accession package by the end of October. With…
The Magic of Uzbek Cinema
A Film Festival in partnership with the Embassy of Uzbekistan Featuring film directors Shukhrat Abbasov and Ayub Shahobiddinov You Are Not An Orphan By Shukhrat Abbasov, 1963 September 22, 2015…
LEIDEN – Development and Modernization in the Soviet Periphery
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…
Turkmenistan Today: Regional Security and Domestic Outlook
Muhammad Tahir, Director of Turkmen Service at Radio Free Europe/ Radio Liberty Since early 2015, Taliban militants have significantly increased their activities in northern Afghanistan, taking control of most of…
‘Old Patterns, New Order. Socialist Realism in Central Asia’ – GW Museum, October 10, 2015 – May 29, 2016
Old Patterns, New Order: Socialist Realism in Central AsiaOctober 10, 2015–May 29, 2016 Under Soviet political rule, artists across Central Asia created images that both embraced modernity and idealized the…
CESS Annual Meeting 2015
CAP is proud to host the Central Eurasian Studies Society 16th Annual Conference, October 15-18, 2015Download the full program here.View the keynote addresses “Locating Central Asian Geopolitics: the Rise and…
Private Life in Public Spaces: Discourse, Ummah, and (Muslim) Piety in Tatarstan
In this new project, Dr. Karimova explores the relationship between public and private space, discourse, Muslim piety, and the notion of Ummah in present-day Tatarstan. She illustrates how physical space…
Beyond Crimea: Russian Compatriot and Reimperialization Policies in Central Asia
Based on the research of her forthcoming book Beyond Crimea: The New Russian Empire (Yale University Press, February 2015), Dr. Grigas will discuss Moscow’s policies towards the Russian minorities and Russian speakers…
Cinema Club in Partnership with the Kyrgyz Embassy: “Kurmanjan Datka, Queen of the Mountains” (Kyrgyzstan, 2014)
"Commemorating a rare female leader from a time and place where women were mostly regarded as chattel, the sweeping patriotic epic “Kurmanjan Datka Queen of the Mountains” spans the long life (1811-1907)…
Political and Economic Trends in Kazakhstan: Risks, Threats, and Prospects
For several years, the Kazakhstani state has been actively expanding its participation in different spheres of public life, and concentrating resources in the financial, political, and media sectors. Several so-called umbrella structures work…
BRUSSELS and PARIS – Second International Conference on Uyghur Studies
The 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…
Discussion with Rabbi Yeshaya Cohen, Chief Rabbi of the Republic of Kazakhstan
Rabbi Yeshaya Cohen was born in 1971 in Jerusalem, Israel. In 1993, he became assistant to the rabbi of the Grand Choral synagogue in St. Petersburg, Russia, and since 1994 he has…
Cinema Club: “The Liquidator” (Kazakhstan 2011)
"Ex-Special Forces officer Arsen sets out to avenge his brother's murder and uncovers a massive conspiracy involving the wealthy and powerful elite as he works his way up through the…
Women and Water in Central Asia and South Asia: Building a Sustainable Future
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…
GLASGOW – Inside the Pyramid: Is Central Asia authoritarianism stable?
A Workshop Series organized byCRCEES & CAP View the full program here. Patrimonial, patronal, clientelistic: Central Asia’s authoritarian power is often classified in these terms. The proliferation of analytical rubrics…
Studying Social Marginalization in Central Asia: Sixth Central Asia Fellows’ Seminar
Opening Remarks, Marlene Laruelle (Central Asia Program, IERES, GWU) Aspects of Social Marginalization in Central Asia. Some Introductory Data Serik Bessembayev (Kazakhstan) Violent Extremism in Kazakhstan: The Fertile Soil of…
Kazakhstan Nationbuilding and Kazakh Nationalism: A Debate
A new social activism has emerged in Kazakhstan, organized by different small groups self-defining as Kazakh nationalists. Who are they? What is their audience? What political and national projects do…
Cinema Club Film Screening: Kyrgyzland
By Elunura Osmonalieva (2014) This movie is about a small mountainous country with big problems and huge potential. Young heroes let viewers into their lives, lifting a curtain into multi-layered…
Religion-Branding? Central Asia’s Integration into the International Scene through Religion
10:00am-12:00pm. Session 1. Central Asian States and the Gulf Countries. In Search of New Models of Development Luca Anceschi (Glasgow University, UK), Natalie Koch (Syracuse University), Bruno de Cordier (Gent…
Public and State Responses to ISIS Messaging in Central Asia
This workshop and policy discussion will mark the launch of a new series of policy papers from the CERIA initiative that examine state and public responses to ISIS and its…
Cinema Club Film Screening: Tahir and Zuhra
A 15th-century Uzbek 'Romeo and Juliet', this film, by Nabi Ganiev, quickly became one of the canons of Soviet cinema. "Takhir and Zukhra are childhood sweethearts brought up together at…
The Fight for Followers: Muslimness and Authenticity in Tajikistan
Recently, President of Tajikistan Emomali Rahmon has sought new ways to reassert his Muslim identity. These public acts of piety serve not only to sway the population toward the state…
The Central Asia Security Workshop
9:00am. Registration and Breakfast 9:30-11:00am. Session 1. The Chinese ‘One Belt One Road’ Strategy Chair: Robert Sutter (George Washington University) Alexander Cooley (Harriman Institute, Columbia University) One Road, One Belt,…
