Revolution and Art in the Kyrgyz Republic
with Sally Cummings, St. Andrews University Professor Sally Nikoline Cummings teaches in the School of InternationalRelations, University of St Andrews. Her more recent publications includeUnderstanding Central Asia (2012), Sovereignty after Empire: Comparing theMiddle East…
Cinema Club Film Screening: The Light Thief
Directed by Aktan Arym Kubat (Kyrgyzstan, 2010)The main hero of the film is an electrician with a far greater effect on the people around him than his job defines. He…
Social Media and the Online Debate in Central Asia
with Navbahor Imamova, Voice of America The emergence of the Internet and the growing participation of people, especially youth, in social media constitute positive change for Central Asia. Uzbekistan as well as the other…
Myth and Rhetoric of the Turkish Model: Changing notions of marginality in Turkey
with Anita Sengupta, Maulana Abul Kalam Azad Institute of Asian Studies, Kolkata, India The Turkish Model or the Turkish Developmental Alternative was promoted in the Central Asian Republics immediately following the dissolution of the…
Kazakhstan Beyond Economic Success – Exploring Social and Cultural Changes in Eurasia
Organized by The George Washington University’s Central Asia Program (CAP) and the Uppsala Center for Russian and Eurasian Studies (UCRS) Funded by Riksbankens Jubileumsfond (RJ) Uppsala University, Sweden June 13-14, 2014…
The Third Central Asia Fellowship Seminar
Reassessing the Water/Energy Nexus in Central AsiaThe Third Central Asia Fellowship Seminar June 24, 2014, 4:30-7pm Lindner Commons, 6th Floor George Washington University 1957 E Street, NW, Washington DC The…
Politics, Religion, and Conflict Online in Central Asia
Noah Tucker (Registan.net, and CAP associate)Sarah Kendzior (Al Jazeera and CAP associate) Courtney Ranson (Media research consultant) The Internet and social media are slowly beginning to revolutionize the Islamic marketplace of…
Old’ and ‘New’ Political Islam
with Emmanuel Karagiannis, King's College, LondonDr. Emmanuel Karagiannis is a Senior Lecturer at the Department of Defence Studies, King’s College London. He was educated in Great Britain (London South Bank…
Cinema Club Film Screening: Warriors of the Steppe
Directed by Akan Sataev (Kazakhstan, 2012) A universal story about the freedom of the human spirit and the struggle against slavery and despotism, about love, loss and betrayal. It is…
Regulating Religion in Central Asia
A Roundtable Discussion with Catherine Cosman, U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom Dillorom Abdulloeva, Human Rights Lawyer and Co-Founder and President of Tashabbus Mirakmal Niyazmatov, Lawyer and Co-Founder of Tashabbus Central Asian governments…
First International Conference on Uyghur Studies – History, Culture, and Society
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…
The Transition Economies of Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan: Old Habits, New Approaches
with Farrukh Irnazarov, Visiting Research Associate, Johns Hopkins University and Roman Vakulchuk, Senior Research Fellow, Norwegian Institute of International Affairs (NUPI), Oslo, Norway This presentation assesses the market transition path…
Cinema Club Film Screening: The Needle
Directed by Rashid Nugmanov (Kazakhstan, 1988) In the bleak filmscape of glasnost, The Needle stood out as a black sheep of a movie. The most playful and offbeat of the…
Hydrocarbons, Governance and Social Accountability in Russia and Central Asia
1:00-2:00pm Keynote Speaker Marc-Antoine Perouse de Montclos (French Institute of Geopolitics, University Paris 8, France) Oil and Social Accountability in Russia 2:00-3:30pm Session 1. Hydrocarbons and Governance in Eurasia Sergei…
Prospects for Regional Integration in Central Asia
12:00-12:30pm Lunch 12:30pm Opening remarks. DCM Yerkin Akhinzhanov, Kazakhstan Embassy in the United States Fatema Z. Sumar, Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for South and Central Asia Affairs at the…
Islam in Eurasia
Eurasia 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…
Cinema Club Film Screening: Pure Coolness
Directed by Ernest Abdyjaparov (Kyrgyzstan, 2007) Asema gets engaged to Murat and the two go to Murat's hometown, where the traditional Kyrgyzstani culture remains. One day, Asema learns of a plan…
Between Co-operation and Insulation: Afghanistan’s Relations with the Central Asian Republics
with Dr. Christian Bleuer, Afghanistan Analysts NetworkChristian Bleuer will give a presentation based on recent field research and his Afghanistan Analysts Network report "Between Co-operation and Insulation: Afghanistan’s Relations with the…
First Turkmen Culture Club
Turkmenistan's rich culture is less well-known than those great empires who contributed to it, but Turkmenistan has produced its own fascinating - though under-appreciated - art, music, literature, and cinema.…
Re-imagining “post-Soviet” Central Asia: The role of the GCC and articulating geopolitical identities through capital cities.
With Natalie Koch,Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs, Syracuse UniversityIn the newly independent states of Central Asia, geopolitical practices and affinities cannot be understood in isolation from their Soviet heritage.…
Police in Afghanistan: Continuing the Mission and Defining the Future
with Major General Masood Ahmad Azizi, MoI Deputy Minister for Strategy and Policy Police are the long-term security solution to targeting the enablers of insurgency and criminals Securing the public's trust by the…
Enclaves in the post-Communist Central Asia: Do good fences make good neighbors?
with Rashid Gabdulhakov, Visiting Fellow, Central Asia Program, GWU The collapse of a state as large and diverse as the USSR inevitably led to disputes over natural and industrial resources, but also…
Kazakh security policy and its position as a vanguard for East-West cooperation
with Dr. Marcel de Haas, Professor, Nazarbayev University This presentation first describes the foundations of Kazakh security policy, i.e. the key security-related documents, especially the Law on National Security, the Military…
Cinema Club Film Screening: Days Gone By (O’tgan kunlar/Minuvshie dni)
Directed by Yuldash Azgamov (Uzbekistan, 1969) In partnership with the Uzbekistan Embassy in Washington, DC Central Asia Program and the Uzbekistan Embassy are happy to invite you to attend the…
