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Russian Policy Toward Central Asia: Tools for Integration and Arguments for Security Involvement
Alexey Malashenko, Scholar-in-Residence, Carnegie Center, Moscow and Professor, Moscow State Institute of International Relations Russia 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… Continue reading Russian Policy Toward Central Asia: Tools for Integration and Arguments for Security Involvement
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Turkish Religious Movements in the Caucasus and Central Asia
with, Bayram Balci, Visiting Fellow, Carnegie Endowment for International Peace In 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… Continue reading Turkish Religious Movements in the Caucasus and Central Asia
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Uyghur Neighborhoods in Kazakhstan
with Sean Roberts, Associate Professor and Director, International Development Studies Program, GWUWith 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… Continue reading Uyghur Neighborhoods in Kazakhstan
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Afghanistan’s Stability and Regional Security Implications for Central Asia
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. Afghanistan's Stability and Regional Security Implications for Central Asia
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Informal Justice in Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan
with Azita Ranjbar and Dr. Eric McGlinchey What 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… Continue reading Informal Justice in Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan
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USAID Experience with Legislative Strengthening in the Former Soviet Union
With Dr. Eric Rudenshiold, Senior Officer in Charge of Kyrgyzstan and the Central Asian Republics at USAID Kregg Halstead, Chief of Party of USAIDs "Kyrgyzstan Parliamentary Strengthening Program" being implemented by DAI Moderated by Dr. Sean Roberts, Director and Associate Professor, International Development Studies Program, The Elliott School of International Affairs, The George Washington University In the two decades since… Continue reading USAID Experience with Legislative Strengthening in the Former Soviet Union
