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…
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…
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…