Beijing Binds: How COVID-19 is Deepening China’s Relationship with Central Asia with Raffaello Pantucci
COVID-19 has further exposed tensions that exist within China's relations with Central Asia. Yet at the same time, they have created a real opportunity for China to deepen its existing links…
Turkmenistan and the Fight Against COVID-19
Webex Virtual EventEven if officials in Turkmenistan continue to remain in denial about the virus, there are growing signs that not only the pandemic might have reached the country, but the authorities…
Post COVID-19: Building Resilience in Central Asia
Webex Virtual EventThe social and economic impacts of the novel coronavirus are amplified in Central Asia, where healthcare resources are limited, supply chains are vulnerable, and government revenues are dependent on a…
The COVID-19 Pandemic and Central Asian Migrants in Russia
Webex Virtual EventThe Covid-19 pandemic revealed how Central Asian migrants in Russia are vulnerable to both the spread of the virus and the impact it causes on their livelihoods. Its effects are…
Current Developments in Uzbekistan: A Conversation with H.E. Javlon Vakhabov, Ambassador of Uzbekistan to the US and Canada
Webex Virtual EventUzbekistan has been witnessing significant transformation since the election of President Shavkat Mirziyoyev in 2016: changing foreign policy priorities, liberalizing economy, reforming state administration and developing job opportunities for a younger…
Book Launch: Analysing Kazakhstan’s Foreign Policy – Regime Neo-Eurasianism in the Nazarbaev Era
Webex Virtual EventThis book investigates the roles that ideas and constructs associated with Eurasia have played in the making of Kazakhstan’s foreign policy during the Nazarbaev era. It delves into the specific Eurasia-centric…
Kazakhstan’s Policy on Multilingualism with Jill Neuendorf
Webex Virtual EventIn this presentation, Jill Neuendorf examines the advantages and disadvantages of Kazakhstan’s Trinity Language Program. She presents the findings of qualitative research conducted in Almaty, Kazakhstan in July 2019 with…
Current Challenges in Tajikistan Amidst Elections and Covid-19 with Muhiddin Kabiri
Webex Virtual EventThe Central Asia Program invites you to an online discussion with exiled opposition leader Muhiddin Kabiri, the Chairman of the Islamic Renaissance Party of Tajikistan, to explore the country’s current…
What’s At Stake In Tajikistan’s Presidential Elections
Webex Virtual EventTajikistan is headed to a crucial presidential election on October 11, where incumbent Emomali Rahmon is once more on the ballot, who is in power since 1992. The other…
Kyrgyzstan Parliamentary Elections and the Path Forward
Webex Virtual EventCarnegie Endowment for International Peace invites you for a discussion on Kyrgyzstan as it holds parliamentary elections on October 4. Kyrgyzstan is Central Asia’s only democracy, but contested elections and…
Cultures of Islam: Variations of Muslim Belief and Practice from the Irtysh River to the Black Sea
Zoom WebinarSummary In this open discussion, we will examine the diversity of Muslim belief and practice in Russia beyond the capital, Moscow. During this two-day conference, twelve experts will reflect upon…
Current Challenges Facing the Post-Soviet Societies of Central Asia
The Central Asia Program invites you to an online discussion with renowned human rights lawyer Yevgeniy Zhovtis about how the future of Central Asian states is threatened by their inability…
1150th Anniversary of Al-Farabi: The Legacy of Medieval Wisdom
The year 2020 marks the 1150th anniversary of Al-Farabi – the most famous Oriental thinker originated from the Kazakh land. His legacy has been a connecting “spiritual bridge” between West…
Parental Labor Migration and Educational Attainment in Kyrgyzstan
The Central Asia Program invites you to an online discussion with international education specialist Dr. Todd Drummond about the association between migrant parents and student learning outcomes in Kyrgyzstan. The…
The Other Side of Oil
George Washington University’s Central Asia Program and Crude Accountability present, “The Other Side of Oil,” a documentary film, which raises important issues of environmental degradation, social justice, and poverty. Through…
Late Soviet Central Asia: Colonialism vs Nationalism
Мероприятие пройдет на русском, с вопросами на русском и английском языках.This event will be held in Russian with questions in English. Как колониальное и национальное проявляется и сосуществует в нарративах таджикской…
Kazakhstan’s Parliamentary Elections: What Next?
Kazakhstan will hold parliamentary and local elections on the 10th January. There is little intrigue as to the results given that opposition parties were not allowed to participate. New regulations that restrict election observers have further…
Book Launch: January 26 – Land of Strangers – The Civilizing Project in Qing Central Asia
At the close of the nineteenth century, near the end of the Qing empire, Confucian revivalists from central China gained control of the Muslim-majority region of Xinjiang, or East Turkestan.…
Preventing and Countering Violent Extremism and Radicalization that Lead to Terrorism in Central Asia – Reflections on Challenges and Opportunities
The multifaceted nature of violent extremism and terrorism in all its forms suggests that conditions conducive to violent extremism and terrorism are similarly diverse. Some of the cardinal root causes…
Trapped in the System: Experiences of Uyghur Detention in Xinjiang
More than a million -- some say 3 million -- Uyghurs and other Muslim minorities have been arbitrarily detained and imprisoned in China’s Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region since 2016. China…
30th Anniversary of US-Kazakh Diplomatic Relations
The Central Asia Program and the Embassy of Kazakhstan invite you to a virtual discussion to mark the 30th anniversary of diplomatic relations between the US and Kazakhstan.On December 16, 2021,…
Book Launch: March 5 – Slow Anti-Americanism: The Social Movements and Symbolic Politics in Central Asia
Negative views of the United States abound, but we know too little about how such views affect politics. Drawing on careful research on post-Soviet Central Asia, Edward Schatz argues that…
Book Launch: March 10, 2021 – Toward Nationalizing Regimes: Conceptualizing Power and Identity in the Post-Soviet Realm
The collapse of the Soviet Union famously opened new venues for the theories of nationalism and the study of processes and actors involved in these new nation-building processes. In this…
Book Launch: March 15 – Pipe Dreams: Water and Empire in Central Asia’s Aral Sea Basin
Pipe Dreams explores the ways in which both the tsarist and Soviet regimes used fantasies of bringing the deserts to life as a means of claiming legitimacy in Central Asia,…
