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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20171115T130000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20171115T143000
DTSTAMP:20260925T100003
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SUMMARY:Global Powers and Competing ‘Fixes’ in Central Asia
DESCRIPTION:Dr. Balihar Sanghera\, Director of Graduate Studies (Taught)\,\nSenior Lecturer in Sociology\, University of Kent; George F. Kennan Fellow\, Woodrow Wilson Center \n\nThis presentation examines how the US\, Russia\, and China have proposed different development visions for Central Asia. While it is common to frame these visions in exclusionary or conflictual terms (such as market reforms versus state controls\, the dominant Western hegemony versus rising powers\, or the core versus the semi-periphery)\, Dr. Sanghera will argue that they reflect a shared imperative to tackle and fix structural contradictions inherent in advanced and newly capitalist economies. In this respect\, there is a family resemblance among the competing fixes\, rather than strong differences of economic and political ideologies. Central Asia has become an important space for global powers to shape and contest the future direction of capitalism. Drawing upon a qualitative study of international financial institutions in the region\, Dr. Sanghera will also examine how Central Asian states strategically respond to different social fixes to address their own economic and political needs\, often in ways that are unstable and contradictory.\n\n RSVP
URL:https://centralasiaprogram.org/event/global-powers-and-competing-fixes-in-central-asia/
CATEGORIES:Events Archive
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20171115T130000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20171115T143000
DTSTAMP:20260925T100003
CREATED:20200930T162525Z
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SUMMARY:The 10th CAP Fellows Seminar "Peacebuilding and Civic Literacy in Central Asia and South Caucasus"
DESCRIPTION:Agenda \n4:00 – 5:30 PM\, Session 1: New Perspectives on Grassroots Peacebuilding \nDiana Mamatova (former Project Coordinator\, the United Nations in Kyrgyzstan) Grassroots Peacebuilding: Cross-Border Cooperation in the Ferghana Valley \nJafar Usmanov (former Lead Researcher at ACT Development Group\, Tajikistan) Youth as Agents of Peace at the Tajik-Kyrgyz Border \nJeyhun Valiev (Independent Researcher\, Azerbaijan) Assessing the Impact of NGO Peacebuilding Programs in the South Caucasus:\nthe Case of Nagorno-Karabakh \nBreak: 5:30 – 5:45 PM \n5:45 – 6:45 PM\, Session 2: Empowerment through Civic Literacy in Kazakhstan \nKarlygash Kabatova (Astana Paper-Lab ResearchGroup\, Kazakhstan) Overcoming a Taboo: Normalizing Sexuality Education in Kazakhstan \nAnna Gussarova (Kazakhstan Institute for Strategic Studies)\nCountering Extremism versus Freedom of Online Expression: the Case of Kazakhstan \nReception: 6:45 – 8:00 PM \n RSVP
URL:https://centralasiaprogram.org/event/the-10th-cap-fellows-seminar-peacebuilding-and-civic-literacy-in-central-asia-and-south-caucasus/
CATEGORIES:Events Archive
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20171115T130000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20171115T143000
DTSTAMP:20260925T100003
CREATED:20200930T162522Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20241014T192717Z
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SUMMARY:Deciphering the Notion of "Uzbek Terrorists"
DESCRIPTION:with Alisher Siddique\, Director of RFE/RL’s Uzbek Service\nIn 2017\, four terrorist attacks were carried out by Uzbek citizens or people of Uzbek origin in several Western cities. Contrary to the media discourse\, Uzbekistan is not a hotbed of terrorism\, nor does it “export terrorists.” However\, many Uzbek nationals leave Uzbekistan for work\, becoming labor migrants. How and why did some Uzbek migrants get radicalized in different contexts–the U.S.\, Europe\, and Russia? How does the evolving political climate in Uzbekistan change the state’s relationship to Islam? What are some possible answers to the challenge of migration integration? \nIn partnership with RFE/RL \nLight lunch will be served \n RSVP
URL:https://centralasiaprogram.org/event/deciphering-the-notion-of-uzbek-terrorists/
CATEGORIES:Events Archive,Uzbekistan
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20171106T133000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20171106T150000
DTSTAMP:20260925T100003
CREATED:20200930T162510Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20241014T192725Z
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SUMMARY:Islam and the State in Central Asia - a Friedrich Ebert Foundation Report
DESCRIPTION:Dr. Sanat Kushkumbayev (Deputy Director\, Kazakhstan Institute for Strategic Studies under the President of the Republic of Kazakhstan) will present the latest report of the Almaty club (a Central Asia Policy Group) on Islam and the State in Central Asia.\nComparing Kazakhstan\, Kyrgyzstan\, Uzbekistan and Tajikistan\, the report analyzes evolution in legislation\, the secularization of Islam\, Islamic education\, and the revival of public piety (the use of the veil). This presentation will be in Russian\, with translation in English. \nSupport for the report was provided by the Friedrich Ebert Foundation. \n  \n RSVP
URL:https://centralasiaprogram.org/event/islam-and-the-state-in-central-asia-a-friedrich-ebert-foundation-report/
CATEGORIES:Events Archive
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20171019T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20171019T140000
DTSTAMP:20260925T100003
CREATED:20171011T195000Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20241014T192735Z
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SUMMARY:What Lies ahead for Kyrgyzstan after the Presidential Elections?
DESCRIPTION:with\nKadyr Toktogulov\, Ambassador of the Kyrgyz Republic to the United States\nErica Marat\, National Defense University\nEric McGlinchey\, George Mason University\nPaul Stronski\, Carnegie Endowment for International Peace\n\nKyrgyzstan’s Presidential Elections on October 15\, 2017\, have been particularly competitive\, with tensions running high between the two main contenders\, Omurbek Babanov and Sooronbai Jeenbekov. Several post-election factors will shape the future direction of the country\, both domestically and internationally. How will the winner and the looser manage their post-election relationship? In what way will the political landscape be reshuffled? Answers to these questions will influence several critical issues such as ethnonationalism\, migration\, and Kyrgyzstan’s relationship with Russia\, the West\, and the Central Asian neighbors. Join our four experts to discuss the elections’ results\, the way the campaign was mediated\, its significance for the future of Kyrgyzstan\, and implications for the U.S. \n\n\nIn partnership with RFE/RL\n\n\nLight lunch will be served\n \n Register
URL:https://centralasiaprogram.org/event/lies-ahead-%ef%bb%bffor-kyrgyzstan-presidential-elections/
CATEGORIES:Events Archive,Kyrgyzstan
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20171019T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20171019T120000
DTSTAMP:20260925T100003
CREATED:20200930T162509Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20241014T192822Z
UID:17555-1508414400-1508414400@centralasiaprogram.org
SUMMARY:What Lies ahead for Kyrgyzstan after the Presidential Elections?
DESCRIPTION:with\nKadyr Toktogulov\, Ambassador of the Kyrgyz Republic to the United States\nErica Marat\, National Defense University\nEric McGlinchey\, George Mason University\nPaul Stronski\, Carnegie Endowment for International Peace\n\nKyrgyzstan’s Presidential Elections on October 15\, 2017\, have been particularly competitive\, with tensions running high between the two main contenders\, Omurbek Babanov and Sooronbai Jeenbekov. Several post-election factors will shape the future direction of the country\, both domestically and internationally. How will the winner and the looser manage their post-election relationship? In what way will the political landscape be reshuffled? Answers to these questions will influence several critical issues such as ethnonationalism\, migration\, and Kyrgyzstan’s relationship with Russia\, the West\, and the Central Asian neighbors. Join our four experts to discuss the elections’ results\, the way the campaign was mediated\, its significance for the future of Kyrgyzstan\, and implications for the U.S. \n\n\nIn partnership with RFE/RL\n\n\nLight lunch will be served\n \n Register
URL:https://centralasiaprogram.org/event/what-lies-ahead-%ef%bb%bffor-kyrgyzstan-after-the-presidential-elections/
CATEGORIES:Events Archive
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20171002T090000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20171002T154500
DTSTAMP:20260925T100003
CREATED:20200930T162458Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20241014T192834Z
UID:17543-1506934800-1506959100@centralasiaprogram.org
SUMMARY:The Islamic Mediascape in Central Asia
DESCRIPTION:9:00-11:00 AM\, Session 1: The Evolution of Religious and Irreligious MediaEren Tasar (University of North Carolina)\nCasting a Wide Net: Islamic Media in Central Asia under Atheism\n\nShahnoza Nozimova (George Mason University); Tim Epkenhans (University of Freiburg)\nThe Transformation of Tajikistan’s Religious Field: From Religious Moderation to Authoritarian Salafism\n\nMaria Louw (Aarhus University)\nAtheism 2.0: Finding Spaces for Atheism in Contemporary Kyrgyzstan\nCoffee break: 11:00-11:30 AM\n\n11:30 AM-1:00 PM\, Session 2: Muslim Heroes and Models\nBenjamin Gatling (George Mason University)\nHeritage or Zombies: Saints and anti-Saints on Tajik Television\n\nUlan Bigozhin (Nazarbaev University)\n“Where Is Our Honor?”: How Sport Is Used to Create Masculine Authority or Kazakh Muslims\nLunch: 1:00 PM-1:45 PM\n\n1:45 PM-3:45 PM\, Session 3: Islamic Debates in the Media\nNoah Tucker (Radio Ozodlik)\nShaykh Google\, Salafi Plov\, Midnight Soccer: Debating Islamic Authority in the Internet Age in Southern Kyrgyzstan \n\nWendell Schwab (Pennsylvania State University)\nShariah Law and Ancient Turkic Traditions: The Rhetoric of Islamic Debates in Kazakhstani Mass Media\n\nDiana Kudaibergenova (Lund University)\nDigital Islam and Contemporary Art in Central Asia: Visualizing and Performing Islam\n\n\n\n\nThis workshop is part of the CERIA Initiative\, generously funded by the Henry Luce Foundation.\n\n\n\n\n\n Register
URL:https://centralasiaprogram.org/event/the-islamic-mediascape-in-central-asia/
CATEGORIES:Events Archive
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20170928T090000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20170929T120000
DTSTAMP:20260925T100003
CREATED:20200930T162508Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20241014T192855Z
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SUMMARY:NAC-NU CAP Conference on External and Internal Migration in Central Asia\, ASTANA
DESCRIPTION:  \nProgram\n\nDay 1\, 28 September 2017 \n9.00 – 9.30        Registration  \n9.30 – 9.45        Welcome speech  \nShigeo Katsu\, President\, Nazarbayev University (TBC) \nMarlene Laruelle\, Director CAP\, G. Washington University (by skype) \nSession 1: External and Internal Migration in Central Asia \nModerator: Dennis de Tray\, Advisor to the President of Nazarbayev University \n9.45 – 10.00        NAC presentation \n“Migration trends in the region” \n10.00 – 10.15      Galib Bashirov\, Lecturer\, Florida International University\, USA \n“Between Securitization and Accommodation: A Comparative Study of Russian and Turkish Approaches to Migration from Central Asia” \n10.15 – 10.30      Irfan Shahzad\, Lead Coordinator/Assistant Director\, Institute of Policy Studies\, Pakistan \n“Central Asian Migrants in UAE: Fostering the Foundations of Faith?” \n10.30 – 11.00        Q/A session \n11.00 – 11.15         Coffee-break \n11.15 – 11.30      Farrukh Irnazarov\, Country Director\, Central Asian Development Institute\, Uzbekistan \n“The Impact of Russian Re-entry Bans on Central Asian Labor Migrants’ Coping Strategies”  \n11.30 – 11.45      Malika Bahovadinova\, Consultant to the Labour Migration Department\, Human Rights Center\, Tajikistan (by skype) \n“Capitalism Fulfills the Final Five Year Plan: How Soviet Era Migration Institutions Came to Fruition in Post-Soviet Eurasia” \n11.45 – 12.00      Nodira Kholmatova\, Doctoral Researcher\, European University Institute (EUI)\, Italy \n“Changing the Face of Labor Migration? The Feminization of Labor Migration from Tajikistan to Russia”  \n12.00 – 12.30         Q/A session \n12.30 – 13.30         Lunch  \nSession 2: External and Internal Migration in Central Asia \nModerator: TBC \n13.30 – 13.45      Jakhongir Kakhkharov\,  Associate Lecturer\, Griffith Business School\, Australia \n“Remittances of Labor Migrants as a Source of Finance for Development: Evidence from Uzbekistan”  \n13.45 – 14.00      Gulnaz Atabaeva\, PhD candidate\, International Ataturk Alatoo University\, Kyrgyzstan \n“Remittances and Economic Growth: Empirical Evidence from Kyrgyzstan” \n14.00 – 14.15      Zhengizkhan Zhanaltay\, Research Fellow\, Eurasian Research Institute\, Kazakhstan \n“Social Remittance Dynamics in Central Asia: Potential and Limitations”  \n14.15 – 14.45         Q/A Session \n14.45 – 15.00         Coffee-break \n15.00 – 15.15      Bolat Tatibekov\, Professor\, Suleyman Demirel University\, Kazakhstan \n“Spatial Dynamics of External Labor Migration in Contemporary Kazakhstan” \n15.15 – 15.30      Ajar Chekirova\, PhD candidate\, University of Illinois – Chicago\, USA \n“Citizens Undocumented: challenges of internal migration in Kyrgyzstan”  \n15.30 – 15.45      Nazira Sodatsayrova\, PhD candidate\, University of Tsukuba\, Japan \n“Understanding Motivation and Mobility of Tajikistan Students towards Asian Countries: The case of Tajikistan students in Japan” \n15.45 – 16.00      Rustamjon Urinboyev\, Research Fellow\, Lund University\, Sweden \n“Migration\, Transnationalism and Social Change in Central Asia: Everyday Transnational Lives of Uzbek Labour Migrants in Russia” \n16.00 – 16.30         Q/A session  \n16.30 – 17.00         Day 1: wrap-up \n\nDay 2\, 29 September 2017 \nSession 3: External and Internal Migration in Central Asia. Group work \n9.30 – 10.00        Rules setting \n10.00 – 11.30      Group work \nWG1: Political Mechanisms of Immigration Control. Discussion leader: Caress Schenk \nWG2: Social Dynamics Across Borders. Discussion leader: Aurelie Baird \nWG3: Migration’s Impact on Host States. Discussion leader: Galiya Sagyndykova \nWG4: Social Determinants of Migration. Discussion leader: Helene Thibault \n10.45 – 11.00         Coffee-break \n11.30 – 12.00         Wrap up and closing remarks
URL:https://centralasiaprogram.org/event/nac-nu-cap-conference-on-external-and-internal-migration-in-central-asia-astana/
CATEGORIES:Conferences,Events Archive
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20170921T123000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20170921T140000
DTSTAMP:20260925T100003
CREATED:20200930T162501Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20241014T192906Z
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SUMMARY:One Year of the Mirziyoyev Presidency: What Has Changed in Uzbekistan?
DESCRIPTION:This is a joint Central Asia Program – Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty event with\nAlisher Sidiq\, head of RFE/RL Uzbekistan service\nSean Roberts\, Professor\, GWU\nNavbahor Imamova\, International Broadcaster\, Uzbek Service\, Voice of America \nLight lunch will be served \n  \n Register
URL:https://centralasiaprogram.org/event/one-year-of-the-mirziyoyev-presidency-what-has-changed-in-uzbekistan/
CATEGORIES:Events Archive,Uzbekistan
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20170910T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20170910T200000
DTSTAMP:20260925T100003
CREATED:20200930T162458Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20241014T192915Z
UID:17542-1505066400-1505073600@centralasiaprogram.org
SUMMARY:"Rooted in Felt" International Textile Exhibit Opening Reception
DESCRIPTION:Believed to be one of the world’s oldest textiles\, felt was first made over 2\,500 ago by the nomadic peoples of Central Asia. It’s a multifunctional non-woven fabric used for making rugs\, felt tents\, accessories\, painting\, and sculptures. Inspired by their traditional roots the artists create modern and relevant artwork connecting the past and the future.The artworks presented include contemporary and traditional rugs\, wall panels\, fashion design\, and other objects made with felt. This exhibit brings together artisans from Kazakhstan\, Kyrgyzstan\, Afghanistan\, and Russia.\n \nPlease join us for the opening reception on September 10. There will be music\, food and a fashion show. \nInternational Textile Exhibit will be held from September 9 – 22\, 2017 \n*The exhibit is organized by Voices. Voices is a 501 (c) (3) nonprofit organization with a mission to use the power of art to connect people of varied communities\, thereby spreading cultural awareness and sparking both individual and group creativity. Our projects give people the opportunity to share artwork inspired by their own roots. Through art\, we help people achieve a better understanding of themselves and others. \nGo to top\n Register here 
URL:https://centralasiaprogram.org/event/rooted-in-felt-international-textile-exhibit-opening-reception/
CATEGORIES:Events Archive
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20170818T000000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20170824T000000
DTSTAMP:20260925T100003
CREATED:20200930T162457Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20241014T192925Z
UID:17541-1503014400-1503532800@centralasiaprogram.org
SUMMARY:2017 Trans-Caspian Forum: East West Trade & Transit Corridor
DESCRIPTION:See tentative program. \nBackground: The Trans-Caspian East-West Trade and Transit Corridor brings together the Central Asia\, Caspian and Black Sea strategic regions to form a viable trade and transit corridor between Europe and East & South-East Asia. Connecting trade\, people and economies\, the modern trans-Caspian corridor has extensive and integrated network of infrastructure\, special economic zones\, harmonized customs\, cross-border procedures and more along this route. \nThe United States played an important role in the development of this corridor and its cooperation with our countries has evolved into resilient strategic partnerships. Joint initiatives and projects such as the Baku-Tbilisi-Ceyhan oil pipeline and Southern Gas Corridor have greatly contributed to the increased business between the region and the United States. Moreover\, currently underway regional infrastructure projects such as С5+1 Transport Corridor Development\, Baku-Tbilisi-Kars railway and the multiple Port developments valued over $50 billion have been providing additional business opportunities including increased trade\, investments and development of strategic infrastructure for facilitating commercially viable transit that the United States and its companies can benefit from. \nToday\, ambitious regional infrastructure projects will ensure swift and efficient shipments of all types of goods. These projects will connect Asian and European transport networks\, significantly shorten delivery time and save transportation costs for delivering goods from Asian to European markets. Expanding regional transport grids along the Trans-Caspian corridor opens new opportunities for transcontinental shipments\, and innovative services. Afghanistan\, Azerbaijan\, Georgia\, Kazakhstan\, Turkey and Turkmenistan form a market of around 150 million consumers. These countries are willing to offer customized and integrated solutions to companies with highly sophisticated supply chains. \nProject description: Forum is a practical manifestation of joint willingness of the Trans-Caspian countries to make this corridor a viable option for East-West trade and transit shipments. Regional governments will introduce infrastructure\, business\, investment\, trade and transit opportunities to business leaders\, policy-makers and expert community across a variety of multinational industries. The Forum presents a suitable platform for public and private senior executives from regional countries and businesses. \nThe diplomatic missions of Afghanistan\, Azerbaijan\, Georgia\, Kazakhstan\, Turkey and Turkmenistan will hold the “2nd Trans-Caspian East-West Trade and Transit Corridor” forum in Washington D.C onJune 26-27\, 2017. The Forum will take place at the George Washington University followed up by a policy discussion at the US Congress and round-table at the World Bank. \nOn the first day\, June 26\, the Forum will be co-hosted by the Central Asia Program at George Washington University and the Caspian Policy Center and it will be open to the wider public including academic\, think tank\, policy\, business community\, government officials and policy-makers from six organizing countries along with the United States. \nOn June 27\, the morning session will be held at the United States Congress and will be open to the public\, specifically to Congressional staff along with academic\, think tank\, policy\, business community\, government officials and policy-makers. \nOn the second half of June 27\, an event will be organized at the World Bank for businesses\, think tanks and government officials to discuss practical issues of cooperation along the Trans-Caspian corridor. \nMore details are available on the event’s website and registration now available.
URL:https://centralasiaprogram.org/event/2017-trans-caspian-forum-east-west-trade-transit-corridor-2/
CATEGORIES:Conferences,Events Archive
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20170809T163000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20170809T180000
DTSTAMP:20260925T100003
CREATED:20200930T162459Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20241014T192935Z
UID:17544-1502296200-1502301600@centralasiaprogram.org
SUMMARY:Uzbekistan's Heritage and New Transformations
DESCRIPTION:in partnership with the Embassy of Uzbekistan \n\n\nSirojiddin Yakhshilikov (Charge d’affaires at the Embassy of Uzbekistan)\n\nUzbekistan’s Social Policy: Ensuring Stability and Development Through Modernization and Heritage \nRahimjon Abdugafurov (Ph.D. Candidate (2018)\, Islamic Civilizations Studies\, Emory University )\nCultural and Religious Value in Uzbekistan’s Heritage
URL:https://centralasiaprogram.org/event/uzbekistans-heritage-and-new-transformations/
CATEGORIES:Events Archive,Uzbekistan
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20170626T000000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20170627T000000
DTSTAMP:20260925T100003
CREATED:20200930T162456Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20241014T192946Z
UID:17540-1498435200-1498521600@centralasiaprogram.org
SUMMARY:2017 Trans-Caspian Forum: East West Trade & Transit Corridor
DESCRIPTION:See tentative program. \nBackground: The Trans-Caspian East-West Trade and Transit Corridor brings together the Central Asia\, Caspian and Black Sea strategic regions to form a viable trade and transit corridor between Europe and East & South-East Asia. Connecting trade\, people and economies\, the modern trans-Caspian corridor has extensive and integrated network of infrastructure\, special economic zones\, harmonized customs\, cross-border procedures and more along this route. \nThe United States played an important role in the development of this corridor and its cooperation with our countries has evolved into resilient strategic partnerships. Joint initiatives and projects such as the Baku-Tbilisi-Ceyhan oil pipeline and Southern Gas Corridor have greatly contributed to the increased business between the region and the United States. Moreover\, currently underway regional infrastructure projects such as С5+1 Transport Corridor Development\, Baku-Tbilisi-Kars railway and the multiple Port developments valued over $50 billion have been providing additional business opportunities including increased trade\, investments and development of strategic infrastructure for facilitating commercially viable transit that the United States and its companies can benefit from. \nToday\, ambitious regional infrastructure projects will ensure swift and efficient shipments of all types of goods. These projects will connect Asian and European transport networks\, significantly shorten delivery time and save transportation costs for delivering goods from Asian to European markets. Expanding regional transport grids along the Trans-Caspian corridor opens new opportunities for transcontinental shipments\, and innovative services. Afghanistan\, Azerbaijan\, Georgia\, Kazakhstan\, Turkey and Turkmenistan form a market of around 150 million consumers. These countries are willing to offer customized and integrated solutions to companies with highly sophisticated supply chains. \nProject description: Forum is a practical manifestation of joint willingness of the Trans-Caspian countries to make this corridor a viable option for East-West trade and transit shipments. Regional governments will introduce infrastructure\, business\, investment\, trade and transit opportunities to business leaders\, policy-makers and expert community across a variety of multinational industries. The Forum presents a suitable platform for public and private senior executives from regional countries and businesses. \nThe diplomatic missions of Afghanistan\, Azerbaijan\, Georgia\, Kazakhstan\, Turkey and Turkmenistan will hold the “2nd Trans-Caspian East-West Trade and Transit Corridor” forum in Washington D.C onJune 26-27\, 2017. The Forum will take place at the George Washington University followed up by a policy discussion at the US Congress and round-table at the World Bank. \nOn the first day\, June 26\, the Forum will be co-hosted by the Central Asia Program at George Washington University and the Caspian Policy Center and it will be open to the wider public including academic\, think tank\, policy\, business community\, government officials and policy-makers from six organizing countries along with the United States. \nOn June 27\, the morning session will be held at the United States Congress and will be open to the public\, specifically to Congressional staff along with academic\, think tank\, policy\, business community\, government officials and policy-makers. \nOn the second half of June 27\, an event will be organized at the World Bank for businesses\, think tanks and government officials to discuss practical issues of cooperation along the Trans-Caspian corridor. \nMore details are available on the event’s website and registration now available.
URL:https://centralasiaprogram.org/event/2017-trans-caspian-forum-east-west-trade-transit-corridor/
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SUMMARY:BRUSSELS: Central Asian 'Jihad': Home-grown Terror or Marginalised Migrants'
DESCRIPTION:Agenda\nIntroduction: Jerzy Pomianowski\, Executive Director\, European Endowment for Democracy (EED) \nPresentation: Noah Tucker\, Associate\, Central Asia Program (CAP) and the Central Eurasia – Religion in International Affairs (CERIA) initiative; Senior Editor\, RFE/RL Uzbek Service \nComments: Toivo Klaar\, Head\, Central Asia Division\, EEAS; Thomas Renard\, Senior Research Fellow\, Egmont Institute; and Andrew Stroehlein\, European Media Director\, Human Rights Watch \nModerators: Kristina Vaiciunaite\, Programme Officer Russia and Central Asia\, EED; and Jos Boonstra\, EUCAM Coordinator\, Centre for European Security Studies (CESS) \nOutline\nIn April Europe was jolted by terror attacks in St. Petersburg and Stockholm that appear to have both been carried out by ethnic Uzbek migrants\, one from Kyrgyzstan and the other from Uzbekistan. In the ISIS attack on a nightclub in Istanbul on New Year’s Eve\, a gunman originally from Uzbekistan killed 39 people and wounded 70. There are no hard figures of the number of Central Asians that have joined the ranks of ISIS and al-Qaida affiliated groups in Syria. Even as hundreds have joined\, we have more questions than answers. Conditions make a comprehensive study of the background and recruitment of young people from all five Central Asian republics impossible. \nDo the reasons lie in underdevelopment and poverty that have lead to mass labour migration to Russia from Kyrgyzstan\, Tajikistan and to a lesser extent Uzbekistan? To what extent are recruits attracted to extremist groups or violent acts by the conditions in their home countries versus the new environments where they face steep challenges as migrant labourers or political exiles? Do Central Asian governments push segments of the population towards radicalisation with repressive policies and human rights offenses? What role does Islam play in Central Asian societies that linger between a Soviet heritage and new national narratives? What role does religion play at all in the attraction of radical militant organisations that claim to represent Islam or to be founding a new homeland? Misunderstanding the causes and mechanisms that drive recruits into violent extremist groups risks that policies in the region and Europe designed to counter extremist messaging may attempt to solve the wrong problems and fail to prevent further attacks – or at worst\, could help cause the outcomes they were designed to combat. \nAt this seminar Noah Tucker will present conclusions from several years of research on Central Asian militant messaging and recruiting and from a recent fieldwork project in Southern Kyrgyzstan. He will outline the background of Jihadism in Central Asia and current links with the conflict in Syria as well as discuss the gaps in research and fieldwork on the factors motivating Central Asians to fight in Syria\, the ways they are recruited and the methods currently used by regional authorities to prevent jihadist mobilisation. Proceeding from evidence that Central Asian communities overwhelmingly oppose extremist recruiting and want to combat it\, Tucker will argue for a community-based approach seeking to create trust between communities and police – especially when they are isolated as a minority or when living abroad as migrants or refugees. \nAfter the keynote presentation three commentators will react from different angles: First\, the role that the EU can play through its Strategy for Central Asia\, including the annual High-Level Security Dialogues with Central Asian partners. Second\, the implications for Europe and how the EU seeks to counter terrorism\, for instance through the 2017 EU Counter-Terrorism Directive? And third\, the human rights angle\, both in Central Asia and Europe with regard to counter-terrorism measures. \nThe meeting will take place under the Chatham House rule and will offer ample time for debate among speakers and participants. \nThis seminar is organised by the Europe-Central Asia Monitoring (EUCAM) programme of the Centre for European Security Studies (CESS)\, the Netherlands\, in cooperation with the Central Asia Program (CAP) of the George Washington University and hosted by the European Endowment for Democracy (EED). The seminar is made possible with the support of the Open Society Foundations and the Henry Luce Foundation. \nThe meeting is followed by a networking lunch. \nClick here to register.
URL:https://centralasiaprogram.org/event/brussels-central-asian-jihad-home-grown-terror-or-marginalised-migrants/
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SUMMARY:ASTANA: “China’s “One Belt\, One Road” project and its impact for Central Asia”
DESCRIPTION:Nazarbayev University\, Preliminary programme \n\n\n\nDay 1 \n8 June 2017\n\n\n9.00 – 9.30\nRegistration \n\n\n9.30 – 10.00\nWelcome speech \nShigeo Katsu\, President\, Nazarbayev University (TBC) \nMarlene Laruelle\, Director CAP\, George Washington University  (by Skype)\n\n\nSession 1: OBOR and Central Asia: Impact on the Region \nChair: Dennis de Tray\, Advisor to President\, Nazarbayev University\n\n\n10.00 – 10.15\nMarek Jochec\, Associate Professor of Finance\, Nazarbayev University\, Kazakhstan \nEnsi Tszie\,  Adviser to the Minister of Economy\, Kyrgyzstan \n“Economic aspects of strategic importance of China’s OBOR project”\n\n\n10.15 – 10.30\nSarah Lain\, Research Fellow\, Royal United Services Institute (RUSI)\, Great Britain \n“China’s OBOR project and its impact for Central Asia”\n\n\n10.30 – 11.00\nQ/A session\n\n\n11.00 – 11.30\nCoffee-break \n\n\nSession 2: Instruments and Mechanisms of OBOR  \nChair: Nicola Contessi\, Assistant Professor of Political Science\, Nazarbayev University\n\n\n11.30 – 11.45\nSafovudin Jaborov\, PhD candidate\, Tajik National University\, Tajikistan \n“Chinese’s Loans in Central Asia: Development Aid or “Predatory Lending”?”\n\n\n11.45 – 12.00\nHao Tian\, Masters student\, Georgetown University\, USA \n“The mechanisms of allocating and receiving Chinese foreign aid”\n\n\n12.00 – 12.15\nPaulo Duarte\, Researcher\, Instituto do Oriente in Lisbon\, Portugal \n“The One Belt One Road:  which impacts for Central Asia?”\n\n\n12.15 – 12.45\nQ/A session\n\n\n13.00 – 14.30\nLunch \n\n\nSession 3: OBOR: Potential for Long-term Transformation \nChair: Caress Schenk\, Assistant Professor of Political Science\, Nazarbayev University\n\n\n14.30 – 14.45\nMadina Bizhanova\, Masters student\, Georgetown University\, USA \n“To what extent and how can the Silk Road Economic Belt contribute to economic diversification of Kazakhstan?”\n\n\n14.45 – 15.00\nAlexander Wolters\, Director of the OSCE Academy in Bishkek\, Kyrgyzstan \n“Hegemonial or Multilateral? Chinese Investments and the OBOR Initiative in Tajikistan and Kyrgyzstan”\n\n\n15.00 – 15.15\nSobir Kurbanov\, Teaching Associate at George Washington University\, Consultant at World Bank\, USA \n“The Importance of Trade Liberalization and Investment Climate Reforms in Central Asia in the Context of China One Belt One Road Project”\n\n\n15.30 – 16.00\nQ/A Session\n\n\n16.00 – 16.30\nCoffee-break\n\n\nSession 4: The Human Dimension \nChair: Serik Orazgaliyev\, Assistant Professor of Public Policy\, Nazarbayev University\n\n\n16.30 – 16.45\nLiya Utyasheva\, Expert\, Institute of Migration Policy\, Canada \nYelena Sadovskaya\, International Consultant in migration\, Kazakhstan \n“Human Silk Road – People-to-people aspect of the Belt and Road initiative: a perspective from Central Asia”\n\n\n16.45 – 17.00\nAzad Garibov\, Research Fellow\, Center for Strategic Studies under the President of the Republic of Azerbaijan \n“OBOR and Chinese Laborers in Central Asia: Reality and Public Perception”\n\n\n17.00 – 17.30\nQ/A session\n\n\n17.30 – 18.00\nDay 1: wrap-up\n\n\nDay 2\n9 June 2017\n\n\nSession 5: Impact on Social Structure  \nChair: Anara Makatova\, National Analytical Center\n\n\n10.00 – 10.15\nVera Exnerova\, Research Fellow\, Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic \n“Helping China´s OBOR Project in Central Asia: Role of Local Elites and Civil Society in Improving Impact of PRC in the Region”\n\n\n10.15 – 10.30\nKemel Toktomushev\, Special Assistant to the Director General\, University of Central Asia in Bishkek\, Kyrgyzstan \n“One Belt\, One Road: A New Source of Rent for Ruling Elites in Central Asia?”\n\n\n10.30 – 11.00\nQ/A session\n\n\n11.00 – 11.30\nCoffee-break\n\n\nSession 6: Soft Power Dimensions \nChair: Neil Collins\, Professor of Political Science\, Nazarbayev University\n\n\n11.30 – 11.45\nBhavna Dave\, Senior Lecturer\, University of London\, Great Britain \n“OBOR and China’s Soft Power: Perceptions of Chinese Norms and Developmental Practices in Kazakhstan”\n\n\n11.45 – 12.00\nGaukhar Nursha\, PhD candidate\, Al-Farabi Kazakh National University\, Kazakhstan \n“Chinese soft power in Kazakhstan and Kyrgyzstan: A Confucius Institutes case-study”\n\n\n12.00 – 12.30\nQ/A session\n\n\n12.30 – 13.00\nDay 2: wrap-up \nClosing remarks\n\n\n\n 
URL:https://centralasiaprogram.org/event/astana-chinas-one-belt-one-road-project-and-its-impact-for-central-asia/
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SUMMARY:Russia’s Approaches to Afghanistan and its Implications for Central Asia
DESCRIPTION:Stephen Blank\, American Foreign Policy Council\nRussia’s Policy toward Afghanistan and the Taliban and its Impact on Central Asia \nStephen Blank is an internationally known expert on Russia and the former Soviet Union who comes to AFPC from the US Army War College\, where he spent the last 24 years (1989-2013) as a Professor of National Security Studies at the Strategic Studies Institute of the US Army War College in Carlisle Barracks\, PA.  Dr. Blank’s expertise covers the entire Russian and post-Soviet region. He has also written extensively on defense strategy\, arms control\, information warfare\, energy issues\, US foreign and defense policy\, and European and Asian security. \nAmin Mudadiq\, head of RFE/RL’s Pakistan service \nThe Impact of Russia’s Afghan Policy on the Northern Provinces of Afghanistan \nAmin Mudaqiq is the Director of RFE/RL’s service to Pakistan’s tribal regions\, Radio Mashaal. Originally from northern Afghanistan\, Mudaqiq formerly served as Kabul bureau chief for RFE/RL’s Afghan Service from 2004 to 2011. Prior to joining RFE/RL\, he worked in the U.S. consulate in Peshawar as an Information Assistant\, and as editor of “Ittilaat\,” the U.S. government’s Dari/Pashto publication. \nPlease RSVP \nAn event organized in partnership with RFE/RL
URL:https://centralasiaprogram.org/event/russias-approaches-to-afghanistan-and-its-implications-for-central-asia/
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SUMMARY:Ninth Fellows’ Seminar: Development Challenges and Evolving Identities in Central Asia and Azerbaijan
DESCRIPTION:2:00pm. Introductory remarksMarlene Laruelle\, Director\, Central Asia Program \n2:15-4:00pm. Panel 1. Identities\, Ideologies and Religion in Flux  \nZhar Zardykhan (KIMEP\, Almaty)\nBetween Two Worlds: The Ambiguities of Kazakhstan’s Search for its New Identity \nKamal Gasimov (CAAF\, Azerbaijan)\nThe Salafi Multimodal Engagement with Electronic Media in Azerbaijan \nAlexandra Tsay (CAAF\, Kazakhstan)\nContemporary Art as a Public Sphere in Kazakhstan \n Rafael Sattarov (CAAF\, Uzbekistan)\n“Spirituality and Enlightenment’”: State-backed Ideological Policy in Uzbekistan \nDiscussion \n4:00-4:15pm. Coffee break  \n4:15-5:30pm. Panel 2. Social Development and Inequalities \nDaniyar Kussainov (CAAF\, Kazakhstan)\nInequality in Kazakhstan’s Secondary Education: Towards a Fragmented Society? \nDinara Nurusheva (CAAF\, Kazakhstan)\nIn Search of Better Performance: Local Governance Challenges in a Kazakh Mining Town  \nNazik Imanbekova (CAAF\, Kyrgyzstan)\nStrengthening the Participation of Local Communities in the Mining Sector: The case of Talas\, Kyrgyzstan \nDiscussion \n5:30pm. Reception \nPlease RSVP \n Kamal Gasimov is a researcher in the field of Islamic Studies from Azerbaijan. He holds B.A. and M.A. degrees in Oriental Studies (Persian language and literature) from Baku State University (Azerbaijan). He has also studied Arabic language and literature at Kuwait University. His research has mainly concentrated on Islamic social movements\, particularly quietist Salafi trends and their interaction with Islamists or jihadis; the transnationalization of Salafism and its connection with local (post-Soviet) actors; and Islamic legal theories. His interests lie primarily in contemporary Islamic groups in Syria\, Iraq and the Gulf countries. During his fellowship\, Kamal will consider transformations in the Islamic landscape of Azerbaijan. \n Nazik Imanbekova is a transparency and open government activist from Kyrgyzstan\, who has worked at various organizations from local NGOs (Public Foundation ElNaz\, EITI public reception\, EITI NGO Consortium\, Human Development Center Tree of Life) to IGOs (UNDP). As the head of EITI public reception in Talas region\, she developed a dialogue platform\, which the national government to adopted and led to the establishment of periodical meetings with local communities. She holds a Specialist Diploma with Honors in Economics from the Academy of Management under the President of the Kyrgyz Republic. During her fellowship\, she will study the impact of mining contracts and government’s policy. The research will focus on the effects of current policies and contract clauses on local communities around the mining value chain in Kyrgyzstan. \n Daniyar Kussainov currently works as a program assistant for the International Organization for Migration (IOM) Sub-regional Coordination Office for Central Asia and was a research fellow at the Soros-Kazakhstan Foundation Public Policy Initiative in 2014. Daniyar holds an MA degree in Politics and Security (Central Asia) from the OSCE Academy in Bishkek. His professional and academic interests include migration\, education\, and elections. Prior to joining the IOM Office in Almaty\, he worked for local and international NGOs\, OSCE/ODIHR Election Observation Missions\, OSCE Secretariat and the World Bank. During his fellowship\, Daniyar will study state educational policies and their potential effects on rising socio-economic inequality in Kazakhstan. \n Dinara Nurusheva is co-founder of PaperLab Research Group and was a research fellow at the Soros Foundation Kazakhstan Public Policy Initiative in 2014. She graduated from Abylai Khan Kazakh University of International Relations and World Languages with a Bachelor in International Relations. She obtained her master’s degree in Global Political Economy at City University London through the Bolashak scholarship. She has experience working in the analytical department at Nazarbayev Centre in Astana and the Center for Humanitarian and Political Trends in Almaty. Her research interests include institutionalism and the social and economic development of Kazakhstan’s regions. During her fellowship\, Dinara will study the social and economic implications of living in a mining city\, focusing on Tekeli\, a city in Almaty oblast. \n Rafael Sattarov is a political analyst. He is a graduate of the University of World Economy and Diplomacy in Tashkent\, Uzbekistan. He has a Master’s degree from the National Research University Higher School of Economics in Moscow. He is a columnist of several editions in Russia and Kazakhstan and has edited articles on economics and politics in Forbes Russia\, Lenta.ru\, and Russia Beyond the Headlines. He was a delegate of the Young Educational Leaders Program of NATO. His research interests include reforms of the socio-political and economic systems in the post-Soviet space\, U.S.-Russia relations after the end of the Cold War\, U.S. policy in Central Asia\, international relations in Eurasia and the geopolitics of Central Asia and the Caucasus. During his fellowship\, Rafael will look into the rise of conservative values and so-called spirituality in Uzbekistan and their relevance in modern-day Uzbek society. \n Alexandra Tsay is an independent research fellow in cultural studies and an art curator based in Almaty\, Kazakhstan. She is involved in PaperLab: Public Policy Research Laboratory and Open Mind. Previously\, she worked as a Senior Lecturer at International Information Technologies University in Almaty. Alexandra is an alumni of University of Warwick (UK)\, where she earned an MA in International Cultural Policy and Management\, and KIMEP University (Kazakhstan)\, where she earned a BA in International Journalism and Mass Communication. She was a research fellow at Public Policy Initiative Program of Soros Foundation Kazakhstan in 2014-2015. During her fellowship\, Alexandra will explore the cultural public sphere in Kazakhstan. Her hypothesis is that the cultural public sphere and artistic expressions are becoming an important arena for public debates\, criticism and inventions of counter-discourses in societies with restricted freedom of the press and a shrinking political public sphere. \n Zhar Zardykhan is an Assistant Professor of International Relations and Regional Studies at KIMEP University (Almaty\, Kazakhstan) and the Deputy Director of the Central Asian Studies Center (CASC). In 2007\, Dr. Zardykhan completed his Doctoral dissertation on Pan-Islamic and Pan-Turkic appeals and propaganda in Ottoman-Russian confrontation during the First World War\, with a special focus on the Muslim population of Central Asia and the Caucasus. He has been a Visiting Doctoral Fellow at the Max Planck Institute for Social Anthropology\, where he carried out a research project on the trans-ethnic relationship between members of supra-ethnic clans in Central Asia. His primary research interests include Eurasian history\, ethnic and religious conflicts\, nationalism\, minorities\, and identity formation\, and he has published in a number of prominent journals\, including Middle Eastern Studies\, Asian Ethnicity and Central Asian Survey. He is fluent in several European\, Middle Eastern and Inner Asian languages.
URL:https://centralasiaprogram.org/event/ninth-fellows-seminar-development-challenges-and-evolving-identities-in-central-asia-and-azerbaijan/
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SUMMARY:Victoria Kim - Re-visiting the 1937 Deportation of Ethnic Koreans to Central Asia + Film Screening of "Koryo Saram The Unreliable People"
DESCRIPTION:[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] \nRe-visiting the 1937 Deportation of Ethnic Koreans to Central Asia:  80 Years of Survival and Prospering\n\nFollowed by a screening of Koryo Saram The Unreliable People\n  \n\n\n \nThe year 2017 marks the 80th anniversary of the first deportation of an entire nationality in the Soviet Union. In 1937\, approximately 172\,000 ethnic Koreans – the entire population of Posyet Korean national district and neighboring territories in the Far Eastern Krai – were forcefully relocated to Central Asia on cargo trains by the Soviet government. Eighty years later\, their descendants still live in independent Russia\, Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan. Some of them view the deportation as a tragedy whereas others see it quite differently. \nVictoria Kim will discuss the changing narrative of the 1937 deportation and focus on the process of re-definition of the Korean identity currently taking place across Central Asia. \nVictoria Kim holds an MA from the Johns Hopkins University’s SAIS in Korean Studies and MA from the University of Bolton in International Multimedia Journalism. Originally from Tashkent\, Uzbekistan\, she is currently based in Beijing\, China\, as a researcher and documentary storyteller. She is the author of Lost and Found in Uzbekistan: The Korean Story. Her multimedia long-reads\, podcast and seminars on the Korean diaspora in the former Soviet Union are featured in The Diplomat and by the Korea Economic Institute of America\, Royal Asiatic Society\, and etc. \n  \n\n\nKoryo Saram The Unreliable People\n\n\nKoryo Saram The Unreliable People tells the harrowing saga of survival in the open steppe country and the sweep of Soviet history through the eyes of Koryo Saram – the deported Koreans – who were labeled by Stalin as enemies of the state. Through rare archival footage and personal interviews\, the film follows the deportees’ unique history of integration into the Soviet system while working under punishing conditions in Kazakhstan\, a true melting pot of exiled people from all over the Soviet Union. \n\n[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_btn title=”REGISTER” color=”warning” align=”center” button_block=”true” link=”url:http%3A%2F%2Fgo.gwu.edu%2F42t\, \, target:%20_blank\, “][/vc_column][/vc_row]
URL:https://centralasiaprogram.org/event/victoria-kim-re-visiting-the-1937-deportation-of-ethnic-koreans-to-central-asia-film-screening-of-koryo-saram-the-unreliable-people/
CATEGORIES:Cultures and Societies,Events Archive
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SUMMARY:Social Cohesion in Kyrgyzstan
DESCRIPTION:[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Social cohesion has emerged over the last two decades as an important concept in both academic and political discourse\, especially in fragile and conflict-affected environments. At the same time\, the evidence on how to build social cohesion and peace at the individual level has been quite scarce. This event will review some exciting new evidence on building peace and social cohesion at the micro-level from Central Asia.\nDrawing on the results of the Life In Kyrgyzstan Study\, a long-term quantitative study of socio-economic developments of over 8.000 individuals\, Prof. Tilman Brück will present some insights on social cohesion and peace in Kyrgyzstan since 2010. \nDr. Kanat Tilekeyev will explore findings from the Kyrgyz Social Cohesion Through Community-Based Development Project\, discussing the motivation and design of the project; development of the social cohesion index; and findings from operations and implications for future community-driven development programming in conflict-affected and fragile environments. \nDr. Damir Esenaliev will present the findings from the impact evaluation of the LivingSidebySide® (LSBS) peacebuilding programme designed to foster ethnic tolerance and skills for resolving conflict among young adults in Southern Kyrgyzstan. \nProfessor Tilman Brück is Director of the ISDC – International Security and Development Center. His research interests focus on the economics of household behaviour and well-being in conflict-affected and fragile economies\, including the measurement of violence and conflict in household surveys and the impact evaluation of programs in conflict-affected areas. \n*** \nDr. Damir Esenaliev is a Senior Researcher with SIPRI’s Peace and Development Programme. His recent research focuses on impact evaluation of peacebuilding interventions in Kyrgyzstan and on quantitative microeconomic research related to labour markets\, welfare\, inequality\, intergenerational mobility and governance.  \nDr. Kanat Tilekeyev is a Senior Research Fellow of the Institute of Public Policy and Administration\, University of Central Asia. He has extensive experience in research on agricultural economics\, trade\, business development\, policy impact evaluation and microeconomic studies of the countries of Central Asia at projects of the World Bank\, USAID\, FAO and other donor and research organizations.\n[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_btn title=”REGISTER” color=”warning” align=”center” button_block=”true” link=”url:https%3A%2F%2Fdocs.google.com%2Fforms%2Fd%2Fe%2F1FAIpQLSeRMcaCZingKBnbjaJa0PxUDf5CGQQyacfCFk2ULjG3fr-Whw%2Fviewform%3Fusp%3Dsend_form\, title:Google%20Form%20Registration\, \, “][/vc_column][/vc_row]
URL:https://centralasiaprogram.org/event/social-cohesion-in-kyrgyzstan/
CATEGORIES:Cultures and Societies,Events Archive
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SUMMARY:Cinema Club Film Screening: "Two Horses of Genghis Khan" (Mongolia\, 2009)
DESCRIPTION:[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]\nDirected by Byambasuren Davaa \n“Two Horses presents a stiff look at the crushing after-effects on Mongolian heritage in the years following the Chinese cultural revolution\, in which priceless artifacts of music and art were destroyed\, including the family heirloom of this story’s protagonist – a nineteenth century horse head violin engraved with the words of an old and largely forgotten Mongolian folk song. \n“Unlike almost any other song\, the verses of the song after which the film is titled embody the history and paradigm change of the Mongolian people. For singer Urna Chahar Tugchi\, the song becomes the touchstone of her cultural identity after making a promise to her late grandmother to bring the family’s old horse head violin back to the homeland. Her grandmother was forced to destroy the beloved violin in the tumult of the Chinese Cultural Revolution\, and now only the head and neck remain intact\, along with a few of the verses of the folk song that were engraved on the neck. With the dark days of the revolution now past\, it is time to fulfill the promise.” – Corinth Films \n[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_btn title=”REGISTER” color=”warning” align=”center” button_block=”true” link=”url:http%3A%2F%2Fwww.go.gwu.edu%2Ftwohorses\, \, target:%20_blank\, “][/vc_column][/vc_row]
URL:https://centralasiaprogram.org/event/cinema-club-film-screening-two-horses-of-genghis-khan-mongolia-2009/
CATEGORIES:Cinema Club,Events Archive
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LAST-MODIFIED:20241014T194437Z
UID:17529-1493683200-1493856000@centralasiaprogram.org
SUMMARY:The United States’ and Russia’s Relationship in Central Asia and its Neighborhood
DESCRIPTION:[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Tuesday\, May 2 \n\n10:30 Opening remarks \nAlexander Cooley (Harriman Institute\, Columbia University) and\nMarlene Laruelle(George Washington University) \n10:45-12:15 Panel 1. Central Asia and the ‘global order’ \nChair: Rajan Menon (City College of New York) \nPaul Stronski (Carnegie Endowment for International Peace)\nProspects for Central Asia Policy in the Trump Administration \nChristian Bleuer (ANU)\nAmerican Allies’ Strategic and Economic Interests in Afghanistan and Central Asia: Navigating Change and Continuity in the US-Russia Relationship \nAlexander Cooley (Columbia University)\nCentral Asia as a Buffer Zone between National Populist Great Powers \n12:15-1:00 Lunch \n1:00-2:30 Panel 2. The international community in a changing environment \nChair: Alexander Cooley (Columbia University) \nRoman Vakulchuk (NUPI)\nBig Powers in Central Asia: Old Rhetoric\, New Perception \nIvan Safranchuk (MGIMO)\nCentral Asia – Asset\, Burden or Instrument for International Actors? \nGeorge Gavrilis (Columbia University)\nCentral Asia’s Borders: The Next Twenty-Five Years \n2:30-3:00 Coffee break \n3:00-4:00 Panel 3. Russia’s presence and influence in Central Asia and Afghanistan \nChair:  Nargis Kassenova (KIMEP) \nYulia Nikitina (MGIMO)\nRussian Strategies of International Status-Seeking in International Institutions and Forums \nEkaterina Stepanova (IMEMO)\nArmed Conflict\, Insurgency\, Terrorism and Peace Process in Afghanistan: A View From Russia \n  \nWednesday\, May 3 \n\n9:30-10:30 Panel 4. Is China really changing the given? \nChair: George Gavrilis (Columbia University) \nRobert Sutter (George Washington University)\nChina’s expansion into Central Asia—A Pattern for Its Periphery? \nSun Zhuangzhi (CASS\, Beijing)\nBuilding Silk-Road Economic Belt and Central Asian Stability and Development \n10:30-11:00 Coffee break \n11:00-12:30 Panel 5. Central Asia’s perspectives on the US-Russia new relationship \nChair: Marlene Laruelle (George Washington University) \nNargis Kassenova (KIMEP)\nUS and Russia’s Failing ‘Pivots to Asia’ and Central Asia \nErlan Karin (KISI)\nNew Perspectives on the US-Russia Relationship and Multivectoralism in Central Asia \nEmil Joroev (American University in Central Asia)\nTrump’s America Viewed from Bishkek: Sharing Moscow’s Hopes or Excited for Own Reasons? \n12:30-1:15 Lunch \nThis conference is generously funded by the Carnegie Corporation of New York. \n[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] \nThis event is co-hosted by SIPA and the Harriman Institute (Columbia University)\, and generously funded by the Carnegie Corporation of New York.  \n[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column width=”1/2″][vc_single_image image=”10568″ img_size=”” alignment=”center”][/vc_column][vc_column width=”1/2″][vc_single_image image=”10569″ img_size=”” alignment=”center”][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_btn title=”REGISTER” color=”warning” align=”center” button_block=”true” link=”url:http%3A%2F%2Fgo.gwu.edu%2F42p\, \, target:%20_blank\, “][/vc_column][/vc_row]
URL:https://centralasiaprogram.org/event/the-united-states-and-russias-relationship-in-central-asia-and-its-neighborhood/
CATEGORIES:Conferences,Events Archive
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20170427T163000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20170427T180000
DTSTAMP:20260925T100003
CREATED:20200930T162446Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20241014T194437Z
UID:17531-1493310600-1493316000@centralasiaprogram.org
SUMMARY:Julie McBrien - The Tricky Matter of Defining Religion
DESCRIPTION:[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] \nWhat is religion? The answer to this question is either so obvious that it needs no asking\, or so abstract and theoretical that we end up declaring it insoluble. The question therefore often gets sidelined and we operate with un-reflected upon notions of religion.  These ideas about religion\, nonetheless\, guide the research and analyses of academics\, the policy and programs of those in government and development\, and the allocation of research funds\, for example. In short\, the definitions potentially have real-world consequences. Julie McBrien will examine the varying ways religion in Kyrgyzstan has been defined over the last century as a backdrop for looking at present moments of classification. She will consider two contemporary cases in which competing understandings of religion by foreign observers\, one of whom was Dr. McBrien herself\, obfuscated rather than illuminated the lived experience of those in Kyrgyzstan. She will argue that these misreadings can create situations in which analyses and interventions (can) go awry\, with political as well as scholarly implications. This talk is based on her long-term research on religion and secularism in Kyrgyzstan\, including ongoing work on marriage\, gender\, and the state. \n\n\n\nDr. Julie McBrien is Assistant Professor of Anthropology at the University of Amsterdam and the incoming director of the AISSR Research Program Group “Globalizing Culture.” She is senior researcher and co-coordinator of the ERC funded project “Problematizing Muslim Marriages.” McBrien has conducted research in Kyrgyzstan for nearly 15 years working on issues related to Islam\, secularism\, politics\, gender\, and marriage. Her publications can be found in Material Religion\, JRAI\, Anthropology Today\, and Critique of Anthropology. Her book From Belonging to Belief: Modern Secularisms and the Construction of Religion in Kyrgyzstan is forthcoming with Pittsburgh University Press. \n\nThis event is part of the CERIA Initiative\, generously funded by the Henry Luce Foundation. \n\n\n\n[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_btn title=”REGISTER” color=”warning” align=”center” button_block=”true” link=”url:http%3A%2F%2Fgo.gwu.edu%2F430\, \, target:%20_blank\, “][/vc_column][/vc_row]
URL:https://centralasiaprogram.org/event/julie-mcbrien-the-tricky-matter-of-defining-religion/
CATEGORIES:CERIA,Events Archive
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20170426T160000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20170426T173000
DTSTAMP:20260925T100003
CREATED:20200930T162448Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20241014T193414Z
UID:17532-1493222400-1493227800@centralasiaprogram.org
SUMMARY:Mining Firms and Local Communities in Central Asia
DESCRIPTION:[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] \n\nChair: Sean Roberts (George Washington University) \nZhanyl Moldalieva (United Nations University—Maastricht Economic and Social Research Institute on Innovation and Technology)\n(Re)thinking Transparency and Accountability in Natural Resource Governance: The Case of Kyrgyzstan’s Mining Communities\n\nNazik Imanbekova (CAP Fellow)\nCapacity-Building Programs in the Mining Sector of the Kyrgyz Republic \n  \n\nDinara Nurusheva (CAP Fellow)\nDevelopment Challenges of Post-Mining Towns: The Case of Kazakhstan \n\nZuhra Halimova (IERES Visiting Scholar)\nCivil Society Lead EITI Process in Tajikistan\n[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_btn title=”REGISTER” color=”warning” align=”center” button_block=”true” link=”url:http%3A%2F%2Fgo.gwu.edu%2F43t\, \, target:%20_blank\, “][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] \nZhanyl Moldalieva is a Ph.D. Candidate in Public Policy and Policy Analysis at the United Nations University—Maastricht Economic and Social Research Institute on Innovation and Technology/Maastricht Graduate School of Governance. Her research focuses on contested and relational spaces of resource governance in Central Asia. In the past\, she worked extensively with the USAID projects on good governance\, public administration\, and political transition. \nNazik Imanbekova is a visiting fellow at the Central Asia Program\, and a transparency and open government activist from Kyrgyzstan\, who has worked at various organizations from local NGOs (Public Foundation ElNaz\, EITI public reception\, EITI NGO Consortium\, Human Development Center Tree of Life) to IGOs (UNDP). As the head of EITI public reception in Talas region\, she developed a dialogue platform\, which the national government to adopted and led to the establishment of periodical meetings with local communities. She holds a Specialist Diploma with Honors in Economics from the Academy of Management under the President of the Kyrgyz Republic. \nDinara Nurusheva is a visiting fellow at the Central Asia Program. She earned her MA in Global Political Economy at City University London. Currently\, she is involved in Central Asian research groups Bilig Brains and PaperLab\, platforms for collaboration of young researchers in the region. She worked in the governmental think tank in Astana\, and private analytical center in Almaty. \nZuhra Halimova is a visiting scholar at IERES. From 1997 to 2016\, she worked as the Executive Director of the Open Society Institute in Tajikistan.  A graduate of the Department of Oriental Studies at the Tajik State University and the School of Language\, Literature and Culture Studies at Jawaharlal Nehru University (Delhi\, India)\, she has served as a member of the International Harm Reduction Program Advisory Board and of OSF’s International Youth Program and Education Support Program Advisory Boards for several years.  She has also been a member of the Council of the Global Fund for Women and of the Asian Women in International Affairs Initiative for many years. \n[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row]
URL:https://centralasiaprogram.org/event/mining-firms-and-local-communities-in-central-asia/
CATEGORIES:Economic Forum,Events Archive
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20170420T183000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20170420T200000
DTSTAMP:20260925T100003
CREATED:20200930T162435Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20241014T194437Z
UID:17519-1492713000-1492718400@centralasiaprogram.org
SUMMARY:Cinema Club Film Screening: "The Gift to Stalin" (Kazakhstan\, 2008)
DESCRIPTION:[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]\nDirected by Rustem Abdrashev \n\n\n\n“Set in 1949\, just before Stalin’s 70th-birthday jubilee\, the film centers on Sasha (Dalen Shintemirov)\, a 9-year-old boy who escapes from a train transporting Jewish refugees from Moscow to Kazakhstan. \n\n“Hidden among the shrouded corpses callously dumped on the tracks\, Sasha is rescued by an aging railway worker (Nurzhuman Ikhtimbaev) and taken to his tiny village. There\, in an ethnic melting pot of other exiles\, he is cared for by Vera (Yekaterina Rednikova)\, an earthy Russian\, and Yezhik (Waldemar Szczepaniak)\, a shy\, thoughtful Pole.” – JEANNETTE CATSOULIS\, The New York Times \n\n\n\n\n[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_btn title=”REGISTER” color=”warning” align=”center” button_block=”true” link=”url:http%3A%2F%2Fwww.go.gwu.edu%2Fgifttostalin\, \, target:%20_blank\, “][/vc_column][/vc_row]
URL:https://centralasiaprogram.org/event/cinema-club-film-screening-the-gift-to-stalin-kazakhstan-2008/
CATEGORIES:Cinema Club,Events Archive
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20170410T093000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20170410T150000
DTSTAMP:20260925T100003
CREATED:20200930T162428Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20241014T194437Z
UID:17512-1491816600-1491836400@centralasiaprogram.org
SUMMARY:Islamic Education and Knowledge Transmission in Central Asia
DESCRIPTION:[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] \nIslamic Education and Knowledge Transmission in Central Asia\nApril 10\, 2017\, 9:30am-3:00pm\nCentral Asia Program\, IERES\nGeorge Washington University\n1957 E Street\, NW\, Lindner Commons\, Suite 602\n9:30am. Session 1. State Institutions\, Muftiates and the Teaching of Islam \nSebastien Peyrouse (George Washington University)\nAt The Crossroads of the Religious and Regime Security: The Teaching Of Islam In Uzbekistan \nKamal Gasimov (CAP Fellow)\nIdeology of Islamic Education and the Struggle Over Transmission of Religious Knowledge In Azerbaijan \nGulnaz Sibgatullina (Leiden University)\nRussian vs. Ethnic Vernaculars: Languages of Islamic Education in the Post-Soviet Space \n11:00am. Coffee break \n11:30am. Session 2. Religion and Ethics at School and in the Media \nRafael Sattarov (CAP Fellow)\nState-Backed Ideological Policy and “Spirituality and Enlightenment” in Uzbekistan \nDonohon Abdugafurova (Emory University)\nIslam\, Morality and Public Education: Religious Elements of Ethics and Etiquette in the Uzbek School Curriculum \nNoah Tucker (CAP Associate)\nIdentifying Islamic Education and Indigenous Counter-Extremism Resources in Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan \n1:00pm. Lunch \n1:45pm. Session 3. The Informal Transmission of Religious Knowledge \nNurbek Bekmurzaev (Norwegian Institute of International Affairs)\nMediatization of Religion in Kyrgyzstan: Redistribution of Power and Changing Perceptions of Religion \nBenjamin Gatling (George Mason University)\nLearning to be a Sufi in Tajikistan \nYanti Hoelzchen (Tuebingen University)\nKyrgyzstan’s New Mosques: The Institutionalization of Islamic Education In Contemporary Kyrgyzstan \nThis event is part of the CERIA Initiative\, generously funded by the Henry Luce Foundation. \n[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_btn title=”REGISTER” color=”warning” align=”center” button_block=”true” link=”url:http%3A%2F%2Fgo.gwu.edu%2Fceriaworkshop\, \, target:%20_blank\, “][/vc_column][/vc_row]
URL:https://centralasiaprogram.org/event/islamic-education-and-knowledge-transmission-in-central-asia/
CATEGORIES:CERIA,Conferences,Events Archive
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20170404T163000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20170404T180000
DTSTAMP:20260925T100003
CREATED:20200930T162432Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20241014T194437Z
UID:17515-1491323400-1491328800@centralasiaprogram.org
SUMMARY:Sergey Abashin - Central Asian Migrants in Russia: Will there be a Religious Radicalization?
DESCRIPTION:[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] \nReligious radicalization among Central Asian migrants to Russia have raised particular attention in connection with the active recruitment by the “Islamic State” of many people from the region\, as well as their participation in a series of terrorist attacks in Turkey. Many experts have wondered whether Central Asian migration to Russia creates fertile ground for spreading the most extreme forms of religion. The breakdown of social structures and customary practices\, social isolation\, and the negative attitude of the local community to migration feed–as several experts have asserted–the radicalization process. In this presentation\, Sergey Abashin\, using contemporary sociological and anthropological studies\, will analyze the main features of migration from Central Asia to Russia\, its structure\, dynamics\, the legal status and living conditions of migrant workers\, and their main strategies and perspectives about their future. He will address the place of religion in migrants’ identity and practices\, the types of religiosity and the potentially increasing radicalization. \nSergey Abashin is doctor in history and professor at the European University in Saint-Petersburg. He has authored two monographs\, Nationalism in Central Asia: In search of Identity (2007) and The Soviet Kishlak: Between Colonialism and Modernization (2015). \n\nThis event will be held in Russian with English translation\, and is part of the CERIA Initiative\, generously funded by the Henry Luce Foundation. \n\n\n[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_btn title=”REGISTER” color=”warning” align=”center” button_block=”true” link=”url:http%3A%2F%2Fgo.gwu.edu%2Fabashin\, \, target:%20_blank\, “][/vc_column][/vc_row]
URL:https://centralasiaprogram.org/event/sergey-abashin-central-asian-migrants-in-russia-will-there-be-a-religious-radicalization/
CATEGORIES:CERIA,Events Archive
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20170323T183000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20170323T203000
DTSTAMP:20260925T100003
CREATED:20200930T162429Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20241014T194437Z
UID:17513-1490293800-1490301000@centralasiaprogram.org
SUMMARY:Cinema Club Film Screening: Little Angel\, Make Me Happy (Turkmenistan\, 1993)
DESCRIPTION:Directed by Usman Saparov \nThis film “tells an intimate story within the larger historical context of the deportation of ethnic Germans from Turkmenistan to Siberia during the Second World War. Saparov’s historical narrative touches on one of the most complex questions for the modern ‘little person\,’ the question of ‘motherland’. The film received Grand Prizes at six international festivals\, and many other awards.” [http://events.stanford.edu/events/269/26983/]\nPlease RSVP.
URL:https://centralasiaprogram.org/event/cinema-club-film-screening-little-angel-make-me-happy-turkmenistan-1993/
CATEGORIES:Cinema Club,Events Archive
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20170322T163000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20170322T180000
DTSTAMP:20260925T100003
CREATED:20200930T162424Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20241014T194437Z
UID:17507-1490200200-1490205600@centralasiaprogram.org
SUMMARY:Douglas Blum - Cosmopolitan Kazakhs: A Case Study in How Globalization Works
DESCRIPTION:On the basis of extensive fieldwork in Kazakhstan\, Douglas Blum considers the experiences of young people who spent time in the US\, asking what cultural “baggage” they brought home with them\, and whether they were able to incorporate new values and practices into their lives. In answering these questions Blum combines insights from sociological and anthropological theory. On this basis he offers an explanation for how cultural globalization occurs\, including the structural conditions\, personal meanings\, and social interactions linked to various outcomes. \nDouglas Blum is Professor of Political Science at Providence College. He has published on a variety of issues\, ranging from the connections between ideology and foreign policy to problems of energy\, geopolitics\, and environmentalism in the Caspian Sea region. In recent years\, his research has centered on the connections between globalization and identity in the former USSR. His works include The Social Progress of Globalization: Return Migration and Cultural Change in Kazakhstan (Cambridge University Press\, 2016)\, as well as National Identity and Globalization: Youth\, State and Society in Post-Soviet Eurasia (Cambridge University Press\, 2007)\, and a volume from the project he directed\, Russia and Globalization: Identity\, Security and Society in an Era of Change (Johns Hopkins University Press and Woodrow Wilson Center\, 2008). He received his PhD in Political Science from Columbia University in 1990. \nPlease RSVP.
URL:https://centralasiaprogram.org/event/douglas-blum-cosmopolitan-kazakhs-a-case-study-in-how-globalization-works/
CATEGORIES:Events Archive,Kazakhstan
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20170321T093000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20170321T103000
DTSTAMP:20260925T100003
CREATED:20200930T162431Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20241014T194437Z
UID:17514-1490088600-1490092200@centralasiaprogram.org
SUMMARY:Thomas Kent - Media and Trends in Central Asia
DESCRIPTION:Please join us for a breakfast discussion with Thomas Kent\, president of Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty (RFE/RL) on the latest trends in the media sector in Central Asia. Topics to be discussed include the current status of media\, increasing restrictions on press freedom\, the influence of Russia’s negative propaganda to the region\, and the challenges and opportunities for independent news organizations\, like RFE/RL.\n \n\nThomas Kent is a skilled media executive with extensive experience in management\, international reporting and journalism standards development. He worked at The Associated Press since 1972\, filling roles such as Moscow Bureau Chief\, International Editor\, Deputy Managing Editor and\, most recently\, Standards Editor. In these positions\, he played a leading role in the editorial and technical transformation of AP into a fully digital news organization. He has also been involved in corporate strategic planning and the development of new multimedia services. He was appointed the new President of Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty (RFE/RL) in June 2016.\n\n  \nPlease RSVP.
URL:https://centralasiaprogram.org/event/thomas-kent-media-and-trends-in-central-asia/
CATEGORIES:Cultures and Societies,Events Archive
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20170309T130000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20170309T143000
DTSTAMP:20260925T100003
CREATED:20200930T162434Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20241014T193212Z
UID:17517-1489064400-1489069800@centralasiaprogram.org
SUMMARY:Zuhra Halimova - Foreign Aid to Eurasia: Donors’ Agendas\, Local Perceptions\, and Lost Illusions
DESCRIPTION:Various donor agencies have become active players in defining and drafting strategies of transition from communist heritages and pasts to modern democratic societies and market economies\, as well as in funding the implementation of these strategies.   However\, after a quarter century of independence\, most of Eurasia’s political elites have transformed into more autocratic regimes\, with high level of corruption effectively undermining reforms\, democracy development agendas\, media freedoms\, access to information\, the independent judiciary\, and the rule of law. In her presentation\, Zuhra Halimova will discusses donors’ agendas and local perceptions of them\, while proposing different possible reassessments of what seems to have been predominantly a failure of foreign aid in many post-Soviet countries. \nZuhra Halimova is a visiting scholar at IERES. From 1997 to 2016\, she worked as the Executive Director of the Open Society Institute in Tajikistan.  A graduate of the Department of Oriental Studies at the Tajik State University and the School of Language\, Literature and Culture Studies at Jawaharlal Nehru University (Delhi\, India)\, she has served as a member of the International Harm Reduction Program Advisory Board and of OSF’s International Youth Program and Education Support Program Advisory Boards for several years.  She has also been a member of the Council of the Global Fund for Women and of the Asian Women in International Affairs Initiative for many years. \nPlease RSVP.
URL:https://centralasiaprogram.org/event/zuhra-halimova-foreign-aid-to-eurasia-donors-agendas-local-perceptions-and-lost-illusions/
CATEGORIES:Events Archive,The Policy Debate
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