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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 anti-Americanism is best seen not as a rising tide that swamps or as a conflagration that overwhelms. Rather, "America" is a symbolic resource that resides… Continue reading Book Launch: March 5 – Slow Anti-Americanism: The Social Movements and Symbolic Politics in Central Asia
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 has justified its crackdown by claiming it is part of a counter-terrorism campaign aimed at rooting out “extremism.” However, human rights groups and international observers… Continue reading Trapped in the System: Experiences of Uyghur Detention in Xinjiang
Debating Social Issues and Civil Society in Kazakhstan
Marlene Laruelle, George Washington UniversityMargarita Assenova, Jamestown Foundation Anara Ibraeva, Kazakhstan International Bureau for Human Rights and Rule of Law The Central Asia Program will be debating Kazakhstan’s rapidly changing social landscape by discussing the relationship between social problems and civil society issues. The speakers will investigate the regional diversity, labor disputes and social problems,… Continue reading Debating Social Issues and Civil Society in Kazakhstan
