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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 striking images of the landscape of Kazakhstan and depictions of the lives of ordinary villagers, the film includes extensive interviews with people who live in… Continue reading The Other Side of Oil
Hydrocarbons, Governance and Social Accountability in Russia and Central Asia
1:00-2:00pm Keynote Speaker Marc-Antoine Perouse de Montclos (French Institute of Geopolitics, University Paris 8, France) Oil and Social Accountability in Russia 2:00-3:30pm Session 1. Hydrocarbons and Governance in Eurasia Sergei Gretsky (Foreign Service Institute) Kazakhstan Seeks to Avoid Resource Curse Peter Rutland (Wesleyan University) Can Russia Escape The Oil Curse? 3:30-4:00pm Coffee break 4:00-5:30pm Session… Continue reading Hydrocarbons, Governance and Social Accountability in Russia and Central Asia
Environment, Human Rights and Oil Development in Turkmenistan
with Kate Watters, Co-Founder and Executive Director, Crude AccountabilityKate Watters will discuss the links between environmental and human rights violations and oil and gas development in Turkmenistan, one of the world’s most opaque and authoritarian countries. She will focus on the various responses of international financial institutions, multi-national oil companies and western governments to Turkmenistan’s official policies, and discuss the role of… Continue reading Environment, Human Rights and Oil Development in Turkmenistan
