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Nuclear and Biological Nonproliferation: Lessons from Kazakhstan and Central Asia

Nuclear and Biological Nonproliferation: Lessons from Kazakhstan and Central Asia

The world, the US, and China–what examples can speed up the application of AI in STEM disciplines in Kazakhstan?

The world, the US, and China–what examples can speed up the application of AI in STEM disciplines in Kazakhstan?

Turkestan since 2018: A Case of “Eternalstan” or an Economic Endeavor?

Turkestan since 2018: A Case of “Eternalstan” or an Economic Endeavor?

Yurt on Invincibility

Central Asia Annual Security Workshop 2023: Central Asia in a Transformed Geopolitical Environment

A Year in American School: A View of an Alien, Parent, and Educator

A Year in American School: A View of an Alien, Parent, and Educator

Internationalization of the Educational Activities of the University

Internationalization of the Educational Activities of the University

Should Turkmenistan Use the Caspian Sea to Quench its Thirst?

Should Turkmenistan Use the Caspian Sea to Quench its Thirst?

Why Should People Form Professional Groups and Associations?

Why Should People Form Professional Groups and Associations?

What Can We Teach Our Students about Democracy?

What Can We Teach Our Students about Democracy?

Book talk with the author of Social Innovations in Post-Soviet Countries

Escaping the Taliban, One Year Later: Afghan Voices of Hope

Escaping the Taliban, One Year Later: Afghan Voices of Hope

Karakalpakstan Two Months on: Karakalpak and Independent Voices Speak

Karakalpakstan Two Months on: Karakalpak and Independent Voices Speak

Reform Crisis in Uzbekistan and the Karakalpak Protests

Reform Crisis in Uzbekistan and the Karakalpak Protests

Referendum in Kazakhstan: Political Reset or Political Redux?

Referendum in Kazakhstan: Political Reset or Political Redux?

The Reasons Behind a New Wave of Violence in the Pamirs

The Reasons Behind a New Wave of Violence in the Pamirs

Making sense of the January 2022 protests in Kazakhstan: failing legitimacy, culture of protests, and elite readjustments

Making sense of the January 2022 protests in Kazakhstan: failing legitimacy, culture of protests, and elite readjustments

Kazakhstan’s Political Reforms Amidst Geopolitical Shifts

Kazakhstan’s Political Reforms Amidst Geopolitical Shifts

Meet the New Boss, Same as the Old Boss: Turkmenistan's Presidency and Serdarism

Meet the New Boss, Same as the Old Boss: Turkmenistan’s Presidency and Serdarism

Book Discussion—Bagila Bukharbayeva, The Vanishing Generation: Faith and Uprising in Modern Uzbekistan

Book Discussion—Bagila Bukharbayeva, The Vanishing Generation: Faith and Uprising in Modern Uzbekistan

How Perceptions of the English Language Have Changed in Kazakhstan: A Narrative Analysis

How Perceptions of the English Language Have Changed in Kazakhstan: A Narrative Analysis

Video - Dynastic Succession in Turkmenistan: Will it Make Any Difference?

Video – Dynastic Succession in Turkmenistan: Will it Make Any Difference?

Could a New President in Turkmenistan Provide an Opportunity for the US to Promote Reform?

Could a New President in Turkmenistan Provide an Opportunity for the US to Promote Reform?

Kazakhstan: What Next? Understanding the Protests and the Post Protest Political Context

Kazakhstan: What Next? Understanding the Protests and the Post Protest Political Context

The People's Perspectives: Assessing Sadyr Japarov Through the Opinions of His Constituents

The People’s Perspectives: Assessing Sadyr Japarov Through the Opinions of His Constituents

What is Happening in Kazakhstan? (Video and Transcription)

What is Happening in Kazakhstan? (Video and Transcription)

Riots in Kazakhstan | PONARS Eurasia Commentaries

Riots in Kazakhstan | PONARS Eurasia Commentaries

Engaging with Muslim Civil Society in Central Asia: Components, Approaches, and Opportunities

Engaging with Muslim Civil Society in Central Asia: Components, Approaches, and Opportunities

Emil Shukurov on Nomadism: A Kyrgyz Response to the Environmental Crisis

Emil Shukurov on Nomadism: A Kyrgyz Response to the Environmental Crisis

Video - Book Launch: Rentier Capitalism and Its Discontents: Power, Morality, and Resistance in Central Asia

Video – Book Launch: Rentier Capitalism and Its Discontents: Power, Morality, and Resistance in Central Asia

Inequality Between Students of Rural and Urban Schools in Kazakhstan: Causes and Ways to Address It

Inequality Between Students of Rural and Urban Schools in Kazakhstan: Causes and Ways to Address It

Video - Questioning Sovietness in Post-Soviet Nationbuilding

Video – Questioning Sovietness in Post-Soviet Nationbuilding

Transition to Sustainability in Azerbaijan: Policy Review and Analysis

Transition to Sustainability in Azerbaijan: Policy Review and Analysis

Video - Book Launch of Central Peripheries: Nationhood in Central Asia

Video – Book Launch of Central Peripheries: Nationhood in Central Asia

Video - Routledge Handbook of Contemporary Central Asia

Video – Routledge Handbook of Contemporary Central Asia

Reclaiming Historical Past and Collective Public Memory: The Case of Valikhanov in Kazakhstan

Reclaiming Historical Past and Collective Public Memory: The Case of Valikhanov in Kazakhstan

Current Political, Economic, and Social Challenges in Tajikistan

Book Launch - Pipe Dreams: Water and Empire in Central Asia's Aral Sea Basin

Book Launch – Pipe Dreams: Water and Empire in Central Asia’s Aral Sea Basin

Book Launch - Toward Nationalizing Regimes: Conceptualizing Power and Identity in the Post-Soviet Realm (Video)

Book Launch – Toward Nationalizing Regimes: Conceptualizing Power and Identity in the Post-Soviet Realm (Video)

Disabling Public Discontent: The 2021 Parliamentary Elections in Kazakhstan

Disabling Public Discontent: The 2021 Parliamentary Elections in Kazakhstan

Kazakhstan's Parliamentary Elections: What Next? (Video)

Kazakhstan’s Parliamentary Elections: What Next? (Video)

COVID-19 PANDEMIC AND CENTRAL ASIA: Crisis Management, Economic Impact, and Social Transformations

Late Soviet Central Asia: Colonialism vs Nationalism (Video)

Late Soviet Central Asia: Colonialism vs Nationalism (Video)

Informing the Public about the Dangers of a Pandemic. Early COVID-19 Coverage by News Organizations in Kazakhstan

Informing the Public about the Dangers of a Pandemic. Early COVID-19 Coverage by News Organizations in Kazakhstan

The Other Side of Oil (Video)

The Other Side of Oil (Video)

Migration and COVID-19: Challenges and Policy Responses in Kyrgyzstan

Migration and COVID-19: Challenges and Policy Responses in Kyrgyzstan

Parental Labor Migration and Educational Attainment in Kyrgyzstan (Video)

Parental Labor Migration and Educational Attainment in Kyrgyzstan (Video)

COVID-19 Outbreak in Post-Soviet Central Asia: Has the Time Come for Social Innovations?

The Authoritarian Treatment of COVID-19: The Case of Tajikistan

The Authoritarian Treatment of COVID-19: The Case of Tajikistan

Kyrgyzstan: The Socioeconomic Consequences of the Covid-19 Crisis

Kyrgyzstan: The Socioeconomic Consequences of the Covid-19 Crisis

The Shanghai Cooperation Organization and OSCE: Organizational Efforts vs COVID-19 in Central Asia

The Shanghai Cooperation Organization and OSCE: Organizational Efforts vs COVID-19 in Central Asia

Towards Sustainable Urban Water Supply in Kyrgyzstan

Towards Sustainable Urban Water Supply in Kyrgyzstan

What's At Stake In Tajikistan's Presidential Elections (Video)

What’s At Stake In Tajikistan’s Presidential Elections (Video)

Current Challenges in Tajikistan with Muhiddin Kabiri (Video)

Current Challenges in Tajikistan with Muhiddin Kabiri (Video)

Kazakhstan's Policy on Multilingualism with Jill Neuendorf (Video)

Kazakhstan’s Policy on Multilingualism with Jill Neuendorf (Video)

Post-COVID-19 Regime Stability in Uzbekistan

Post-COVID-19 Regime Stability in Uzbekistan

Responses to Covid-19 and the Strengthening of Authoritarian Governance in Central Asia

Responses to Covid-19 and the Strengthening of Authoritarian Governance in Central Asia

Current Developments in Uzbekistan: A Conversation with H.E. Javlon Vakhabov, Ambassador of Uzbekistan to the US and Canada (Video)

Current Developments in Uzbekistan: A Conversation with H.E. Javlon Vakhabov, Ambassador of Uzbekistan to the US and Canada (Video)

Uzbekistan and COVID-19: A Communication Perspective

Uzbekistan and COVID-19: A Communication Perspective

The COVID-19 Pandemic and Central Asian Migrants in Russia (Video)

The COVID-19 Pandemic and Central Asian Migrants in Russia (Video)

The Alarming State of the Healthcare System in Tajikistan

The Alarming State of the Healthcare System in Tajikistan

Post COVID-19: Building Resilience in Central Asia (Video)

Post COVID-19: Building Resilience in Central Asia (Video)

Turkmenistan and the Fight Against COVID-19 (Video)

Turkmenistan and the Fight Against COVID-19 (Video)

The Conflict in South Kyrgyzstan Ten Years on: Perspectives, Consequences, Actions

The Conflict in South Kyrgyzstan Ten Years on: Perspectives, Consequences, Actions

Crisis Management as a Test of Reforms in Uzbekistan (Video)

Crisis Management as a Test of Reforms in Uzbekistan (Video)

New Voices from Central Asia: Societal Transformations (Volume 3)

New Voices from Central Asia: Societal Transformations (Volume 3)

Alphabet Transition in Uzbekistan: Political Implications and Influences on Uzbek Identity

Alphabet Transition in Uzbekistan: Political Implications and Influences on Uzbek Identity

Political Stability and Human Security in Tajikistan in Time of COVID-19 (Video)

Political Stability and Human Security in Tajikistan in Time of COVID-19 (Video)

Kyrgyzstan’s Slide to Autocracy (Video)

Kyrgyzstan’s Slide to Autocracy (Video)

Soft Infrastructure Development in Central Asia 2020: Effective Infrastructure Development Through Legislation, Regulation, Policies, Governance, and Public Private Frameworks

Soft Infrastructure Development in Central Asia 2020: Effective Infrastructure Development Through Legislation, Regulation, Policies, Governance, and Public Private Frameworks

Factors Behind Regional Inequality in Education in Kazakhstan

Factors Behind Regional Inequality in Education in Kazakhstan

Reconsidering EU Education Assistance to Central Asia

Reconsidering EU Education Assistance to Central Asia

Improving Human Capital and Social Innovation in a post-Karimov Uzbekistan (video)

Trilingual Education in Kazakhstan: What to Expect

Trilingual Education in Kazakhstan: What to Expect

The Rise of Social Media in Central Asia – Spring 2019 CAP Fellows Seminar Series (video)

Secondary Schools and Inequality: Navigating the Fragmented Landscape of Educational Choices in Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan

Secondary Schools and Inequality: Navigating the Fragmented Landscape of Educational Choices in Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan

Encounters at the Edge of the Muslim World: A Political Memoir of Kyrgyzstan with author Eugene Huskey and Ambassador Kadyr M. Toktogulov (video)

Encounters at the Edge of the Muslim World: A Political Memoir of Kyrgyzstan with author Eugene Huskey and Ambassador Kadyr M. Toktogulov (video)

The Geopolitics of Renewable Energy in Kazakhstan

The Geopolitics of Renewable Energy in Kazakhstan

Foreign Investment Law and Sustainable Development in the Kyrgyz Republic (video)

Foreign Investment Law and Sustainable Development in the Kyrgyz Republic (video)

Can an Authoritarian Regime Have a Meritocratic Public Administration? The Case of Azerbaijan

Can an Authoritarian Regime Have a Meritocratic Public Administration? The Case of Azerbaijan

Who Is “Tashkent City” For? Nation-Branding and Public Dialogue in Uzbekistan

Who Is “Tashkent City” For? Nation-Branding and Public Dialogue in Uzbekistan

State-Building in Kazakhstan. Continuity and Transformation of Informal Institutions

State-Building in Kazakhstan. Continuity and Transformation of Informal Institutions

New Voices from Central Asia: Political, Economic, and Societal Challenges and Opportunities (Volume 2)

New Voices from Central Asia: Political, Economic, and Societal Challenges and Opportunities (Volume 2)

Tajikistan on the Move. Statebuilding and Societal Transformations

Tajikistan on the Move. Statebuilding and Societal Transformations

Central Asia Security Workshop: Securing and Securitizing Policies

Central Asia Security Workshop: Securing and Securitizing Policies

Central Asia Security Workshop: Rethinking the Obvious. Changes in Perceptions, Strategies and Policies

Central Asia Security Workshop: Rethinking the Obvious. Changes in Perceptions, Strategies and Policies

Central Asia Security Workshop - 2018 (video)

Central Asia Security Workshop – 2018 (video)

Central Asia in the Era of Sovereignty. The Return of Tamerlane?

Central Asia in the Era of Sovereignty. The Return of Tamerlane?

Towards a New Uzbekistan? The Magnitude, Impact and Limitations of Shavkat Mirziyoyev’s Reforms

Towards a New Uzbekistan? The Magnitude, Impact and Limitations of Shavkat Mirziyoyev’s Reforms

Overcoming a Taboo: Normalizing Sexuality Education in Kazakhstan

Overcoming a Taboo: Normalizing Sexuality Education in Kazakhstan

Urbanization, Climate Change Erode Nomadic Lifestyle

Urbanization, Climate Change Erode Nomadic Lifestyle

Constructing the Uzbek State

Constructing the Uzbek State

Nazif Shahrani on Greater Central Asia, Regional Integration, and Stability

Nazif Shahrani on Greater Central Asia, Regional Integration, and Stability

Critical Review of the Digest “Turkmenistan: Changes and Stability under Berdymuhammedow”

Critical Review of the Digest “Turkmenistan: Changes and Stability under Berdymuhammedow”

Language, Literacy, and Social Change in Mongolia. Traditionalist, Socialist, and Post-Socialist Identities

What Lies ahead for Kyrgyzstan after the Presidential Elections?

What Lies ahead for Kyrgyzstan after the Presidential Elections?

By Rafael Sattarov

“Spirituality and Enlightenment”: Uzbekistan’s State-Backed Ideological Policy

Upcoming Elections in Kyrgyzstan: New Process, Old Faces

By Bekhzod Kozakov

Five Reasons to Support the UN Initiative on Overcoming the “Water Crisis” in Central Asia

By Bruce Pannier

On Presidential Elections in Kyrgyzstan – with Bruce Pannier (RFE/RL)

By Daniyar Kussainov

Inequality in Secondary Education and Kazakhstan’s Risk of Becoming a Fragmented Society

By Dinara Nurusheva

Improving Governance in Kazakhstan’s Mining Towns

Ninth Fellows’ Seminar: Development Challenges and Evolving Identities in Central Asia and Azerbaijan
June 1, 2017

Ninth Fellows’ Seminar: Development Challenges and Evolving Identities in Central Asia and Azerbaijan

Kazakhstan: Nation-Branding, Economic Trials, and Cultural Change

Kazakhstan: Nation-Branding, Economic Trials, and Cultural Change

Kyrgyzstan: Political Pluralism and Economic Challenges

Kyrgyzstan: Political Pluralism and Economic Challenges

Uzbekistan: Political Order, Societal Changes, and Cultural Transformations

Uzbekistan: Political Order, Societal Changes, and Cultural Transformations

New Voices from Central Asia: Political, Economic, and Societal Challenges and Opportunities (Volume 1)

New Voices from Central Asia: Political, Economic, and Societal Challenges and Opportunities (Volume 1)

Central Asia at 25: Looking Back, Moving Forward. A Collection of Essays from Central Asia

Central Asia at 25: Looking Back, Moving Forward. A Collection of Essays from Central Asia

2017 Central Asia Security Workshop

2017 Central Asia Security Workshop

By Farkhod Tolipov

A New Makeup of Central Asia? The First Results of the Regional Policy of Sh. Mirziyoyev

What Changes in a Post-Karimov Uzbekistan?

What Changes in a Post-Karimov Uzbekistan?

By Bruce Pannier

Uzbekistan under New Leadership: What’s Changing, What’s Staying the Same

Rewriting the Nation in Modern Kazakh Literature. Elites and Narratives

Rewriting the Nation in Modern Kazakh Literature. Elites and Narratives

Event hosted at CAP October 27, 2016

What Changes in a Post-Karimov Uzbekistan?

Kazakhstan in the Making. Legitimacy, Symbols, and Social Changes

By Sabina Insebayeva

Imagining the Nation: Identity, Nation Building and Foreign Policy in Kazakhstan

The Origins of the Civil War in Tajikistan. Nationalism, Islamism, and Violent Conflict in Post-Soviet Space

The Origins of the Civil War in Tajikistan. Nationalism, Islamism, and Violent Conflict in Post-Soviet Space

By Muhiddin Kabiri

Birth and Death of Democracy in Tajikistan: Memories and Reflections about Elections from 1990 until 2016

By Arzu Geybullayeva

Azerbaijan’s Suspended Democracy: Time For An International Reassessment

Central Asia Program Publications 2016

Central Asia Program Publications 2016

By Adeeb Khalid

The Roots Of Uzbekistan: Nation Making In The Early Soviet Union

CAP Papers No. 165

The Central Asia Security Workshop

By Ruslan Baramidze

By Dossym Satpayev

Political and Economic Trends in Kazakhstan

By Malika Tukmadieyva

Propiska as a Tool of Discrimination in Central Asia

Interview by Parvina Khamidova

Interview with Muhiddin Kabiri, Leader of the Islamic Renaissance Party of Tajikistan In-Exile

Fall 2016 Central Asia Fellows Seminar

Fall 2016 Central Asia Fellows Seminar

By Eric Hamrin and Edward Lemon

Rasht Revisited: Five Years after the Conflict

By Bermet Imanalieva

Political Parties in the Kyrgyz Republic: Their Organization and Functioning

By Matteo Fumagalli

The Kumtor Gold Mine and the Rise of Resource Nationalism in Kyrgyzstan

Central Asia Policy Brief No. 28, June 2015

Turkmenistan: Domestic Evolution, Economic Development, and Regional Environment

By Abdulfattoh Shafiev

The 2015 Tajik elections online: few posts, fewer likes, even fewer shares

Kyrgyzstan beyond “Democracy Island” and “Failing State”. Social and Political Changes in a Post-Soviet Society

By Rashid Gabdulhakov

The highly securitized insecurities of state borders in the Fergana Valley

By Zhulduz Baizakova

The Irtysh and Ili Transboundary Rivers: The Kazakh-Chinese Path to Compromise

By Chyngyz Kambarov

Organized Criminal Groups in Kyrgyzstan and the Role of Law Enforcement

A new move in digital wars in Central Asia The Tajik Islamic Party under ‘digital porn’ attack

A new move in digital wars in Central Asia The Tajik Islamic Party under ‘digital porn’ attack

Revisiting Water Issues in Central Asia: Shifting from Regional Approach to National Solutions

Revisiting Water Issues in Central Asia: Shifting from Regional Approach to National Solutions

The AKP/Gülen Crisis in Turkey: Consequences for Central Asia and the Caucasus

The AKP/Gülen Crisis in Turkey: Consequences for Central Asia and the Caucasus

By Mirzokhid Rakhimov

Post-Soviet transformations and the contemporary history of Uzbekistan

By Richard Weitz

Uzbekistan’s National Security Strategy: Threat and Response

Uzbekistan at a crossroads: Main developments, business climate, and political risks

February 4, 2014 Conference

Addressing Soft Security Challenges in Kazakhstan and Central Asia

The Visa Regime in Uzbekistan: A Failed Attempt at Balancing Regime Interests and Freedom of Individuals

The Visa Regime in Uzbekistan: A Failed Attempt at Balancing Regime Interests and Freedom of Individuals

Navro’z and the Renewal of Uzbek National Culture

Navro’z and the Renewal of Uzbek National Culture

Explaining Political Order in Uzbekistan

Explaining Political Order in Uzbekistan

Women and Water in Central and South Asia

Kazakhstan’s National Development Strategies: An Assessment

Kazakhstan’s National Development Strategies: An Assessment

Educational Reforms in Turkmenistan: Good Framework, Bad Content?

Educational Reforms in Turkmenistan: Good Framework, Bad Content?

By Parviz Mullojanov

Prospects and Challenges of the National Reconciliation Process in Afghanistan: Development Scenarios

Moving beyond the Leadership “Parlor Game”: Foreign Investment and the Succession Issue in Kazakhstan

Moving beyond the Leadership “Parlor Game”: Foreign Investment and the Succession Issue in Kazakhstan

Turmoil Within the Taliban: A Crisis of Growth?

Turmoil Within the Taliban: A Crisis of Growth?

Transcript of Mr. Kabiri’s speech and discussion at the Central Asia Program, George Washington University, October 16, 2012

Transcript of Mr. Kabiri’s speech and discussion at the Central Asia Program, George Washington University, October 16, 2012

By Jargalsaikhan Mendee

Unkept Human Security Promises in Developing Countries: The Case of Mongolia

By Bruno De Cordier

Can an Arab Uprising Scenario also Happen in Southern Eurasia? A Cross-cutting Look at Azerbaijan, Uzbekistan, and Tajikistan

Landlocked Assertiveness: Mongolia’s Restructured Realism in a More Complex World

Landlocked Assertiveness: Mongolia’s Restructured Realism in a More Complex World

Lessons from Zhanaozen: Bringing Business, Government and Society Together

Lessons from Zhanaozen: Bringing Business, Government and Society Together

The Development Space(s) of Non-OECD Aid Donors in Southern Eurasia: A Look at the Islamic Development Bank

The Development Space(s) of Non-OECD Aid Donors in Southern Eurasia: A Look at the Islamic Development Bank

Kazakhstan’s ‘Resource Nationalism’: Its Sources and Motives

Kazakhstan’s ‘Resource Nationalism’: Its Sources and Motives

The Hidden War Against Women: Health Care in Afghanistan

The Hidden War Against Women: Health Care in Afghanistan

Cybersecurity in Central Asia: Real Issues, False Excuse?

Cybersecurity in Central Asia: Real Issues, False Excuse?

Central Asia Program Publications Memo 2012

Central Asia Program Publications Memo 2012

Regulating Private Security Companies in the Central Asian States

Regulating Private Security Companies in the Central Asian States

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