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May 31 marks the Remembrance Day of the Victims of Political Repression and Famine in Kazakhstan. The great famine of 1931–1933, also known as Asharshylyk, resulted from forced collectivization and sedentarization undertaken…

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China’s Vaccine Diplomacy In Central Asia: What Next?

25 May, 2021

As COVID-19 continues to rage throughout Central Asia, China has been sending millions of doses of vaccines, mostly free of cost, to the region, thus expanding its ever-growing footprint there. Alongside…

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The United States, Kazakhstan, and Environmental Cooperation

24 May, 2021

By Wilder Alejandro Sanchez Wilder Alejandro Sanchez is an analyst who covers geopolitical, trade, and defense issues in the post-Soviet world and the Western Hemisphere. He has analyzed Kazakhstan’s foreign policy…

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Trends and Challenges in Addressing Human Trafficking in Central Asia: Civil Society and Survivor Perspectives

12 May, 2021

Central Asia is a source, and to a lesser extent a transit and destination point, of victims trafficked for the purposes of both sexual and labor exploitation. Cases of victims forced…

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Память из пламени Афганистана (видео)

16 April, 2021

16 апреля, 2021 Проект «Память из пламени Афганистана» был инициирован Марлен Ларуэль, Ph.D., (директор Института исследований Европы, России и Евразии (IERES), директор Программы по изучению Центральной Азии, со-руководитель программы PONARS-Eurasia, профессор –исследователь…

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The Bukharan Crisis: A Connected History of 18th – Century Central Asia

14 April, 2021

The Bukharan Crisis: A Connected History of 18th – Century Central Asia with author Scott Levi, Professor Christopher P. Atwood, and moderator Marlene Laruelle In the first half of the eighteenth century,…

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Память из пламени Афганистана

12 April, 2021

Память из пламени Афганистана с Ботагоз Ракишевой, Эльмирой Ногойбаевой и Марлен Ларуэль Проект «Память из пламени Афганистана» был инициирован Марлен Ларуэль (директор Института исследований Европы, России и Евразии (IERES), директор…

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The Central Asian Revolt of 1916: A Collapsing Empire in the Age of War and Revolution (Video)

12 April, 2021

April 9, 2021 The 1916 Revolt was a key event in the history of Central Asia, and of the Russian Empire in the First World War. This volume is the…

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US EXIM Program on China and Transformational Exports: Boosting American Competitiveness in Central Asia and Globally

31 March, 2021

The American-Uzbekistan Chamber of Commerce (AUCC) and the Central Asia Program invite you for a virtual discussion ofUS EXIM Program on China and Transformational Exports: Boosting American Competitiveness in Central…

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Double Book Launch: Chinese Foreign Policy toward Central Asia and the Silk Roads (Video)

26 March, 2021

Double Book Launch: Chinese Foreign Policy toward Central Asia and the Silk Roads March 26, 2021 Virtual double book launch hosted by the Central Asia Program at the Institute for…

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The State of Civil Society in Central Asia: Kazakhstan | Состояние Гражданского Общества в Центральной Азии: Казахстан

23 March, 2021

Feature Photo Credit: Simon Sun at Unsplash Registration is required for this event | Для участия в этом мероприятии требуется регистрация The George Washington University Central Asia Program invites you…

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

16 March, 2021

Book Launch – Pipe Dreams: Water and Empire in Central Asia’s Aral Sea Basin March 16, 2021 Virtual book launch hosted by the Central Asia Program at the Institute for…

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Double Book Launch – March 25, 2021: Chinese Foreign Policy toward Central Asia and the Silk Roads

12 March, 2021

Chinese Foreign Policy toward Central Asia and the Silk Roadswith Authors Daniel S. Markey & Tim Winter, Discussant Rodger Baker, Moderator Sebastien Peyrouse, and Chair Marlene Laruelle President Xi Jinping…

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Central Asia Barometer (CAB) Has Made Its Survey Data Available to the Public

12 February, 2021

Central Asia Barometer Survey is one of the CAB’s large-scale research projects conducted regularly since 2017. around 60 000 interviews from 2017 to the date; all Central Asian countries covered; …

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Preventing and Countering Violent Extremism and Radicalization that Lead to Terrorism in Central Asia – Reflections on Challenges and Opportunities

21 January, 2021

The multifaceted nature of violent extremism and terrorism in all its forms suggests that conditions conducive to violent extremism and terrorism are similarly diverse. Some of the cardinal root causes…

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Late Soviet Central Asia: Colonialism vs Nationalism

4 December, 2020

Мероприятие пройдет на русском, с вопросами на русском и английском языках.This event will be held in Russian with questions in English. Как колониальное и национальное проявляется и сосуществует в нарративах…

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

23 November, 2020

By Bakhrom Radjabov Dr. Bakhrom Radjabov is an Adjunct Professor at Webster University (Tashkent Campus). His main area of research includes social innovations and public sector innovations in the Eurasian…

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

4 November, 2020

By Matthew Neapole Matthew was most recently a Junior Researcher at the European Institute for Asian Studies (EIAS), in Brussels, where his work focused largely on Central Asia and Japan.…

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Post-COVID-19 Central Asia and the Sino-American Geopolitical Competition

20 October, 2020

By Furqan Khan Mr. Furqan Khan is a young researcher and student of International Relations at the National Defence University (NDU) in Islamabad, Pakistan. He is the winner of the…

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Michael Clarke – Beijing’s “March West”: One Belt, One Road and China’s Quest for Great Power Status

30 September, 2020

With Michael Clarke, National Security College, Australian National University Much ink has been spilt over the past two decades debating the impact of the ‘rise’ of China on the international relations…

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Afghanistan’s Stability and Regional Security Implications for Central Asia

30 September, 2020

A conference organized by the Central Asia Program (George Washington University), and EUCAM (Europe-Central Asia Monitoring),with the support of the NATO Science for Peace and Security Program. Afghanistan’s Stability and Regional…

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European and U.S. policies in Central Asia: Will transatlantic cooperation work in Central Asia towards and beyond 2014?

30 September, 2020

The seminar aims to bring together experts and policy-makers from both sides of the Atlantic to discuss the connecting points and divergences of policies of the European Union and the U.S. in…

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The Central Asia Security Workshop

30 September, 2020

NATO members are exiting from Afghanistan at different speeds, dictated by pressures from their domestic public opinions. This withdrawal has re-launched debates on the security of the Central Asian region. In the…