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… Continue reading Remembering Kazakhstan’s Great Famine of the 1930s
Tag: Central Asia
China’s Vaccine Diplomacy In Central Asia: What Next?
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… Continue reading China’s Vaccine Diplomacy In Central Asia: What Next?
The United States, Kazakhstan, and Environmental Cooperation
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… Continue reading The United States, Kazakhstan, and Environmental Cooperation
Trends and Challenges in Addressing Human Trafficking in Central Asia: Civil Society and Survivor Perspectives
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… Continue reading Trends and Challenges in Addressing Human Trafficking in Central Asia: Civil Society and Survivor Perspectives
Память из пламени Афганистана (видео)
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… Continue reading Память из пламени Афганистана (видео)
The Bukharan Crisis: A Connected History of 18th – Century Central Asia
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,… Continue reading The Bukharan Crisis: A Connected History of 18th – Century Central Asia
Память из пламени Афганистана
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… Continue reading Память из пламени Афганистана
The Central Asian Revolt of 1916: A Collapsing Empire in the Age of War and Revolution (Video)
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… Continue reading The Central Asian Revolt of 1916: A Collapsing Empire in the Age of War and Revolution (Video)
US EXIM Program on China and Transformational Exports: Boosting American Competitiveness in Central Asia and Globally
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… Continue reading US EXIM Program on China and Transformational Exports: Boosting American Competitiveness in Central Asia and Globally
Double Book Launch: Chinese Foreign Policy toward Central Asia and the Silk Roads (Video)
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… Continue reading Double Book Launch: Chinese Foreign Policy toward Central Asia and the Silk Roads (Video)
The State of Civil Society in Central Asia: Kazakhstan | Состояние Гражданского Общества в Центральной Азии: Казахстан
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… Continue reading The State of Civil Society in Central Asia: Kazakhstan | Состояние Гражданского Общества в Центральной Азии: Казахстан
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 March 16, 2021 Virtual book launch hosted by the Central Asia Program at the Institute for… Continue reading Book Launch – Pipe Dreams: Water and Empire in Central Asia’s Aral Sea Basin
Double Book Launch – March 25, 2021: Chinese Foreign Policy toward Central Asia and the Silk Roads
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… Continue reading Double Book Launch – March 25, 2021: Chinese Foreign Policy toward Central Asia and the Silk Roads
Central Asia Barometer (CAB) Has Made Its Survey Data Available to the Public
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; … Continue reading Central Asia Barometer (CAB) Has Made Its Survey Data Available to the Public
Preventing and Countering Violent Extremism and Radicalization that Lead to Terrorism in Central Asia – Reflections on Challenges and Opportunities
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… Continue reading Preventing and Countering Violent Extremism and Radicalization that Lead to Terrorism in Central Asia – Reflections on Challenges and Opportunities
Late Soviet Central Asia: Colonialism vs Nationalism
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… Continue reading Late Soviet Central Asia: Colonialism vs Nationalism
COVID-19 Outbreak in Post-Soviet Central Asia: Has the Time Come for Social Innovations?
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… Continue reading COVID-19 Outbreak in Post-Soviet Central Asia: Has the Time Come for Social Innovations?
The Shanghai Cooperation Organization and OSCE: Organizational Efforts vs COVID-19 in Central Asia
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.… Continue reading The Shanghai Cooperation Organization and OSCE: Organizational Efforts vs COVID-19 in Central Asia
Post-COVID-19 Central Asia and the Sino-American Geopolitical Competition
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… Continue reading Post-COVID-19 Central Asia and the Sino-American Geopolitical Competition
Michael Clarke – Beijing’s “March West”: One Belt, One Road and China’s Quest for Great Power Status
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… Continue reading Michael Clarke – Beijing’s “March West”: One Belt, One Road and China’s Quest for Great Power Status
Afghanistan’s Stability and Regional Security Implications for Central Asia
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… Continue reading Afghanistan’s Stability and Regional Security Implications for Central Asia
European and U.S. policies in Central Asia: Will transatlantic cooperation work in Central Asia towards and beyond 2014?
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… Continue reading European and U.S. policies in Central Asia: Will transatlantic cooperation work in Central Asia towards and beyond 2014?
The Central Asia Security Workshop
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… Continue reading The Central Asia Security Workshop
