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Katherine Leung's photo: AUTHOR WITH STUDENTS AT AN ENGLISH SUMMER CAMP IN KYZYL, REPUBLIC OF TUVA, 2015

I was nineteen years old when I left the US to study for the first time. I spent five weeks on a summer exchange program at the International University in…

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China’s Genocide Against Uyghurs

3 November, 2022

China’s Genocide Against Uyghurs Millions of Uyghurs are suffering from unspeakable atrocities at the hands of the Chinese government, including forced sterilization of young women, enforced separation of families and…

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Central Asia as a Pivot in China’s BRI

27 January, 2022

An online event hosted by the Central Asia Program at George Washington University on January 26, 2022. With the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI), a project that aims to integrate…

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“Dear Nike, Just Don’t Do It!”: A Transnational Digital Connective Action on the Issue of Forced Uyghur Labor at Nike Sweatshops in China

23 December, 2021

By Tomiris Mashan Tomiris Mashan is a Master’s student in Comparative Social Research at the National Research University Higher School of Economics. She holds a Bachelor’s degree in Sociology from…

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Video – What Next In China’s Growing Security Footprint In Tajikistan?

6 December, 2021

A virtual event hosted by the Central Asia Program at George Washington University on December 3, 2021. China is expanding its security footprint in Central Asia through strategic military bases…

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Iran’s New Membership and Russia’s Global Vision: the Shanghai Cooperation Organization’s Transformations

14 October, 2021

By Janko Šćepanović, Ph.D. Janko Šćepanović, Ph.D., is a Postdoctoral Researcher at the School of Advanced International and Area Studies (SAIAS) of East China Normal University in Shanghai, People’s Republic…

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China and Central Asia: Warm Politics, Cold Public

7 September, 2021

By Dr. Kemel Toktomushev Dr. Kemel Toktomushev is a Senior Research Fellow with University of Central Asia’s (UCA) Institute of Public Policy and Administration and an Assistant Professor of Political…

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

11 June, 2021

China’s Vaccine Diplomacy In Central Asia: What Next? A virtual discussion hosted by the Central Asia Program at the Institute for European, Russian, and Eurasian Studies at the George Washington…

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Competing for Cake Crumbs: Why Chinese Mining Leads to Conflict in Kyrgyzstan but not Tajikistan

7 June, 2021

By Isabelle DeSisto Isabelle DeSisto is currently an MPhil candidate in the Department of Politics and International Studies at the University of Cambridge, UK. She holds a BA in Government…

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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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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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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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Trapped in the System: Experiences of Uyghur Detention in Xinjiang (Video)

3 February, 2021

Trapped in the System: Experiences of Uyghur Detention in Xinjiang February 3, 2021 Virtual discussion hosted by the Central Asia Program at the Institute for European, Russian, and Eurasian Studies…

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Trapped in the System: Experiences of Uyghur Detention in Xinjiang

22 January, 2021

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…

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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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Beijing Binds: How COVID-19 is Deepening China’s Relationship with Central Asia (Video)

30 June, 2020

Beijing Binds: How COVID-19 is Deepening China’s Relationship with Central Asia with Raffaello Pantucci June 30, 2020 COVID-19 has further exposed tensions that exist within China’s relations with Central Asia. Yet…

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Beijing Binds: COVID-19 and the China-Central Asia Relationship

19 June, 2020

By Raffaello Pantucci Senior Associate Fellow at Royal United Services Institute (RUSI)Visiting Senior Fellow at S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies (RSIS) Raffaello Pantucci’s research focuses on terrorism and counter-terrorism…

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Understanding Sinophobia in Central Asia

1 May, 2020

Understanding Sinophobia in Central Asia Sinophobia in Central Asia is real. But does that translate into a threat to China’s lasting presence in the region? By Sebastien PeyrousePublished by The Diplomat,…

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Between Urumchi and Kazan: The Tatars in Chinese Concentration Camps

27 June, 2019

By Mehmet Volkan Kaşıkçı CAP Paper 219, June 2019 Mehmet Volkan Kaşıkçı is a PhD candidate in Soviet history at Arizona State University. His research focuses on the social and…

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Symposium on China’s Mass Incarceration of Uyghurs (video)

4 December, 2018

On 27 November, 2018, GW’s Central Asia Program hosted a Symposium on China’s Mass Incarceration of Uyghurs, which included the following panels and speakers: Panel 1: “Contextualizing the Re-education Camps” James A. Millward, Georgetown…

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China’s Belt and Road Initiative and its Impact in Central Asia

22 May, 2018

China’s Belt and Road Initiative and its Impact in Central Asia China’s Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) was announced by Chinese President Xi Jinping in September 2013 at Nazarbayev University. It is…

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The Biopolitics of China’s “War on Terror” and the Exclusion of the Uyghurs

23 March, 2018

Sean R. Roberts (2018) The biopolitics of China’s “war on terror” and the exclusion of the Uyghurs, Critical Asian Studies, DOI: 10.1080/14672715.2018.1454111 This article provides an overview of People’s Republic of China (PRC) counter-terrorism policies…