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

Escaping the Taliban, One Year Later: Afghan Voices of Hope Afghan Voices of Hope is a project that seeks to strengthen Afghan diasporic civil society by building solidarity and connecting… Continue reading Escaping the Taliban, One Year Later: Afghan Voices of Hope

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

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

Is there a place for Uzbeks in the Kyrgyz Republic? Lessons from Under Solomon’s Throne: Uzbek Visions of Societal Renewal in Osh

Co-Sponsored by the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars with Morgan Y. Liu, Associate Professor of Anthropology, The Ohio State University Ethnic Uzbeks in the Kyrgyz Republic (Kyrgyzstan) attempted to create a… Continue reading Is there a place for Uzbeks in the Kyrgyz Republic? Lessons from Under Solomon’s Throne: Uzbek Visions of Societal Renewal in Osh

The New Geopolitics of the South Caucasus. Prospects for Regional Cooperation and Conflict Resolution

The New Geopolitics of the South Caucasus. Prospects for Regional Cooperation and Conflict Resolution EDITED BY SHIREEN T. HUNTER – CONTRIBUTIONS BY BULENT ARAS; RICHARD GIRAGOSIAN; MOHAMMAD HOMAYOUNVASH; SHIREEN T. HUNTER; RICHARD… Continue reading The New Geopolitics of the South Caucasus. Prospects for Regional Cooperation and Conflict Resolution

Don’t Oversell ‘Overspill’: Afghanistan and Emerging Conflicts in Central Asia

Central Asia Policy Brief No. 6, December 2012 By Neil Melvin A new approach to Central Asia is required to promote regional security stabilization. There is an attendant risk that the disorder and possible… Continue reading Don’t Oversell ‘Overspill’: Afghanistan and Emerging Conflicts in Central Asia