eurasia – Central Asia Program

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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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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Bottom-up Secularism in the Top-down States of Eurasia

30 September, 2020

with John Schoeberlein, Nazarbayev University The resurgence of religion in the post-Soviet space has been accompanied by heightened appeals to secularism as a social and political order. Most research on secularism in Eurasian…

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Extractive Politics, Trust Deficit & Uncertainty in Afghanistan and Central Asia

30 September, 2020

with Nazif Shahrani, Professor, Indiana University-Bloomington In the framework of the SSRC Eurasian Program’s Workshop “Crossing Boundaries: Merging Eurasian Insights with the Study of Afghanistan” the Central Asia Program is proud to host…

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Eurasia’s Future and the role of the United States

30 September, 2020

Join us to honor the memory of author and scholar Alexandros Petersen (1984-2014), killed in Kabul on January 17. With Margarita Assenova (Jamestown Foundation), Stephen J.Blank (American Foreign Policy Council), Samuel Charap (International Institute…

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Merging Eurasian Insights with the Study of Afghanistan

30 September, 2020

THE EURASIA PROGRAM of the Social Science Research Council (SSRC) and the Central Asia Program at the Institute for European, Russian, and Eurasian Studies atGeorge Washington University are pleased to announce a…

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Diversified Development: Making the Most of Natural Resources in Eurasia

30 September, 2020

with, Ivailo Izvorski, The World Bank Economic development discussions in Eurasia often become debates about diversification. For aregion that is resource-rich, this is to be expected. Eurasian economies have in many ways become less…

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Nomadic Life Styles and Narratives in Kazakhstan: Then and Now

30 September, 2020

A workshop held in conjunction with the exhibition “Nomads and Networks: The Ancient Art and Culture of Kazakhstan” currently at the Arthur M. Sackler Gallery in the Smithsonian Institution until December 2,…

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Deciphering Eurasianism in Hungary: Narratives, Networks, and Lifestyles

30 September, 2020

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Religion, State and Secularism in Eurasia… and Beyond

30 September, 2020

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Post-COVID-19: Can Central Asia be Central to Eurasian Integration?

9 September, 2020

By Marsha McGraw Olive Marsha McGraw Olive, PhD, retired from the World Bank in 2015 as Country Manager of Tajikistan capping a quarter-century career in the Europe and Central Asia…

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Studying Peace in and with Central Eurasia: Starting from Local and Trans-Local Perspectives

24 August, 2020

Studying Peace in and with Central Eurasia: Starting from Local and Trans-Local Perspectives Special Issue: IFSH Peace Researcher as Guest Editor Dr. Anna Kreikemeyer In view of a crisis of…

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Eurasia’s Shifting Geopolitical Tectonic Plates. Global Perspective, Local Theaters

2 July, 2017

Eurasia’s Shifting Geopolitical Tectonic Plates. Global Perspective, Local Theaters ALEXANDROS PETERSEN – FOREWORD BY S. FREDERICK STARR This anthology of articles, short studies, and interviews by Alexandros Petersen were written over the…