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)
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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
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
Bottom-up Secularism in the Top-down States of Eurasia
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… Continue reading Bottom-up Secularism in the Top-down States of Eurasia
Extractive Politics, Trust Deficit & Uncertainty in Afghanistan and Central Asia
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… Continue reading Extractive Politics, Trust Deficit & Uncertainty in Afghanistan and Central Asia
Eurasia’s Future and the role of the United States
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… Continue reading Eurasia’s Future and the role of the United States
Merging Eurasian Insights with the Study of Afghanistan
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… Continue reading Merging Eurasian Insights with the Study of Afghanistan
Diversified Development: Making the Most of Natural Resources in Eurasia
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… Continue reading Diversified Development: Making the Most of Natural Resources in Eurasia
Nomadic Life Styles and Narratives in Kazakhstan: Then and Now
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,… Continue reading Nomadic Life Styles and Narratives in Kazakhstan: Then and Now
Deciphering Eurasianism in Hungary: Narratives, Networks, and Lifestyles
with Umut Korkut, Glasgow Caledonia University Since the outbreak of the global financial crisis, the Hungarian right engaged in a collective soul searching on what formulates Hungarian identity. Dr. Korkut’s paper… Continue reading Deciphering Eurasianism in Hungary: Narratives, Networks, and Lifestyles
Religion, State and Secularism in Eurasia… and Beyond
This seminar will explore state-sponsored secularism in the Eurasian continent, and how the authorities use the concept of the separation of state and religion to consolidate authoritarian policies. It looks… Continue reading Religion, State and Secularism in Eurasia… and Beyond
Post-COVID-19: Can Central Asia be Central to Eurasian Integration?
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… Continue reading Post-COVID-19: Can Central Asia be Central to Eurasian Integration?
Studying Peace in and with Central Eurasia: Starting from Local and Trans-Local Perspectives
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… Continue reading Studying Peace in and with Central Eurasia: Starting from Local and Trans-Local Perspectives
Eurasia’s Shifting Geopolitical Tectonic Plates. Global Perspective, Local Theaters
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… Continue reading Eurasia’s Shifting Geopolitical Tectonic Plates. Global Perspective, Local Theaters
Remarks on the Eurasian Economic Union
By William Courtney
Central Asia and the Eurasian Economic Union The Global Picture and Country Perspectives
Central Asia Policy Brief No. 21, February 2015 On February 26, 2015, the Central Asia Program organized an international conference on the Eurasian Economic Union and Central Asia, together with the Harriman Institute… Continue reading Central Asia and the Eurasian Economic Union The Global Picture and Country Perspectives
Turkmenistan’s Neutrality in Post-Crimea Eurasia
Central Asia Policy Brief No. 17, October 2014 By Luca Anceschi A series of key structural factors is likely to prevent Turkmen foreign policy-makers from continuing in its business-as-usual approach. In October 2014 Gazprom… Continue reading Turkmenistan’s Neutrality in Post-Crimea Eurasia
Eurasian Integration: The Next Stage
Central Asia Policy Brief No. 13, December 2013 By Jeffrey Mankoff Both the structure of the planned Eurasian Economic Union and Moscow’s hardball tactics to persuade neighboring states to join suggest motivations beyond a… Continue reading Eurasian Integration: The Next Stage
Kazakh Culture in the 20th and 21st centuries: Legacies and Innovations
November 6, 2013 Conference
Eurasia 2014: Into Thin Air
Central Asia Policy Brief No. 10, June 2013 By Eric McGlinchey Factors that produce democracy can produce violence. Drivers of reform are also drivers of radicalism. Predictable indeterminacy is the surprising suddenness of protest… Continue reading Eurasia 2014: Into Thin Air
Discussing the Eurasian Customs Union and its Impact on Central Asia
Central Asia Policy Forum No. 4, February 2013 Putin’s Eurasian Union project, the Russia-Belarus-Kazakhstan Customs Union and the Single Economic Space, raises many debates about the economic goals and political agendas behind them.… Continue reading Discussing the Eurasian Customs Union and its Impact on Central Asia
Discussing Eurasianism and Eurasian Integration within the Azerbaijani Context
Voices From Central Asia No. 7, October 2012 By Farhad Aliyev Azerbaijan has long positioned itself as reluctant to see the revival of Russian influence in Eurasia. The role of Russia as… Continue reading Discussing Eurasianism and Eurasian Integration within the Azerbaijani Context
Can an Arab Uprising Scenario also Happen in Southern Eurasia? A Cross-cutting Look at Azerbaijan, Uzbekistan, and Tajikistan
By Bruno De Cordier
