geopolitics – Central Asia Program

Stronger than Death memorial, Semei, Kazakhstan. Image Source: astanatimes.com In a world increasingly defined by bellicose rhetoric, nuclear nonproliferation is no longer taken for granted. In a post-Covid world, pandemics…

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Central Asia: A Loophole for Russia’s Sanctions?

8 August, 2023

Online event August 23 @ 10:00 AM – 11:00 AM EST Russia is facing unprecedented economic and political sanctions from the United States and its allies over its invasion of Ukraine. However, Moscow has…

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Central Asia: A Loophole for Russia’s Sanctions?

8 August, 2023

Online event Russia is facing unprecedented economic and political sanctions from the United States and its allies over its invasion of Ukraine. However, Moscow has found ways to circumvent these…

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Central Asia Annual Security Workshop 2023: Central Asia in a Transformed Geopolitical Environment

8 May, 2023

March 23, 2023 This full-day hybrid event addresses a range of issues, including the perceptions and impact of the war in Ukraine on Central Asia, the impact of the return…

Central Asia: Leveraging Geopolitical Opportunities to Promote Human Rights and Reform

5 May, 2023

May 4, 2023 About the event The National Endowment for Democracy in partnership with Freedom Now and the Central Asia Program at the George Washington University hosted a discussion of…

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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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Violence on the Tajikistan-Kyrgyzstan Border: Causes and Consequences

14 October, 2022

Violence on the Tajikistan-Kyrgyzstan Border: Causes and Consequences In the past 18 months, we have seen unprecedented levels of violence on the Kyrgyzstan-Tajikistan border. What marks recent incidents from the…

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

6 October, 2022

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…

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Kazakhstan’s Political Reforms Amidst Geopolitical Shifts

28 April, 2022

A virtual event hosted by the Central Asia Program at George Washington University on April 28, 2022. For Kazakhstan, the year started with the unprecedented January riots, a stress test…

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Interview with Dr. Kairat Kelimbetov, Governor of the Astana International Financial Centre

21 December, 2021

Mr. Kelimbetov was appointed as the Governor of the Astana International Financial Centre on 24 December 2015. He heads the AIFC and is a member of the AIFC Management Council.…

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Video – Soft Power in Central Asia: The Politics of Influence and Seduction

3 November, 2021

Video – Soft Power in Central Asia: The Politics of Influence and Seduction A virtual event hosted by the Central Asia Program at the George Washington University on November 3,…

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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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Video – Routledge Handbook of Contemporary Central Asia

24 September, 2021

A virtual event hosted on September 22, 2021 by the Central Asia Program at the George Washington University About this event The Routledge Handbook of Contemporary Central Asia offers the…

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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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ONE EURASIA OR MANY? Regional Interconnections and Connectivity Projects on the Eurasian Continent

3 March, 2021

The aim of this book is to critically review the processes of integration and region-building in Greater Eurasia. Integration is a broad term that covers any rise in economic and…

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Migration and COVID-19: Challenges and Policy Responses in Kyrgyzstan

2 December, 2020

Authors:Irina Kuznetsova, University of BirminghamRoman Mogilevskii, University of Central AsiaAsel Murzakulova, University of Central AsiaAigoul Abdoubaetova, OSCE Academy, BishkekAlexander Wolters, OSCE Academy, BishkekJohn Round, University of Birmingham COVID-19 carries significant…

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The Shanghai Cooperation Organization and OSCE: Organizational Efforts vs COVID-19 in Central Asia

4 November, 2020

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.…

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Post-COVID-19 Central Asia and the Sino-American Geopolitical Competition

20 October, 2020

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…

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Looking Ahead: US-Central Eurasia Security Relations

30 September, 2020

Join the Central Asia Program, the Center for International Policy, and leading Eurasia analysts for a discussion on the current status of US-Central Eurasia security relations to mark the launch of…

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Beyond Pakistan: New Delhi’s Policy Toward Afghanistan and Central Asia

30 September, 2020

Co-sponsored by the Rising Powers Initiative with Jean-Luc Racine, Emeritus CNRS Senior Fellow,School for Advanced Studies in Social Sciences, Paris Dr. Jean-Luc Racine is Emeritus CNRS Senior Fellow, working at the Centre for…

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Book Launch: Globalizing Central Asia-Geopolitics and Challenges of Economic Development

30 September, 2020

Part of IERES’s Book Launch Series Marlene Laruelle, Research Professor of International Affairs, GWU Sebastien Peyrouse, Research Professor of International Affairs, GWU and Discussant: Johannes Linn Former World Bank Vice President for Europe…

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Game Over? Shifting Energy Geopolitics in Central Asia

30 September, 2020

with Michael Denison, Research Director, Control Risks Since the dissolution of the Soviet Union, Central Asia’s geopolitical salience, from inside and outside the region, has been predicated both on its oil and gas…

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Re-imagining “post-Soviet” Central Asia: The role of the GCC and articulating geopolitical identities through capital cities.

30 September, 2020