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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…
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Book Launch: Analysing Kazakhstan’s Foreign Policy: Regime Neo-Eurasianism in the Nazarbaev Era (Video)
Book Launch: Analysing Kazakhstan’s Foreign Policy: Regime Neo-Eurasianism in the Nazarbaev Era August 27, 2020 Virtual event hosted by Central Asia Program at the Institute for European, Russian, and Eurasian…
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The New President’s Men: Motivations Behind the Change of Stance of Uzbekistan Concerning the Construction of the Rogun Dam
The New President’s Men: Motivations Behind the Change of Stance of Uzbekistan Concerning the Construction of the Rogun Dam By Frédérick Maranda-BouchardJune 2, 2020 Once a never-ending standoff between Uzbekistan…
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Reconsidering EU Education Assistance to Central Asia
By Sebastien Peyrouse EUCAM Policy Brief No. 37 Central Asia’s educational systems have been deteriorating for almost three decades. Education is a key EU-driven area of EU-Central Asia cooperation. However,…
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The Geopolitics of Renewable Energy in Kazakhstan
By Natalie Koch CAP Paper 211, September 2018 Natalie Koch is Associate Professor of Geography and O’Hanley Faculty Scholar at Syracuse University’s Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs. She…
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Foreign Investment Law and Sustainable Development in the Kyrgyz Republic (video)
Dr. Begaiym Esenkulova is an Associate Professor of Law of the American University of Central Asia (Kyrgyzstan) and who is currently a Visiting Postdoctoral Scholar at the Indiana University (Bloomington).…
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Central Asia Security Workshop: Central Asia’s Regional Environment. Moves and Stabilities
Central Asia Security Workshop, March 5, 2018 Transcripts of the presentations Alexander Cooley, Columbia University Central Asia as Part of Greater Eurasia? Prospects and Challenges And it’s a pleasure to be here once…
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Central Asia in the Era of Sovereignty. The Return of Tamerlane?
Central Asia in the Era of Sovereignty. The Return of Tamerlane? EDITED BY DANIEL L. BURGHART AND THERESA SABONIS-HELF – CONTRIBUTIONS BY LAURA ADAMS; SVETLANA ANCKER; DANIEL L. BURGHART; YUHAO DU; STACIE L.…
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The European Union’s Influence in Central Asia. Geopolitical Challenges and Responses
The European Union’s Influence in Central Asia. Geopolitical Challenges and Responses OLGA ALINDA SPAISER Unknown yet highly strategic, Central Asia attracts the interest of major global powers due to its…
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Grassroots Peacebuilding: Cross-Border Cooperation in the Ferghana Valley
By Diana Mamatova CAP Fellows Paper 202 (CAAF Fellows Papers), January 2018 Diana Mamatova is a young professional in the areas of peacebuilding, development and program management, and policy research.…
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Global Powers and Competing ‘Fixes’ in Central Asia
By CAP Transcript of the presentation by Dr. Balihar Sanghera, Director of Graduate Studies (Taught), Senior Lecturer in Sociology, University of Kent; George F. Kennan Fellow, Woodrow Wilson Center December 1,…
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Nazif Shahrani on Greater Central Asia, Regional Integration, and Stability
By CAAN Nazif Shahrani, Professor of Anthropology at the Indiana University, has been studying Central Asia for decades and knows the region very well. His initial field research (1972-1974) was a…
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Critical Review of the Digest “Turkmenistan: Changes and Stability under Berdymuhammedow”
By Hoşgeldi Bagtyýarow A Letter from a Reader: Critical Review of the Digest “Turkmenistan: Changes and Stability under Berdymuhammedov” (CAP edited volume) General Review At the outset, I want to convey…
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Remarks by Kadyr Toktogulov, Ambassador of the Kyrgyz Republic to the United States, October 19, 2017
By CAP Transcript First of all, I would like to thank Marlene Laruelle and George Washington University Central-Asia Program for hosting this event. It’s an important discussion on the future…
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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…
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The Central Asia–Afghanistan Relationship. From Soviet Intervention to the Silk Road Initiatives
The Central Asia–Afghanistan Relationship. From Soviet Intervention to the Silk Road Initiatives EDITED BY MARLENE LARUELLE – CONTRIBUTIONS BY GULDEN ASHKENOVA; ALEXANDER DIENER; ANTONIO GIUSTOZZI; ARTEMY M. KALINOVSKY; MARLENE LARUELLE; BRUCE PANNIER; SEBASTIEN…
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Russia’s Weaponization of the Diaspora: Lessons from Georgia, Tajikistan, and Azerbaijan
By Marintha Miles
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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…
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