Security – Central Asia Program

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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…

Yurt on Invincibility

Annual Security Workshop: Central Asia in a Transformed Geopolitical Environment

7 March, 2023

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

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…

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…

Violent Extremism and Youth: How to Build a Productive Dialogue Between Young People and Government

26 October, 2021

By Anastassiya Reshetnyak Anastassiya Reshetnyak was a Spring 2021 CAAFP Fellow. She graduated from al-Farabi Kaz NU (BA and MA in Regional Studies) and is currently involved in the PhD…

Afghanistan’s Stability and Regional Security Implications for Central Asia

30 September, 2020

A conference organized by the Central Asia Program (George Washington University), and EUCAM (Europe-Central Asia Monitoring),with the support of the NATO Science for Peace and Security Program. Afghanistan’s Stability and Regional…

Security Challenges and Scenarios for Central Asia

30 September, 2020

with Erlan Karin, Visiting Professor, American University Erlan Karin will discuss the diverse security challenges, both external and internal, that the Central Asian countries currently face. He will explore the presidential successions, possible scenarios,…

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…

Border Security Assistance in Central Asia: Implications for Post-2014 Afghanistan

30 September, 2020

with George Gavrilis, Executive Director,The Hollings Center for International Dialogue A discussion of Central Asia’s Border Woes & the Impact of International Assistance Occasional Paper Series, Central Eurasia Project, Open Society Foundations Please…

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…

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…

Kyrgyzstan in Its Regional Context

30 September, 2020

with Asylbek Jeenbekov, Speaker of the Supreme Council of Kyrgyzstan, The Jogorku Kengesh The George Washington University’s International Development Studies Program and Central AsiaProgram are proud to host Asylbek Jeenbekov, Speaker of the Kyrgyz…

Iranian Religious Presence in the Republic of Azerbaijan: Roots, Forms and Security Implications

30 September, 2020

with Fuad Aliyev Fulbright Scholar at the Central Asia-Caucasus Institute, School of Advanced International Studies, Johns Hopkins University Iranian religious influence in Azerbaijan has recently become a ‘hot’ topic. However, there is…

The Second Central Asia Security Workshop

30 September, 2020

Join us for the Second Security Workshop to celebrate the two year anniversary of the CentralAsia Program. We will discuss the current state of affairs in Central Asia and offer a fresh…

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…

Foreign Policy Doctrine and the Actions of Uzbekistan

30 September, 2020

with Dr. Farkhod Tolipov, Director of the Non-Governmental Education and Research Institution“Bilim Karvoni” The Republic of Uzbekistan’s foreign policy has undergone dramatic fluctuations since gaining independence, from a pro-American extreme to a pro-Russian one and…

Tracking Factors of Change in Tajikistan

30 September, 2020

Cinema Club Film Screening: Days Gone By (O’tgan kunlar/Minuvshie dni)

30 September, 2020

From Empires of Faith to Nationalizations of Islam & the Globalization of Jihad in Central Asia

30 September, 2020

The Curious Rise and Development of Central Asian Nationalisms

30 September, 2020

Kazakh security policy and its position as a vanguard for East-West cooperation

30 September, 2020

Uncertain continuity: Central Asia and the Trump administration

14 July, 2017

By Paul Stronski

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