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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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How South Korea Builds its Soft Power in Latin America, Learning Lessons From its Diaspora Outreach in Russia and Central Asia

14 October, 2021

By Victoria Kim Victoria Kim holds an MA from the Johns Hopkins University’s SAIS in Korean Studies and MA from the University of Bolton in International Multimedia Journalism. Originally from…

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Video – Book Launch of Central Peripheries: Nationhood in Central Asia

11 October, 2021

A virtual discussion hosted by the Central Asia Program at the George Washington University on October 8, 2021. Central Peripheries explores post-Soviet Central Asia through the prism of nation-building. It looks…

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Video – Looking Back on Central Asia’s Perestroika: Political Narratives and Political Mobilization | Оглядываясь на перестройку в Ц

5 October, 2021

A virtual discussion hosted by the Central Asia Program at the George Washington University on October 1, 2021. Life in the USSR was effectively turned upside down by the package…

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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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Q-Pop, The Pride of Kazakh Youth, and its Stimulation of Ethnic Identity

23 September, 2021

By Kakim Danabayev, PhD, Department of Journalism and Mass Communication, Hanyang University, Seoul, Republic of Korea • Jowon Park, Associate Professor, Department of Journalism and Mass Communication, Hanyang University, Seoul,…

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China and Central Asia: Warm Politics, Cold Public

7 September, 2021

By Dr. Kemel Toktomushev Dr. Kemel Toktomushev is a Senior Research Fellow with University of Central Asia’s (UCA) Institute of Public Policy and Administration and an Assistant Professor of Political…

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Video – Ground Truth: Local Views About The Taliban’s Return

31 August, 2021

A virtual event hosted by the Central Asia Program at the George Washington University on August 23, 2021. About this event In the span of just a few days, the…

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Teaching Fellowship Opportunity with the Global Language Network

30 July, 2021

Global Language Network Teaching Fellowship Opportunity Sharing your language and culture is a great way to broaden understanding of Central Asia and connect people from around the world through language. GLN…

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Video – Afghanistan, Central Asia, and the Resurgence of the Taliban

27 July, 2021

July 27, 2021 As Talibans are progressing in retaking control of Afghanistan, Central Asian states and border communities found themselves in a situation of neighboring Taliban-government regions, with potential implications…

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Central Peripheries: Nationhood in Central Asia (Open Access)

7 July, 2021

Central Peripheries: Nationhood in Central Asia (Open Access) Central Peripheries Nationhood in Central Asia explores post-Soviet Central Asia through the prism of nation-building. Although relative latecomers on the international scene,…

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Announcing the Central Asia Program Global Language Network Initiative

1 July, 2021

Русский We are excited to launch the new Central Asia Program Global Language Network Initiative. This partnership connects the CAP community and the Global Language Network (GLN), a not-for-profit organization…

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Video – Marriage Quandaries in Central Asia

24 June, 2021

Marriage Quandaries in Central Asia June 21, 2021 The reality of marriage across Central Asia is complicated. Not only does the term “marriage” cover a wide range of practices and…

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Video – Spring 2021 CAAFP Fellows Research Presentation

24 June, 2021

Spring 2021 CAAFP Fellows’ Final Research Presentation June 17, 2021 The Central Asia Program is proud to announce our Spring 2021 CAAFP Fellows’ Final Research Presentation. This brief seminar features…

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The United States, Kazakhstan, and Environmental Cooperation

24 May, 2021

By Wilder Alejandro Sanchez Wilder Alejandro Sanchez is an analyst who covers geopolitical, trade, and defense issues in the post-Soviet world and the Western Hemisphere. He has analyzed Kazakhstan’s foreign policy…

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Examining the Causes of Femicide in Kazakhstan

23 April, 2021

By Moldir Kabylova Moldir is a PhD student in Public Policy at University of Nottingham, UK. The main theme of the research work she is conducting for her PhD thesis is…

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The Bukharan Crisis: A Connected History of 18th – Century Central Asia (Video)

21 April, 2021

April 20, 2021 In the first half of the eighteenth century, Central Asia’s Bukharan Khanate descended into a crisis from which it would not recover. Bukharans suffered failed harvests and…

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Память из пламени Афганистана (видео)

16 April, 2021

16 апреля, 2021 Проект «Память из пламени Афганистана» был инициирован Марлен Ларуэль, Ph.D., (директор Института исследований Европы, России и Евразии (IERES), директор Программы по изучению Центральной Азии, со-руководитель программы PONARS-Eurasia, профессор –исследователь…

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The Many Faces of Polygyny in Kazakhstan

16 April, 2021

Hélène Thibault has been Assistant Professor of Political Science and International Relations at Nazarbayev University, Kazakhstan, since 2016. She specializes in ethnography, gender, and the securitization of Islam in Central Asia. She is…

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The Central Asian Revolt of 1916: A Collapsing Empire in the Age of War and Revolution (Video)

12 April, 2021

April 9, 2021 The 1916 Revolt was a key event in the history of Central Asia, and of the Russian Empire in the First World War. This volume is the…

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Crude Accountability Communications Assistant

6 April, 2021

Communications Assistant Crude Accountability is an environmental and human rights nonprofit organization that works with communities in the Caspian and Black Sea regions battling threats to local natural resources and…

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Кыргызстан 2020: протесты рабочих и трудовые права

31 March, 2021

Бермет Борубаева Бермет Борубаева – независимая исследовательница, участница коллектива КыргСоц, автор ряда публикаций по теме трудовых прав, экологии, урбанистики и искусства. Выпускница факультета международных отношений Кыргызского-Российского Славянского университета (Бишкек) и…

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Double Book Launch: Chinese Foreign Policy toward Central Asia and the Silk Roads (Video)

26 March, 2021

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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Iran’s New Membership and Russia’s Global Vision: the Shanghai Cooperation Organization’s Transformations

How South Korea Builds its Soft Power in Latin America, Learning Lessons From its Diaspora Outreach in Russia and Central Asia

Video – Book Launch of Central Peripheries: Nationhood in Central Asia

Video – Looking Back on Central Asia’s Perestroika: Political Narratives and Political Mobilization | Оглядываясь на перестройку в Ц

Video – Routledge Handbook of Contemporary Central Asia

Q-Pop, The Pride of Kazakh Youth, and its Stimulation of Ethnic Identity

China and Central Asia: Warm Politics, Cold Public

Video – Ground Truth: Local Views About The Taliban’s Return

Teaching Fellowship Opportunity with the Global Language Network

Video – Afghanistan, Central Asia, and the Resurgence of the Taliban

Central Peripheries: Nationhood in Central Asia (Open Access)

Announcing the Central Asia Program Global Language Network Initiative

Video – Marriage Quandaries in Central Asia

Video – Spring 2021 CAAFP Fellows Research Presentation

The United States, Kazakhstan, and Environmental Cooperation

Examining the Causes of Femicide in Kazakhstan

The Bukharan Crisis: A Connected History of 18th – Century Central Asia (Video)

Память из пламени Афганистана (видео)

The Many Faces of Polygyny in Kazakhstan

The Central Asian Revolt of 1916: A Collapsing Empire in the Age of War and Revolution (Video)

Crude Accountability Communications Assistant

Кыргызстан 2020: протесты рабочих и трудовые права

Double Book Launch: Chinese Foreign Policy toward Central Asia and the Silk Roads (Video)

Iran’s New Membership and Russia’s Global Vision: the Shanghai Cooperation Organization’s Transformations

How South Korea Builds its Soft Power in Latin America, Learning Lessons From its Diaspora Outreach in Russia and Central Asia

Video – Book Launch of Central Peripheries: Nationhood in Central Asia

Video – Looking Back on Central Asia’s Perestroika: Political Narratives and Political Mobilization | Оглядываясь на перестройку в Ц

Video – Routledge Handbook of Contemporary Central Asia

Q-Pop, The Pride of Kazakh Youth, and its Stimulation of Ethnic Identity

China and Central Asia: Warm Politics, Cold Public

Video – Ground Truth: Local Views About The Taliban’s Return

Новая Туркменская Сказка: «Чореджик» на пути в мир

Cultures Of Islam: Vernacular Traditions and Revisionist Interpretations across Russia