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Sean Roberts

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Associate Professor, Director of the International Development Studies Program
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George Washington University
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Development, Media, Culture and Politics, Indigenous Rights, Central Asia, former Soviet Union, Uyghurs, China
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The War on the Uyghurs: China’s Internal Campaign against a Muslim Minority

  • September 14, 2020
  • Sean Roberts
(New Books Network) In today’s new episode, we speak with Sean Roberts about his brand new book The War on the Uyghurs: China’s Internal Campaign against a Muslim Minority (Princeton University Press, 2020).…
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Majlis Podcast with Sean Roberts: The Repercussions Of Beijing’s Policies In Xinjiang

  • December 11, 2018
  • Sean Roberts
(RFE/RL) China’s campaign against Uyghur nationalism, branded by Beijing as separatism, has abruptly spiked in the last two years and spread beyond just the Uyghurs. […]  On this week’s Majlis podcat,…
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Roberts: The Belt and Road is part of the reason that there’s such an urgency to clean up the Uyghur population in Xinjiang at the present moment

  • November 16, 2018
  • Sean Roberts
(CNN) Every day, US-based Uyghur journalist Gulchehra Hoja tries to call her family in the Chinese region of Xinjiang. Sometimes she tries up to 20 different numbers, just hoping that…
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The biopolitics of China’s “war on terror” and the exclusion of the Uyghurs

  • March 13, 2018
  • Sean Roberts
(Critical Asian Studies) Abstract: This article provides an overview of People’s Republic of China (PRC) counter-terrorism policies targeting Uyghurs since 2001 when the state first asserted that it faced a terrorist…

Украинский конфликт и будущее многовекторной внешней политики Казахстана

  • October 22, 2015
  • Sean Roberts
Казахстан добился наибольших успехов среди всех среднеазиатских республик в выстраивании сбалансированных отношений с крупнейшими международными игроками. В Астане казахскую внешнюю политику называют «многовекторной», подчеркивая таким образом стремление республики к установлению…
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New Policy Memo: The Ukraine Conflict and the Future of Kazakhstan’s Multi-Vector Foreign Policy

  • September 15, 2015
  • Sean Roberts
Of all the Central Asian states, Kazakhstan has been most successful in balancing its foreign relations with a variety of global powers. The country has even branded its foreign policy…

The Ukraine Conflict and the Future of Kazakhstan’s Multi-Vector Foreign Policy

  • September 15, 2015
  • Sean Roberts
Of all the Central Asian states, Kazakhstan has been most successful in balancing its foreign relations with a variety of global powers. The country has even branded its foreign policy…
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Why the Carrot Isn’t Working, Either

  • November 12, 2013
  • Sean Roberts
(Foreign Policy) (Co-author: Scott Radnitz) — The Chinese government thinks it can thwart unrest among ethnic minorities by raising their incomes. But prosperity doesn't buy loyalty. — On Oct. 28,…
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China’s Wild West: A Cautionary Tale of Ethnic Conflict and Development

  • August 2, 2013
  • Sean Roberts
(The Diplomat) While the international media has extensively analyzed the demonstrations and street clashes in Turkey, Brazil and Egypt over the last several weeks, there has been very little coverage…
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  • April 18, 2013
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