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Sebastien Peyrouse

25 posts
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Institute for European, Russian and Eurasian Studies (IERES), The George Washington University
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Central Asia, Religion, Domestic Issues, Relations to China and South Asia

On the (Belt &) Road to Failure? The Challenges of China’s Soft Power Policy in Central Asia (and Beyond)

  • September 25, 2019
  • Sebastien Peyrouse
(PONARS Eurasia Policy Memo) Notwithstanding twenty years of increasingly prominent political, economic and security relations, China remains poorly understood and even feared among Central Asians. Despite its emergence as the second-largest…

The Health of the Nation—the Wealth of the Homeland! Turkmenistan’s Potemkin Healthcare System

  • February 13, 2019
  • Sebastien Peyrouse
On July 21, 2018, in an address to doctors, President Gurbanguly Berdymukhamedov boasted that Turkmenistan had “strengthened its place in the world as a powerful state with highly developed medicine.” He claimed…

Why Uzbekistan’s New President Needs to Expand Access to Islamic Education

  • July 9, 2018
  • Sebastien Peyrouse
(PONARS Policy Memo) Uzbekistan remains one of the Muslim states in the former Soviet space most averse to the development of Islamic education. For over twenty years, in the name of…

How to Strengthen Western Engagement in Central Asia: Spotlight on EU Education Assistance in Uzbekistan

  • April 17, 2018
  • Sebastien Peyrouse
(PONARS Policy Memo) The European Union’s 2007 Strategy for Central Asia identified education as a key area of cooperation. To this end, the EU launched programs to initiate and encourage fundamental…
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How to Revise Foreign Assistance in Central Asia?

  • March 6, 2018
  • Sebastien Peyrouse
Sebastien Peyrouse (George Washington University) discusses domestic issues in Central Asia and how to revise foreign assistance to the region to increase its impact and counter potential destabilization. Sebestian Peyrouse Podcast (Audio…
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The Evolution of Russia’s Views on the Belt and Road Initiative

  • October 2, 2017
  • Sebastien Peyrouse
(Asia Policy) The Belt and Road Initiative (BRI), announced by Xi Jinping in 2013 and comprising both the Silk Road Economic Belt and the Maritime Silk Road, has provoked admiration for…

Донор без влияния: Европейский союз в Средней Азии

  • September 2, 2017
  • Sebastien Peyrouse
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A Donor without Influence: The European Union in Central Asia

  • June 16, 2017
  • Sebastien Peyrouse
(PONARS Policy Memo) Over the past fifteen years, the EU has sought to gain visibility and influence in Central Asia. It has pressed soft power strategies and a values agenda, but…
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Should the U.S. worry about tensions between Shiite and Sunni Muslims in central Asia?

  • May 16, 2016
  • Sebastien Peyrouse
(Washington Post) The five post-Soviet countries of Central Asia (Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan) are secular states with a majority Sunni Muslim population — and each has a Shiite minority…

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  • April 14, 2016
  • Sebastien Peyrouse
Более 20 лет в Узбекистане нет реальных политических перемен, и он остается одним из наиболее авторитарных государств мира. Каким образом президент Ислам Каримов удерживает бразды правления столь долго? Хотя он…
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