Sebastien Peyrouse

Stuck between underinvestment, government authoritarianism and corruption: The healthcare system in Tajikistan and the risks for the population

(FPC) As the COVID-19 virus spread in Eurasia in early 2020, Tajikistan’s President Emomali Rahmon and his government chose to deny the crisis for more than four months, then acknowledged…

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

(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

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

(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

(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?

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

(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

Последние 15 лет ЕС пытается укрепить свое присутствие и влияние в Средней Азии. Здесь он применяет стратегию «мягкой силы» и делает упор на европейские ценности, но при этом основное внимание…

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A Donor without Influence: The European Union in Central Asia

(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?

(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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