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Questioning Sinophobia in Central Asia

(PONARS Eurasia Policy Memo) Analysts have devoted considerable attention to the rise of Sinophobia in Central Asia.[1] Chinese loans, we are told, are forcing Central Asian states into ever-growing dependency on…

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Central Asia and the EU Connectivity Strategy: Rising to the Good Governance Challenge

(PONARS Eurasia Policy Memo) The EU connectivity strategy for Eurasia, adopted by the European Council in October 2018, is the Union’s response to China’s Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) and its…

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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…

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Peyrouse on the EU’s New Central Asia Strategy | What are Europe’s main interests in Central Asia

(The Diplomat) After more than a decade, the European Union recently released an updated strategy for Central Asia. When comes to Central Asia’s partners, Europe certainly sits below Russia and China.…

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Russia’s Islamic Diplomacy

(Central Asia Program) Russia’s Islamic Diplomacy. Edited by Marlene Laruelle. Table of Contents Chapter 1. Russia and the Organization of Islamic Cooperation: Conflicting Interactions By Grigory Kosach Chapter 2. Always Looming:…

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Webs of Corruption: Trafficking and Terrorism in Central Asia [NEW BOOK]

(Mariya Y. Omelicheva and Lawrence P. Markowitz) Counterterrorism experts and policy makers have warned of the peril posed by the links between violent extremism and organized crime, especially the relationship between…

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American University of Central Asia Announces Andrew Kuchins New President

(Bard) Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan – February 04, 2019 – The Board of Trustees of the American University of Central Asia announced today that Andrew Kuchins, a professor at Georgetown University in…

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Kassenova: Shallow progress in linking the Eurasian Economic Union and the Belt and Road Initiative indicates that it’s mostly rhetorical, but signals Russian and Chinese intentions

(The Diplomat) “Synergizing” China’s Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) and Russia’s Eurasian Economic Union (EAEU) remains in the rhetoric of both sides, most recently while Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev was…

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A new EU-Central Asia Strategy: Deepening relationships and generating long-lasting impact

(EUCAM) (Co-authored by Jos Boonstra, Marlene Laruelle, Andreas Marazis, and Tika Tsertsvadze) Over the past decade, the European Union (EU) has become an active actor in Central Asia. It has expanded its diplomatic presence, established…

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The Geopolitics of Spectacle: Space, Synecdoche, and the New Capitals of Asia [NEW BOOK]

(Cornell University Press) Why do autocrats build spectacular new capital cities? In The Geopolitics of Spectacle, Natalie Koch considers how autocratic rulers use “spectacular” projects to shape state-society relations, but rather than…

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Questioning Sinophobia in Central Asia

Central Asia and the EU Connectivity Strategy: Rising to the Good Governance Challenge

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