Some have said that the relationship between the United States and Pakistan is at a crossroads with the imminent withdrawal of the US from Afghanistan. What opportunities and challenges will this create for future relations between the two countries? Michael Kugelman is the Asia Program deputy director and senior associate for South Asia at the […]

Is there political will in the U.S. to help Afghanistan maintain the social, economic, and human rights gains of the past two decades? If so, what are some of the policies you think should be pursued to this end? Carter Malkasian was the special assistant for strategy to the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of […]

This two-part podcast series is part of a Regional Policy Dialogue organized in early 2021 by the Oxus Society for Central Asian Affairs, in cooperation with the European Neighbourhood Council, and with the support of the Hollings Center for International Dialogue. Held over February and March 2021, the organizers gathered together a group of experts, […]

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Report by Elham Gharji [doc id=17200]

In 2021 the Center hosted experts, civil society representatives, and officials to discuss the emergence of Islamic civil society in Central Asia.

[doc id=8453]Несмотря на то, что уровни религиозности в Центральной Азии разные, более 85% жителей региона причисляют себя к мусульманам. Подавляющее большинство от этого числа является последователями суннитско-ханафитской школы юриспруденции, а свыше 100 тысяч памирцев в Таджикистане соблюдают каноны шиитского исмаилизма.1 Спустя почти 30 лет после распада Советского Союза многие жители Центральной Азии, особенно молодое поколение, требуют, […]

[doc id=8447]Dindarlık seviyeleri farklılık gösterse de, Orta Asyalıların yüzde seksen beşinden fazlası kendini Müslüman olarak tanımlamaktadır. Bu nüfusun büyük çoğunluğu Sünni Hanefi mezhebine bağlıyken, Tacikistan’da yaşayan 100,000’inin üzerindeki Pamir Şii mezhebinin İsmaili kolunu takip etmektedir. Sovyetler Birliği’nin dağılmasından neredeyse 30 yıl sonra, özellikle genç nesilden birçok Orta Asyalı, İslamın kamusal ve özel hayatta daha merkezi […]

Youth continue to be largely ignored by those in power. Rather than viewing them as important human capital, youth are often viewed with suspicion because they frequently challenge traditional norms and ways of doing things in society. These authorities fail to comprehend that putting youth to work would not only enhance economic growth, but promote […]

 In this episode, Dr. Joanna Moody, Research Program Manager at MIT Energy Initiative’s Mobility Systems Center, discusses her research on the people’s mobility behavior in the US and the MENA regions and how different they are and her research survey on the so-called “Car Pride” across the US and the MENA countries and how […]