Earlier in 2020, the Hollings Center through its small grants program, co-sponsored a project with Crossroads Central Asia and experts Shairbek Dzhuraev and Eric McGlinchery. The purpose of the project was to contribute to an informed debate and dialogue on international relations in Central Asia, with a particular focus on evolving modes of engagement of major extra-regional powers, such as the USA, Russia, China or the EU with Central Asian states.
The project began with a workshop on March 4, 2020 co-hosted by the American University of Central Asia in Bishkek. The workshop brought together regional and international experts to discuss the international relations of each Central Asian state as well as the policies of major international powers. Following the workshop, some participants were asked to produce policy papers outlining elements of the discussion. For more information on the workshop, please see the Crossroads Central Asia web site.
The Center and the grantees are pleased to present these papers.
Policy Papers
The April 2021 Kyrgyz-Tajik Border Dispute: Historical and Casual Context
Eric McGlinchey, George Mason University
The Way Forward for a Regional Diplomacy for Peace in Afghanistan
Report by Elham Gharji
Podcast: The Covid-19 and Political Transition in Kyrgyzstan
This program is the second in a series of podcasts on Central Asian international relations that aims to discuss key events and developments in the region and in its engagement with the world. The podcast is part of a project by Dr. Eric McGlinchey and Dr. Shairbek Dzhuraev on debating the region’s relationships. The podcast…
Does Russia Have A Strategy for Central Asia?
Yulia Nikitina, MGIMO University, Russia
Three Decades of Development Aid in Tajikistan
Karolina Kluczewska, Justus Liebig University Giessen, Germany
The Effects of Remittances in Central Asia
Jakhongir Kakhkharov, Flinders University, Australia
Kyrgyz Post-Soviet Foreign Policy: A Habit of Dependency
Emilbek Dzhuraev, OSCE Academy in Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan
Podcast: Issues in Central Asia’s International Relations
This program is the first in a series of podcasts on Central Asian international relations that aims to discuss key events and developments in the region and in its engagement with the world. The podcast is part of a project by Dr. Eric McGlinchey and Dr. Shairbek Dzhuraev on debating the region’s relationships. The podcast…
Recipient, Activist, Protector: Three Modes of Tajikistan’s Foreign Policy
Muslimbek Buriev, Independent Researcher, Tajikistan
Thirty Years of Uzbekistan’s International Relations: Quo Vadis?
Farkhod Tolipov, Knowledge Caravan Research Institute, Uzbekistan