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
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
The Limits of Washington’s Staying Power in Central Asia
Eric McGlinchey, George Mason University, United States
The Cost of Pragmatism of Kazakhstan’s Foreign Policy
Nurseit Niyazbekov, KIMEP University, Kazakhstan
Tightening the Belt: Challenges for China’s Development-Security Nexus in Central Asia
Catherine Owen, University of Exeter, UK