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Announcements (Русский)

Онлайн Семинары По Исследованиям И Навыкам Подготовки Публикаций

  • March 29, 2021
  • by The Oxus Society
Oxus Society for Central Asian Affairs и Centre for Research & Graduate Education при Казахстанско-Немецком университете, г.Алматы, запускают новую серию онлайн семинаров для молодых специалистов
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Announcements

Embassies and Dignitaries Come Together for International Nowruz Event in Washington DC

  • March 23, 2021
  • by Edward Lemon
On March 19, the Oxus Society for Central Asian Affairs and Meridian International Center, gathered with the embassies of Afghanistan, Azerbaijan, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan
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Articles, Central Asia in Global History

Indian Merchants and Peshawar’s Connections with Central Asia in the 18th and 19th Centuries

  • March 23, 2021
  • by Timur Khan
In recent years, the Pakistan-Afghanistan border has hardened following a decision to build a fence along the colonial-era Durand Line that divided British India from
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Book Reviews, Chinese Central Asia, Transnational Repression

The War on the Uyghurs

  • March 8, 2021
  • by Bill Drexel
Sean Roberts, The War on the Uyghurs, (Princeton NJ: Princeton University Press, 2020). Sean Roberts’ The War on the Uyghurs provides a timely and thorough
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China’s Rising Role

Emerging Forms of Pax Sinica in Tajikistan and Cambodia

  • March 4, 2021
  • by Bradley Jardine
This piece is a collaboration between the Foreign Policy Research Institute and the Oxus Society for Central Asian Affairs. In recent years, Tajikistan has made
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Announcements

Announcing 501(c)(3) Status

  • March 2, 2021
  • by The Oxus Society
The Oxus Society is delighted to announce that we have been designated as a nonprofit with tax-exempt status under Section 501(c)(3) of the United States
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Book Reviews

Slow Anti-Americanism: Social Movements and Symbolic Politics in Central Asia

  • March 2, 2021
  • by Laura Adams
Edward Schatz, Slow Anti-Americanism: Social Movements and Symbolic Politics in Central Asia, (Palo Alto, CA: Stanford University Press, 2021). America’s foreign policy community has been
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Belt & Road, Book Reviews, China’s Rising Role

The Emperor’s New Road

  • February 22, 2021
  • by Juliet Lu
Jonathan Hillman, The Emperor’s New Road, New Haven, CT: Yale University Press, 2020. The short story by Hans Christian Andersen entitled, “The Emperor’s New Clothes”
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Articles, Changing Uzbekistan, Migration

The Promise of the Korea-Uzbekistan Free Trade Agreement

  • February 18, 2021
  • by Valijon Turakulov
Last year, even in the midst of a global pandemic, Uzbekistan held several conferences and talks with Korea regarding a potential Free Trade Agreement (FTA).
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Changing Uzbekistan

Uzbekistan’s Reform Drive Reaches the Banking Sector

  • February 12, 2021
  • by Nicola Contessi
Uzbekistan’s adoption of a new Banking System Reform Strategy in December 2020 signals a turning point for the country’s credit sector. The decree charts the
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Central Asia in Global History

The Seljuks in Turkmenistan’s Historical Narrative

  • February 10, 2021
  • by Francisco Olmos
In Memory of H.T.T., Turkmen scholar and historian Turkmenistan will soon be celebrating its 30th anniversary as an independent nation. During its three decades of
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Protests, Reports

Understanding Disorder in Central Asia

  • February 9, 2021
  • by Roudabeh Kishi, Edward Lemon, Asena Karacalti and Bradley Jardine
The five countries in Central Asia -- Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Uzbekistan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan -- all display varying degrees of authoritarian rule. Across the region, local economies
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Articles, Central Asia in Global History

The Lonely Caravanserai at Tash Rabat

  • February 5, 2021
  • by Christopher Wilton-Steer
In a remote valley of Naryn province in eastern Kyrgyzstan, not far from the border with China, you can find the remains of a 15th
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Book Reviews, Chinese Central Asia

China’s Muslims and Japan’s Empire

  • February 1, 2021
  • by Isabelle DeSisto
Kelly Hammond, China’s Muslims and Japan’s Empire: Centering Islam in World War II, Chapel Hill, NC: University of North Carolina Press, 2020. At its peak
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Protests, Reports

Revolution and Rising Discontent: An Update on the Central Asia Protest Tracker

  • January 28, 2021
  • by The Oxus Society
Download PDF This report is based on the Central Asia Protest Tracker. Download our full dataset. By Natalie Simpson, Raushan Zhandayeva, Sher Khashimov and Samuel
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Articles

Elections in Kazakhstan and Kyrgyzstan: The Challenges of Retaining Power

  • January 25, 2021
  • by Bruce Pannier
This article is part of a collaboration between the Foreign Policy Research Institute and the Oxus Society for Central Asian Affairs. On January 10, Kazakhstan
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Articles, Belt & Road, China’s Rising Role

Exiting from a Sparse Hegemony: Central Asia’s Place in a Transforming Liberal International Order

  • January 21, 2021
  • by Alexander Cooley and Daniel Nexon
This piece is a collaboration between the Foreign Policy Research Institute and the Oxus Society for Central Asian Affairs. As Joe Biden takes office, many
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Protests, Reports

Ten Years Gone: The Legacy of the 2010 Revolution and Ethnic Violence in Kyrgyzstan: A Roundtable

  • January 13, 2021
  • by The Oxus Society
Download PDF Eugene Huskey, Emil Dzhuraev, Gulzat Botoeva, and Nick Megoran Edited by John Heathershaw and Edward Lemon Introduction John Heathershaw Anniversaries of communal events
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Book Reviews, Chinese Central Asia

Ethnographies of Islam in China

  • January 6, 2021
  • by Evanna Hu
Rachel Harris, Guangtian Ha, and Maria Jaschok (eds). Ethnographies of Islam in China. (Honolulu, HI: University of Hawaii Press, 2020) With China’s treatment of minorities
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Articles

“Kelinism” in Kyrgyzstan: Women’s Rights Versus Traditional Values

  • January 6, 2021
  • by Asylai Akisheva
In traditional steppe society, nomadic Kyrgyz daughter-in-laws, known as “Kelins,” had to make a good impression on their new families – even to the point
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Announcements

Year in Review

  • December 31, 2020
  • by The Oxus Society
Notwithstanding the challenges brought by the pandemic, the Oxus Society has had a fruitful first year. Thanks to the generous support of our founders and
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Research Notes

Paying Tribute to the “Last of the Great Masters of Central Asian Studies, “ Edward Allworth

  • December 22, 2020
  • by The Oxus Society
Orhan Babakurban, a New York-based banker with roots in Central Asia, recently launched a tribute website to Edward Allworth (1920-2016), a legendary professor who worked
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Changing Uzbekistan

There Won’t be Political Reform in Uzbekistan. Here’s Why

  • December 21, 2020
  • by Dilmira Matyakubowa
On December 10, International Human Rights Day, a group of human rights defenders, activists, researchers, artists and filmmakers gathered in Tashkent’s 139 Documentary Center. They
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Migration, Reports

Introducing the Central Asia Migration Tracker

  • December 15, 2020
  • by The Oxus Society
Download PDF By Sher Khashimov, Raushan Zhandayeva, Kymbat Nuranova and Zhibek Aisarina Central Asia’s population continues to grow rapidly, with around half of the population
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