Past Events

Event Format
Central Downtown Nur-Sultan: in center Bayterek tower

Kazakhstan’s e-Government and Its Partnership with Russian Sberbank: An Existential Choice?

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The roundtable will discuss technical, economic and political implications of Kazakhstan's government's decision to move e-government onto Russian Sberbank's "Platform V."

Recording Available
Wolfgang Drechsler
Wolfgang Drechsler

Professor of Governance, Ragnar Nurkse Department, Tallinn University of Technology

Anna Gussarova
Anna Gussarova

Director, Central Asia Institute for Strategic Studies

Oleg Shakirov
Oleg Shakirov

Senior Expert, Center for Advanced Governance (Russia)

Yahiya Tuleshov
Yahiya Tuleshov

Digitalization Expert

Nargis Kassenova
Nargis Kassenova

Senior Fellow and Director, Program on Central Asia, Davis Center

Judges' panel, Nuremburg Trials

Bearing Witness at Nuremberg: The Soviet Contribution to the Record of the Holocaust

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Join Francine Hirsch and Maxim Shrayer as they discuss the often overlooked role of the Soviet contribution at Nuremberg (along with other Soviet contributions to the International Military Tribunal).

Recording Available
Maxim Shrayer
Maxim D. Shrayer

Professor of Russian, English, and Jewish Studies, Boston College; Chair, Seminar on Russian and Eurasian Jewry, Davis Center

lady justice under blue sky

REECA Master’s Program Info Session

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Join us for a brief overview of the Master's Degree Program in Regional Studies—Russia, Eastern Europe, and Central Asia (REECA).

Donna Griesenbeck
Donna Griesenbeck

Student Programs Officer, Davis Center

Soliders and Civilians in Afghanistan

Lessons from International Security Force Assistance in Afghanistan: A Negotiation Exercise

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Join the Negotiation Task Force on Friday, October 15, for "Lessons from international security force assistance in Afghanistan: A negotiation exercise."

Arvid Bell

Founder, Negotiation Task Force

Phillip Ackerman
Philipp Ackermann

Director-General for political relations with the Near and Middle East, Africa and Latin America, German Federal Foreign Office; former civilian head, PRT Kunduz, Afghanistan.

Eva Kahan

Conflict Finance Analyst at the Center for Advanced Defense Studies (C4ADS)

Armed locals protest in support of the Afghan government in Jowzjan Province during the 2021 Taliban offensive.

Afghanistan’s Next Transition

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This panel will explore the lead-up to the collapse of the Afghan government and what the new Taliban regime holds for the future of the country.

 

Fara Abbas
Fara Abbas
Phillip Ackerman
Philipp Ackermann

Director-General for political relations with the Near and Middle East, Africa and Latin America, German Federal Foreign Office; former civilian head, PRT Kunduz, Afghanistan.

Anand Gopal

Author, Reporter

Arvid Bell

Founder, Negotiation Task Force