Past Events

Event Format
Maggie Paxson singing at microphone

Of Scholarship and Song

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Join us for a wide-reaching, long-looking, spirit-warming conversation and mini-concert as we prepare for this strangest of holiday seasons.

Recording Available
Alexandra Vacroux
Alexandra Vacroux

Vice President for Strategic Engagement, Kyiv School of Economics

Baedecker's Russia book cover

Russia at the Edge of Empire! Unpacking the Baedeker Handbook

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Join Kelly O'Neill to discover how the Russian Empire looked, sounded, tasted, and smelled on the eve of collapse.

Kelly O'Neill
Kelly O’Neill

Founding Director, Imperiia Project, Davis Center

Cris Martin
Cris Martin

Associate Director, Davis Center

statue in Kazakhstan

The Politics of Reform in Kazakhstan

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Eighteen months into the Tokayev presidency, what has happened to his proposed reform agenda, and what is the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on progress?

Vyacheslav Abramov

Founder and Editor, Vlast.kz

Meruert Makhmutova

Director and Founder, Public Policy Research Center

Nargis Kassenova
Nargis Kassenova

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

Paul Stronski
Paul Stronski

Senior Fellow, Russia and Eurasia Program, Carnegie Endowment for International Peace

aircraft carrier at sea

Red Horizon: Force and Diplomacy in Eurasia

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Transform the way you think about international security by participating in an intensive three-day virtual workshop and immersive crisis exercise.

justice scales and gavel on tabletop

Law and Order in Kyrgyzstan: Between Yesterday and Tomorrow

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This panel will discuss Kyrgyzstan’s law-enforcement system, its key features and the trajectory of its development.

Recording Available
Vera Mironava
Vera Mironova

Independent Scholar

Saniia Toktogazieva

Associate Professor and Coordinator, Human Rights Program, American University of Central Asia, Bishkek

Nargis Kassenova
Nargis Kassenova

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