Insights

Six institutions from the United States, Russia, and Europe recruit 16 future leaders in arms control for intensive training program.

Dirk van der Kley reassesses conventional wisdom about China's Belt and Road Initiative in Central Asia.

A former ambassador reflects on the many directions of change in Central Asia, from walking through markets to presidential meetings.

When trips to Central Asia are cancelled, seeing the region through another's eyes is the next best thing.

"The Hungry Steppe," a new book by Sarah Cameron, has influenced the burgeoning public discourse on the famine of 1932–33 in Kazakhstan.

Cristopher Patvakanian ’20 set out to explore whether foreign investors behave differently if they belong to the diaspora of the country in which they are investing.

As the world marks the 75th anniversary of the end of World War II, it would be much better not only for the history of Russia but also for the country’s future if Russian leaders were willing to permit—and even encourage—a more even-handed discussion of the Soviet Union’s role in the war.

Create resilient agreements to withstand crises and unexpected events.

Soviet containment of a smallpox epidemic in the Kazakh SSR in 1971 was shrouded in secrecy. As modern Central Asia grapples with COVID-19, it is a fitting moment to reveal this history.