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Regional cooperation · Nov 2026
Central Asia's good times should not be taken for granted
The region's opening rests on a few leaders and on outside demand for its location. Neither is guaranteed to last.
Politics · Governance · Regional affairs
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Central Asia, from Central Asia
An independent institute in Bishkek, working with partners on joint research and bringing Central Asian expertise into international debates on the region.
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Regional cooperation · Aug 2026
Wider, not deeper: Cholpon-Ata and the limits of Central Asian regionalism
Foreign policies · Mar 2026
Central Asia's foreign fighter dilemma in post-Assad Syria
Outside powers · Apr 2025
Bridging regions: Central Asia and the Gulf States deepen cooperation
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2025–2026 · Volkswagen Foundation
Social cohesion and public policy in Central Asia and the Caucasus
Research and summer schools with TU Dortmund University and partners in Kazakhstan and Georgia.
2024–2025 · CAREC Institute
Carbon pricing in the Kyrgyz Republic
Whether carbon taxation or emissions trading could work in Kyrgyzstan, for the CAREC Think Tank Network.
2020–2021 · Hollings Center
Debating international relations in Central Asia
A conference and policy briefs on thirty years of the region's relations with outside powers.
2018–2019 · DFID
Firms, kinship and economic growth
Field research on how family networks shape small business in Kyrgyzstan, with the University of Wisconsin–Madison.
Funders and partners
- Volkswagen Foundation
- TU Dortmund University
- CAREC Institute
- Hollings Center for International Dialogue
- OSCE Academy in Bishkek
- Kazakh-German University
- Tbilisi State University
- University of Georgia
- Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation
- UNDP in the Kyrgyz Republic
- University of Wisconsin–Madison
- UK Department for International Development
- European Neighbourhood Council
- Soros Foundation Kyrgyzstan
- Evidence Central Asia