Contributors
Collaboration is at the core of Crossroads Central Asia's work. Scholars's network of Crossroads is international and expanding.

Shairbek Dzhuraev
Shairbek Dzhuraev is a political scientist and a research consultant. He co-founded the Crossroads Central Asia research institute and is a visiting lecturer at the OSCE Academy in Bishkek...

Eric McGlinchey
Eric McGlinchey is Associate Professor of Politics and Government in George Mason University’s Schar School of Policy and Government. McGlinchey received his PhD from Princeton University...

Catherine Owen
Catherine Owen is British Academy Postdoctoral Fellow in the Department of Politics at the University of Exeter. Prior to her award, she was Lecturer in Central Asian Studies in Shaanxi Normal University, Xi’an, China...

Nurseit Niyazbekov
Nurseit Niyazbekov is Assistant Professor in the Department of International Relations at KIMEP University in Kazakhstan. He does research and consulting for various international media...

Emil Dzhuraev
Emil Dzhuraev is a political scientist and regular commentator on political trends in Kyrgyzstan and Central Asia. Emil holds PhD in Politics from the University of Maryland at College Park...

Emir Kulov
Emir Kulov, PhD, is Chair and Associate Professor in the Department of International and Comparative Politics at the American University of Central Asia...

Farkhod Tolipov
Farkhod Tolipov, PhD, is a director at Bilim Karvoni (“Caravan of Knowledge”), a non-governmental research institution in Tashkent. Dr Tolipov graduated from Tashkent State University...

Jakhongir Kakhkharov
Jakhongir Kakhkharov, PhD, is a Lecturer in Finance at the College of Business, Government and Law, Flinders University in Adelaide, Australia...

Karolina Kluczewska
Karolina Kluczewska is currently a post-doctoral research fellow at the research centre CERAL, University of Paris 13; and a research associate at the Tajik National University...

Muslimbek Buriev
Muslimbek Buriev is affiliated with CABAR.Asia, a Central Asian analytical platform launched by the Institute for War and Peace Reporting...

Yulia Nikitina
Yulia Nikitina is Associate Professor of World Politics and Leading Research Fellow at the Center for the Post-Soviet Studies at the MGIMO...

Vito Acosta
Vito Acosta is a fellow at Crossroads Central Asia. He earned his Master of Arts in East Asian Languages & Civilizations at the University of Pennsylvania...