Shairbek Dzhuraev

Shairbek Dzhuraev

Shairbek Dzhuraev is the co-founder and president of Crossroads Central Asia and a visiting lecturer at the OSCE Academy in Bishkek. He holds PhD in International Relations from the University of St Andrews and MSc in International Relations from the London School of Economic and Political Science (LSE). His areas of expertise encompass international relations, domestic politics and foreign policy linkages, and water and energy issues in the region.

Previously, Shairbek was the Deputy Director at the OSCE Academy in Bishkek and the Dean of Academic Development at the American University of Central Asia. He teaches undergraduate and graduate courses on International Relations, Foreign Policy Analysis, Central Asian Politics, Russia and Central Asia, and the US and Central Asia. Shairbek is a member of PONARS Eurasia and serves in advisory groups for the EU-Central Asia Monitoring and the European Neighbourhood Council.