May 2018

During the Soviet era, the present and future of the Tajik Soviet Socialist Republic were glorified in mosaics. Colorful pieces of stained glass, interspersed with stones from the mountains, could…

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8 min

Current affairs

Uzbekistan’s Newfound Foreign Policy and its Implications for U.S.-Uzbekistan Relations

May 23, 2018

On May 22, 2018, the George Washington University’s Central Asia Program hosted a discussion of the outcomes of Uzbek President Shavkat Mirziyoyev’s recent visit to the United States and Uzbekistan’s…

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12 min

Society

Increasing the Effectiveness of Education Assistance in Uzbekistan

May 17, 2018

The education sector in Uzbekistan was hit hard by the collapse of the USSR. A quarter of a century after independence, this Central Asian state, in which young people under…

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6 min

Culture

Arts during the War: Central Asia

May 10, 2018

Central Asian art during the Second World War (1941–1945) provides an excellent point of departure for analysis of contemporary trends in the development of literature and art. This brief looks at…

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10 min

The Conquest of Central Asia through the Turkestan Album

May 2, 2018

The Turkestan Album (Turkestanskii Al’bom—1871) was one of the great colonial photography projects of the 19th century. Commissioned by the first Russian governor-general of Russian Turkestan, Konstantin Petrovich von Kaufman,…