Mirziyoyev’s Decade: What Next for Uzbekistan?
An online panel discussion with Joanna Lillis, Dr Dilmira Matyakubova, Dr Farkhad Tolipov and Dr Franco Galdini. Guest Moderated by Polina Ivanova. 18 March 2026 14.00 GMT
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Farewell to Russia: A Journey Through the Former USSR
An online Reading Room discussion with author and journalist Joe Luc Barnes, hosted by Sophie Ibbotson. 2 June 2026, 18.00 BST
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Red Sands: Reportage and Recipes from Central Asia
Caroline Eden is a writer and literary critic and author of the weekly newsletter Journey beyond borders Earlier this year, Green Mountains: Walking the Caucasus with Recipes, was published concluding my ‘colour trilogy’ set of books covering the food, history and culture of the Black Sea region, the South Caucasus and Central Asia. Encompassing ten years…
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The Golden Melons of Samarkand
Anna Ansari is an Iranian-American cook and writer focusing on the intersection of food, family, and history The following is an edited excerpt from Silk Roads – A Flavor Odyssey with Recipes from Baku to Beijing (DK, 2025). It all started with a melon. The melon in question was an attempted souvenir from a three-week,…
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Trump 2.0: US Policy Towards Asia
A two-day online conference hosted in partnership with the FCDOA and the IIAS. 6 & 7 November 2025 13.00-17.00 GMT
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Central Asia in World War Two: The Impact and Legacy of Fighting for the Soviet Union
An online Reading Room discussion with author Vicky Davis, hosted by Sophie Ibbotson. 4 June 2025, 18.00 BST Open to all
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Sinostan: China’s Inadvertent Empire
Raffaello Pantucci
11 December 2024 14.00 GMT
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Amu Darya: River to a Missing Sea
Film Screening with James Chapman
2 April 2025 14.00 BST
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Damage Control: Kazakhstan after the January 2022 Crisis
Professor Charles J Sullivan, Nazarbayev University, Kazakhstan In early January 2022, the Republic of Kazakhstan (once regarded for its political stability and economic development in a conflict-prone and impoverished region) suffered an unexpected and unprecedented bout of political violence. Based upon my initial analysis elsewhere, it appears that “an elite faction within the government seized…
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What is Happening to Kazakhstan?
A panel discussion with Peter Frankopan, hosted jointly with The Oxus Society, 14 January 2022, 14.00
