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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Rethinking Development in Central Asia
Dr Kuat Akizhanov is Deputy Director of the CAREC Institute and a Visiting Lecturer at the OSCE Academy in Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan Over the past three decades, Central Asia has undergone a profound transformation. Emerging from the collapse of the Soviet Union, Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, and Turkmenistan were rapidly integrated into a global economic system…
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Escaping the Great Game
Joe Luc Barnes is a British writer and journalist based in Kazakhstan When English-speaking visitors are introduced to Uzbekistan, the story of Charles Stoddart and Arthur Conolly is never slow to raise its head. The fate of these two British officers, executed in the town square of Bukhara in 1842, has long served as shorthand…
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Mirziyoyev’s Decade: What Next for Uzbekistan?
An online panel discussion with Joanna Lillis, Dr Dilmira Matyakubova, Dr Farkhad Tolipov and Dr Franco Galdini. Moderated by Polina Ivanova. 16 March 2026 14.00 GMT
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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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