{"id":16964,"date":"2024-05-13T09:48:51","date_gmt":"2024-05-13T09:48:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/jsis.washington.edu\/ellisoncenter\/?p=16964"},"modified":"2024-05-13T10:57:16","modified_gmt":"2024-05-13T10:57:16","slug":"nargis-kassenova-temur-umarov-central-asia-in-the-shadow-of-russias-war","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jsis.washington.edu\/ellisoncenter\/news\/nargis-kassenova-temur-umarov-central-asia-in-the-shadow-of-russias-war\/","title":{"rendered":"Nargis Kassenova &amp; Temur Umarov | Central Asia in the Shadow of Russia&#8217;s War"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"sc-type-small sc-text-body\">\n<div>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"100%\" height=\"166\" scrolling=\"no\" frameborder=\"no\" src=\"https:\/\/w.soundcloud.com\/player?url=https%3A%2F%2Fsoundcloud.com%2Fellisoncenteruw%2Fnargis-kassenova-temur-umarov-central-asia-in-the-shadow-of-russias-war%3Fsi%3Deec90f2911bf4236b874e894f17e97ba%26amp%3Butm_source%3Dclipboard%26amp%3Butm_medium%3Dtext%26amp%3Butm_campaign%3Dsocial_sharing&color=%23ff5500&amp%3Bauto_play=false&amp%3Bhide_related=false&amp%3Bshow_comments=true&amp%3Bshow_user=true&amp%3Bshow_reposts=false&amp%3Bshow_teaser=true&amp%3Bshow_artwork=true\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Nargis Kassenova is a senior fellow and director of the Program on Central Asia at the Davis Center. Prior to joining the center, she was an associate professor at the Department of International Relations and Regional Studies of KIMEP University (Almaty, Kazakhstan). She is the former founder and director of the KIMEP Central Asian Studies Center (CASC) and the China and Central Asia Studies Center (CCASC). Kassenova holds a Ph.D. in international cooperation studies from the Graduate School of International Development, Nagoya University (Japan).\u00a0Her research focuses on Central Asian politics and security, Eurasian geopolitics, China\u2019s Belt and Road Initiative, governance in Central Asia, and the history of state-making in Central Asia.<\/p>\n<p>Temur Umarov is a fellow at the Carnegie Russia Eurasia Center. His research is focused on Central Asian countries\u2019 domestic and foreign policies, as well as China\u2019s relations with Russia and Central Asian neighbors. A native of Uzbekistan, Temur Umarov has degrees in China studies and international relations from the Russian Presidential Academy of National Economy and Public Administration, and Moscow State Institute of International Relations (MGIMO). He holds an MA in world economics from the University of International Business and Economics (Beijing). He is also an alumnus of the Carnegie-Tsinghua Center\u2019s Young Ambassadors and the Carnegie Endowment\u2019s Central Asian Futures programs.<\/p>\n<p>This webinar will be moderated by Scott Radnitz (Director of the Ellison Center for Russian, East European and Central Asian Studies at the University of Washington).<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Nargis Kassenova is a senior fellow and director of the Program on Central Asia at the Davis Center. 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