Is Tajikistan Really Jihad’s Next Frontier?
The spectacular defection of Tajikistan’s paramilitary commander Gulmurod Halimov to the Islamic State has caused an unprecedented flurry of English […]
What does the Halimov defection tell us about Tajikistan?
Cover photo: Still from ISIS video with Gulmurod Halimov Credit: YouTube What does the Gulmurod Halimov defection tell us […]
Who killed Tajik opposition leader Umarali Kuvatov and why?
Cover Photo: Umarali Kuvatov Photo Credit: TojNews.org Umarali Kuvatov, the leader of Group of 24, was killed last night […]
Learning in Governance: Researcher Exchanges in Kazakhstan
By Claire Dunlop and Claudio Radaelli, Department of Politics, University of Exeter In February we led a three-day political science workshop […]
Who Says Syria’s Calling? Why It Is Sometimes Better to Admit That We Just Do Not Know
Cover Photo: Tajik fighter Olim Yusuf Credit: YouTube The International Crisis Group’s (ICG) latest report on the radicalization of Muslims […]
Keeping the Sacred Secret: Pilgrims’ Voices at Sacred Sites in Kyrgyzstan
By Zemfira Inogamova Reprinted by permission of the Publishers from ‘”Keeping the Sacred Secret: Pilgrims” Voices at Sacred Sites in […]
Tajiks fighters in Iraq: What do the latest series of videos tell us?
Cover Photo: Abu Muhammed Tojiki Credit: Odnoklassniki In December 2014, thirteen videos of Tajik jihadists fighting with the Islamic […]
The ‘Muslim radicalisation of Central Asia’ is a dangerous myth
Security think-tanks and online expert communities in the Western world are perpetuating the dangerous myth that Muslim radicalisation is rife […]
Call for Proposals: New Perspectives on Conflict, Security and Peace in Eurasia: A Two-Day Workshop
DATE: 3-4 June 2015 VENUE: OSCE Academy, Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan, (in collaboration with the UK Economic and Social Research Council) […]
EXCAS Member Edward Lemon Participates in RFE/RL Panel on Central Asian Militants
Cover photo: ISIS militants in Raqqa, Syria Credit: RFE/RL Last week EXCAS member Edward Lemon discussed the role that […]
‘Islam, Secularism and Security in Central Asia and Beyond’, Chatham House
On Thursday 13th and Friday 14th November, John Heathershaw, David Lewis, Gregorio Bettiza and Edward Lemon from the Department of […]
Social Movements and Geopolitical Issues in Central Asia: A Colloquium
Scholars of Central Asian politics and society gathered at Sciences Po, Centre d’études et de recherches internationales (CERI), for a colloquium jointly […]