The Central Asia-Caucasus Institute invites you to join us for a book launch event on Thursday 9 December, 2021. Strong and Unique: Three Decades of U.S.-Kazakhstan Partnership, authored by Dr. S. Frederick Starr and Dr. Svante E. Cornell, offers an insight-filled account of the evolution of the relationship between the United States and Kazakhstan. Given the U.S.' interest in nuclear security and energy exploration, this relationship predates the collapse of the Soviet Union; Kazakhstani and American leaders enjoyed a substantive and even privileged relationship from the outset. Over the past three-and-a-half decades, both countries have maintained this momentum despite occasional differences and rapidly shifting circumstances.

Today, America’s relationship with Kazakhstan stands out on a regional level as the most stable and positive -- a strong and unique partnership in a part of the world that seldom gets the attention it deserves.  Kazakhstan's relationship with America, in the same spirit, stands as a model of the benefits a balanced foreign policy can bring to all concerned. 

Lunch will be served.

Speakers: 

Dr. S. Frederick Starr, Chairman, Central Asia-Caucasus Institute

Ambassador Erzhan Kazykhan, Special Representative of the President of Kazakhstan for International Cooperation

Ambassador Richard Hoagland (Ret.) former U.S. Ambassador to Kazakhstan

Moderator: Dr. Svante E. Cornell, Director, Central Asia-Caucasus Institute

Where: The Ritz Carlton, 1150 22nd St NW, Washington DC; Main Ballroom

When: Thursday, December 9, 2021, from 11:30 AM to 1.30 PM. The Presentation will start at Noon.

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The Central Asia-Caucasus Institute invites you to the presentation of the International Monetary Fund's Regional Economic Outlook for Central Asia and the Caucasus, published in October 2021.

Speakers:

Subir Lall, Deputy Director, Middle East and Central Asia Department, International Monetary Fund

Mamuka Tsereteli, Senior Fellow, Central Asia-Caucasus Institute at American Foreign Policy Council

Moderator:

S. Frederick Starr, Chairman, Central Asia-Caucasus Institute at American Foreign Policy Council

When: Tuesday, November 30, 2021, 11 AM-12:15 PM EST

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Afghanistan After the Taliban Takeover of Power

Co-organized by: The Central Asia-Caucasus Institute at AFPC, The CAMCA Network and The Rumsfeld Foundation

This forum will examine developments in and around Afghanistan since the dramatic takeover of power by Taliban in August 2021. CAMCA Network speakers will discuss developments in the areas of security, economics and media.

Speakers:

Shoaib Rahim, Associate Professor, American University Afghanistan

Lieutenant General Sami Sadat, Former Commander of Afghan National Special Operations Corp

Omar Sharifi, Country Director, American Institute of Afghanistan Studies

Lotfullah Najafizada, Director at TOLOnews and Pritzker Fellow at the University of Chicago

Farishita Sakhi, Ph.D. Candidate, Jimmy and Rosslyn Carter School for Conflict Analysis and Resolution, George Mason University

Moderator:

S. Frederick Starr, Chairman, Central Asia-Caucasus Institute at American Foreign Policy Council

When: Thursday, November 11, 2021,10:00 -11:30 AM EDT

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The event will also be live-streamed here and on the CACI Facebook page.