Join us June 15-16 for the 2022 CAMCA Regional Forum!

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THEME: "New Geopolitics and Geoeconomics in CAMCA"

SESSION TOPICS

• CAMCA Geopolitics after Ukraine: What’s Desirable? What’s Possible?
• How to Deal with Echo-sanctions in CAMCA
• Building Modern Skills in CAMCA Countries
• Securing CAMCA’s Digital Future in an Era of U.S.-China Geo-Tech Rivalry
• Trade and Transport in CAMCA: Regional and Global Connectivity 
• What’s Next in Afghanistan?
• Prospects of Regional Financial Structures in CAMCA
• Women Taking Power in CAMCA: Prospects and Barriers
• Food Security and Building Agritech in CAMCA 
• Meet the New Entrepreneurs of CAMCA
• Accelerating Regional Cooperation in Policy Analysis: A Roadmap
• Investing in CAMCA: How to Seize Opportunities

 Forum speakers represent a wide variety of sectors and expertise across the CAMCA region and beyond...
 

Below is a sample of the international and U.S.-based organizations and businesses that confirmed speakers represent. Panelists include CEOs, Directors and more of the following institutions:

• Central Asia-Caucasus Institute
• American University of Afghanistan
• National Development Agency of Mongolia
• Chemonics International Inc. 
• Cintana Education 
• Education Committee of the Georgian Parliament
• Special Inspector General for Afghanistan Reconstruction
• UNDP Kyrgyzstan
• Hudson Institute
• Batumi Multimodal Terminal
• Free Democrats Party of Georgia
• T-Cell Tajikistan
• White & Case LLP
• CJSC Bank of Asia
• Center for International Private Enterprise (CIPE) 
• Center for Strategic and International Studies
• Avesta Investment Group
• Atlantic Council
• Alif Capital
• And many more...

The CAMCA (Central Asia-Mongolia-Caucasus-Afghanistan) Regional Forum is a non-political and non-partisan Forum established to promote region-wide discussions on means of advancing economic growth and development in Greater Central Asia (Afghanistan, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Georgia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Mongolia, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan). It promotes this goal by fostering dialogue and interaction among rising young leaders from all sectors in the 10 countries of the region, as well as with international leaders and stakeholders. Learn more at camcaforum.org. 
 

CAMCA (Central Asia, Mongolia, the Caucasus and Afghanistan) is a vulnerable region grappling with a range of issues including low connectivity, economic dependency, food security, poor governance, corruption, and terrorism - all exacerbated by the COVID-19 pandemic. Not fully recovered from the pandemic's negative impacts, the war in Ukraine poses a new set of political and economic challenges. In addition, the reemergence of the Taliban and terrorist syndicate in Afghanistan has created a new phase of security challenges for the entire region. The presentation by the spring 2022 Rumsfeld Fellows examined the challenges posed to the CAMCA region by the pandemic, Taliban, and Ukrainian conflict, and suggest possible solutions.

When: Tuesday, May 3, 2022, 3:00-4:30 PM EST

Where: Middle East Institute, 1763 N St NW, Washington, DC 20036

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

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

Register and join on Zoom - Password: caci2020

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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Join on Zoom - Password: camca2021

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

Some Bright Spots on a Darkened Sky: Central Asia and Afghanistan Today

This forum event was conducted in the format of an interview with Dr. S. Frederick Starr, reflecting on his recent trip to Central Asia. 

Interviewer:

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

When: Tuesday, August 17, 2021