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

Turkey is trying to avoid openly taking sides in the war of Russia against Ukraine. While condemning the Russian invasion and supplying Bayraktar drones to Ukraine, Turkey did not join the economic sanctions against Russia and in fact may seek to benefit from the Western sanctions against Russia, all while acting as a facilitator of negotiations between the parties. The backdrop of Turkey’s actions is gradually growing Turkish influence in the Caucasus and Central Asia. In this forum, speakers will address how Turkey’s strategy affects the wider region from Eastern Europe to Western China.

Date: April 20, 2022, 10.00 AM, EST.

Speakers:

• Ambassador Matthew Bryza, Board Member, Jamestown Foundation\
• Suat Kiniklioglu, Former Member of the Turkish Parliament
• Svante Cornell, Director, Central Asia-Caucasus Institute at the American Foreign Policy Council

Moderator:

Fred Starr, Chairman, Central Asia-Caucasus Institute at the American Foreign Policy Council

 Register for the Zoom webinar: https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_nvN2Lu0ZROKoZASfi8Su1w

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