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Discussion: The Future of Central Asia: A New Great Game?

Discussion: The Future of Central Asia: A New Great Game?

Tomorrow, March 17th, the Asia Society in New York City is hosting a discussion entitled “The Future of Central Asia: A New Great Game?”

Its focus is on current dynamics in Central Asia and how today’s developments will impact the region’s future featuring Philip Shishkin, a Bernard Schwartz Fellow at the Asia Society and a former foreign correspondent at the Wall Street Journal who recently returned from an extended trip to the region; Stephen Blank, Research Professor of National Security Affairs at the U.S. Army War College’s Strategic Studies Institute; and Anthony Richter, Associate Director of the Open Society Foundations and Director of the Foundation’s Central Eurasia Project and the Middle East & North Africa Initiative.

There is a live webcast starting at 12:30 ET on Thursday, March 17th. You can watch it here from 1:00 to 2:00 pm ET. Online viewers are encouraged to submit their questions to [email protected] during the webcast.

For more information on the event please go to: http://asiasociety.org/events-calendar/future-central-asia-new-great-game

 

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Christya Riedel

Christya Riedel graduated cum laude from UCLA with degrees in Political Science (Comparative Politics concentration) and International Development Studies and is currently a graduate student at the University of Texas at Austin focusing on Central Asia and Russia. She has traveled, lived and worked in Ukraine, Turkey, Georgia, Azerbaijan and Central Asia. She speaks fluent Ukrainian and Russian as well as intermediate-high Turkish.