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[VIDEO POSTED] CACI Online Forum: What Central Asia Should Expect from the Biden Administration
What Central Asia Should Expect from the Biden Administration
What should the countries of Central Asia expect from the new American administration? Will it embrace , modify, or reject, the new strategy advanced by the Trump Administration? To what extent will it advance open rule, American investment, security, and regional coordination? How will US policy towards China, Russia and Iran affect the region and will Washington address that issue as well?
Our panel of speakers with in-depth knowledge of the Washington policy-making landscape answered these question and more.
Speakers:
Amb. Robert Blake, Senior Director, McLarty Associates
Amb. George Krol, Associate, Harvard University Davis Center for Russian and Eurasian Studies
S. Enders Wimbush, Distinguished Fellow for Strategic Studies, American Foreign policy Council
Moderator:
S. Frederick Starr, Chairman, Central Asia-Caucasus Institute.
When: Wednesday, February 24, 2021, 10-11:15 AM EST
The event was livestreamed on the CACI Facebook page and is now available on YouTube.
[Video Posted] CACI Online Forum: What the South Caucasus Should Expect from the Biden Administration
What the South Caucasus Should Expect from the Biden Administration
The Biden administration inherited a decade-long uncertainty in US policy towards the South Caucasus. What should the countries of the region expect from the new American administration, in the context of the rapidly changing geopolitical environment in and around the South Caucasus? Should we expect more US engagement or less? Should we expect more security cooperation or less? What about democracy promotion? How will the US policy towards Iran, Turkey, and Russia impact the region?
Our panel of speakers with in-depth knowledge of the Washington policy-making landscape answered these question and more.
Speakers:
Jason Bruder, Former Foreign Relations Committee Staffer and Senior Advisor at Open World
Scott Cullinane, Executive Director, US-Europe Alliance
Claire Kaiser, Director for Strategic Initiatives, McLarty Associates
Mark Simakovsky, Nonresident Senior Fellow, Atlantic Council
Moderator: Svante E. Cornell, Director, Central Asia-Caucasus Institute
When: Tuesday, February 16, 2021, 12:00-1:15 pm EST
The event was livestreamed on the CACI Facebook page and is now available on YouTube.
[VIDEO POSTED] CACI Online Forum: Azerbaijan-Turkmenistan Caspian Oil Deal: Potential for Greater Regional Partnership
Azerbaijan-Turkmenistan Caspian Oil Deal: Potential for Greater Regional Partnership
On January 21, 2021 Azerbaijan and Turkmenistan signed a long-discussed and major agreement. When fully realized it will lead to the joint exploration of a major but long-contested oil field in the Caspian Sea. The agreement itself, and the opening of the "Friendship" oil deposits, are likely to have profound significance not only for the two countries but for the Caucasus and Central Asia as a whole and, equally, for the major powers.
Our distinguished guest speakers discussed this agreement, the regional collaboration that gave rise to it, and its meaning for the region and for the world.
Moderator:
S. Frederick Starr, Chairman, Central Asia-Caucasus Institute.
Speakers:
Amb. Meret Orazov, Ambassador of Turkmenistan to the United States
Amb. Elin Suleymanov, Ambassador of Azerbaijan to the United States
Ambassador Matthew Bryza, Senior Fellow, Atlantic Council
When: Tuesday, February 9, 2021 at 11:00-12:00 PM EST
The event was livestreamed on the CACI Facebook page and is now available on Youtube.
[VIDEO POSTED] CACI Online Forum: Regional Economic Outlook for Central Asia and the Caucasus
Regional Economic Outlook for Central Asia and the Caucasus
How have countries of Central Asia and the Caucasus responded to COVID-19 and how are they planning to recover and rebuild? The Central Asia-Caucasus Institute invites you to the presentation of the International Monetary Funds' Regional Economic Outlook for Central Asia and the Caucasus, published on October 19, 2020. This important study offers a positive account of mitigation measures but cautionary words for the future. Our speaker was Dr. Subir Lall, Deputy Director, Middle East and Central Asia Department, International Monetary Fund. S. Frederick Starr chaired and moderated.
When: Monday, December 21, 2020, 10 - 11 AM EST
The event was live-streamed on the CACI Facebook page and is now available on Youtube.
