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Central Asia-Caucasus Institute
“Turkmenistan – a Promised Land for Business?
Macroeconomic Reforms under Berdymukhammedov”
May 25, 2010 |
The Central Asia-Caucasus Institute at SAIS, Johns Hopkins University, invites you to a Forum:
“Turkmenistan – a Promised Land for Business? Macroeconomic Reforms under Berdymukhammedov”
Featuring
Dr. Jan Šír, Research Fellow, Charles University, Prague, Czech Republic; Fulbright Visiting Research Fellow at the Central Asia-Caucasus Institute, 2009-10
Tuesday, May 25, 2010
5-7 PM
Rome Auditorium, 1st Fl., The Rome Building, SAIS, Johns Hopkins University
1619 Massachusetts Avenue, N.W.
Washington, DC 20036
Has a wind of change touched upon even this most insular post-Soviet nation? Turkmenistan’s new president Kurbankuli Berdymukhammedov has pledged a wide reform program intended to propel this energy-rich Central Asian state into the ranks of developed economies.
Dr. Šír is a research fellow at Charles University in Prague and a Fulbright Visiting Research Scholar at CACI. A close student of Turkmen affairs, he will offer his analysis on Turkmenistan’s likely direction. He recently co-authored Dismantling Totalitarianism? Turkmenistan under Berdymukhammedov (Silk Road Paper, Central Asia-Caucasus Institute, 2009). His extensive research, which focuses on Central Asia, has been published in prominent refereed journals. He is also managing editor of the quarterly Acta Universitatis Carolinae - Studia Territorialia.
The Forum opens with a reception and refreshments at 5 PM. The program will begin promptly at 5:30 PM and conclude at 7 PM. RSVP for this event is mandatory and will not be accepted after 10 AM on the day of the event. To register, please send an email with your name and affiliation to SAISCACIForums@jhu.edu or call 202-663-7723.
The Central Asia-Caucasus Institute is a primary institution in the United States for the study of the Caucasus, Central Asia and the Caspian Region. The Institute, affiliated with Johns Hopkins University-SAIS, forms part of a Joint Center with the Silk Road Studies Program, affiliated with the Stockholm-based Institute for Security and Development Policy. Additional information about the Joint Center, as well as its several publications series, is available at www.silkroadstudies.org.
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