The staff of the Central Asia-Caucasus Institute & Silk Road Studies Program Joint Center works primarily out of offices in Washington D.C. and Stockholm, Sweden. The U.S. office is located at the Paul H. Nitze School of Advanced International Studies, Johns Hopkins University, while the European office is located with the Institute for Security and Development Policy.
The Joint Center regularly invites distinguished guest researchers for longer or shorter periods of time. The exchange of knowledge that follows from providing researchers with the opportunity to conduct research at the Joint Center, further enriches the research with additional perspectives and insights. The Joint Center also benefits from having a set of associated researchers linked to itself. By continuing to tie experts and distinguished researchers to its various endeavors, the Center is further advancing its aspiration of serving as the focal point for American and European academic and policy discussion regarding contemporary security issues in the region.
The Joint Center is led by a Chairman and a Research Director, with overall responsibility for the Joint Center's activities. These are joined by Research Fellows with specific responsibilities for individual projects. The Joint Center's Advisory Council is chaired by Dr. Zbigniew K. Brzezinski.
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Dr. S. Frederick Starr
is Chairman of the Central Asia-Caucasus Institute & Silk Road Studies Program Joint Center. He founded the Central Asia-Caucasus Institute, and is research professor at SAIS. Starr is a leading specialist on the society and politics of Central Asia, including Afghanistan, as well as Russian politics and foreign policy, U.S. policy in Eurasia, and the regional politics of energy. He holds degrees from Yale, Cambridge and Princeton. Starr chairs the Advisory council of the Institute for Security and Development Policy.
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Dr. Svante E. Cornell
is Research Director of the Central Asia-Caucasus Institute & Silk Road Studies Program Joint Center and a co-director of the Institute for Security and Development Policy. He was a co.-founder of the Silk Road Studies Program. His specialization
is in security issues, regional
politics, and
state-building in the Caucasus,
Turkey, and Central and Southwest Asia. He holds a Ph.D. degree from
Uppsala University, an Honorary
Doctoral degree from the Academy
of Sciences of Azerbaijan, and a
B.Sc. degree from Middle East Technical
University, Ankara.
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Dr. Niklas L.P. Swanström
is co-director of the Institute for Security and Development Policy. He is the editor of the Joint Center's China-Eurasia Forum Quarterly, and was a co-founder of the Silk Road Studies Program. His specialization is in conflict management, security issues, and negotiations in Central and Northeast Asia, as well as Chinese foreign policy. He holds a Ph.D. and a Licenciate degree from Uppsala University and a MALD degree from the Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy.
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Current Staff in Alphabetical Order:
Svante E. Cornell, Ph.D.
Research Director
Karl Harbo
Senior Fellow
Anna Jonsson, LL.D.
Senior Research Fellow
Michael Jonsson
Project Coordinator
Aftab Kazi, Ph.D.
Senior Research Fellow
Halil Magnus Karaveli
Nonresident Senior Fellow
Klas Kärrstrand
Project Coordinator
Marlene Laruelle
Nonresident Research Fellow
Christopher Len
Assistant Editor, CEF Quarterly
Katarina Lesandric
Program Office Coordinator (Washington)
Erica Marat, Ph.D.
Research Fellow
Karlis Neretnieks
Senior Fellow
Niklas Nilsson
Project Coordinator
Nicklas Norling
Assistant Editor, CEF Quarterly
Sebastien Peyrouse
Nonresident Research Fellow
Johanna Popjanevski
Deputy Director (Stockholm)
R. Grant Smith
Nonresident Senior Fellow
S. Frederick Starr, Ph.D.
Chairman
Niklas L.P. Swanström, Ph.D.
Director, ISDP and Editor, CEF Quarterly
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