The Silk Road Papers
is the Center's Occasional Papers series. Ranging from 50 to
150 pages in length, the Papers are an avenue for the rapid
publication of research in a concise and accessible yet
rigorous manner. An average of six to ten Papers are
produced yearly.
Experts’ Scenarios on Russia’s Future, January 2024
Rethinking Greater Central Asia: New American and Western
Approaches to Continental Trade and Afghanistan, June 2022
Between Bandits and Bureaucrats: 30 Years of Parliamentary
Development in Kyrgyzstan, January 2022
Political and Economic Reforms in Kazakhstan Under President
Tokayev, November 2021
Kazakhstan's Role in International Mediation under First
President Nursultan Nazarbayev, November 2020
Discovering Opportunities in the Pandemic? Four Economic
Response Scenarios for Central Asia, July 2020
Religion and the Secular State in Kyrgyzstan, June 2020
Religion and the Secular State in Turkmenistan, June 2020
A Steady Hand: The EU 2019 Strategy & Policy Toward Central
Asia, November 2019
Modernization and Regional Cooperation in Central Asia: A
New Spring? November 2018
Religion and the Secular State in Uzbekistan, June 2018
Religion and the Secular State in Kazakhstan, April 2018
The Economic Modernization of Uzbekistan, April 2018
Political Reform in Mirziyoyev’s Uzbekistan: Elections,
Political Parties and Civil Society, March 2018
Judicial and Governance Reform in Uzbekistan, March 2018
Russian Hybrid Tactics in Georgia, January 2018
Uzbekistan’s New Foreign Policy: Change and Continuity under
New Leadership, January 2018
Kazakhstan in Europe: Why Not? October 2017
Iran’s Azerbaijan Question in Evolution: Identity, Society,
and Regional Security, September 2017
Party Problems and Factionalism in Soviet Uzbekistan:
Evidence from the Communist Party Archives, Published 2017
Azerbaijan’s Formula: Secular Governance and Civic
Nationhood, November 2016
Kazakhstan 2041: the Next Twenty-Five Years, October 2016
Under the Radar: Georgia’s October 2016 Elections, October
2016
Kyrgyzstan 2010: Conflict and Context, July 2016
Rush to Judgment: Western Media and the 2005 Andijan
Violence, May 2016
The May 2005 Andijan Uprising: What We Know, May 2016
Asserting Statehood: Kazakhstan’s Role in International
Organizations, December 2015
The EU, Central Asia, and the Development of Continental
Transport and Trade, December 2015
Retribution and the Rule of Law: The Politics of Justice in
Georgia, June 2015
A Western Strategy for the South Caucasus, February 2015
Looking Forward: Kazakhstan and the United States, September
2014
Turkey's December 17 Process: A Timeline of the Graft
Investigation and the Government's Response, June 2014
Azerbaijan's Security and U.S. Interests: Time for a
Reassessment, December 2013
Azerbaijan and Georgia: Strategic Partnership for Stability
in a Volatile Region, September 2013
Socio-Cultural Characteristics of Civil Society Formation in
Kyrgyzstan, July 2013
Finish the Job: Jump-Start Afghanistan's Economy, November
2012
Against the Grain: How Georgia Fought Corruption and What It
Means, September 2012
Occasional Allies, Enduring Rivals: Turkey's Relations with
Iran, May 2012
The 2009-11 Bombing Campaign in Georgia: Who Did It, and
Why? March 2012
China and Greater Central Asia: New Frontiers? December 2011
Flirting with State Failure: Power and Politics in
Kyrgyzstan since Independence, July 2011
International Law and the Post-2008 Status Quo in Georgia:
Implications for Western Policies, May 2011
Afghanistan Beyond the Fog of Nation Building: Giving
Economic Strategy a Chance, January 2011
Between Hesitation and Commitment: The EU and Georgia after
the 2008 War, November 2010
Reconciling Statism with Freedom: Turkey's Kurdish Opening,
October 2010
The Key to Success in Afghanistan: A Modern Silk Road
Strategy, May 2010
Foreign Religious Education and the Central Asian Islamic
Revival: Impact and Prospects for Stability, March 2010
Between Fact and Fantasy: Turkey's Ergenekon Investigation,
August 2009
Labor Migration in Central Asia: Implications of the Global
Economic Crisis, May 2009
Dismantling Totalitarianism? Turkmenistan under
Berdimuhamedow, March 2009
State Approaches to National Integration in Georgia: Two
Perspectives, February 2009
Prospects for a 'Torn' Turkey: A Secular and Unitary Future?
October 2008
Russia's Central Asia Policy and the Role of Russian
Nationalism, April 2008
Kazakhstan's Emerging Middle Class, March 2008
Economic and Energy Security: Connecting Europe and the
Black Sea-Caspian Region, March 2008
National Ideology and State-building in Kyrgyzstan and
Tajikistan, January 2008
Gazprom's Monopoly and Nabucco's Potentials: Strategic
Decisions for Europe, November 2007
The August 6 Bombing Incident in Georgia: Implications for
the Euro-Atlantic Region, October 2007
The Economic Aspects of the Chinese-Central Asia
Rapprochement, September 2007
The Wider Black Sea Region: An Emerging Hub in European
Security, December 2006
The Politicization of Islam in Azerbaijan, October 2006
The State-Crime Nexus in Central Asia: State Weakness, Organized
Crime and Corruption in Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan, October 2006
Minorities and the State in the South Caucasus: Assessing the
Protection of National Minorities, September 2006
Islamic Radicalism in Central Asia and the Caucasus:
Implications for the EU, July 2006
Central Asia's Economy: Mapping Future Prospects to 2015, July
2006
The Caucasus: A Challenge for Europe, June 2006
Clans, Authoritarian Rulers, and Parliaments in Central Asia,
June 2006
Anatomy of a Crisis: U.S.-Uzbekistan Relations, 2001-2005,
February 2006
Kyrgyzstan: The Path Forward, November 2005
Violence in Andijan, 13 May 2005: An Independent Assessment,
July 2005
China and Afghan Opiates: Assessing the Risk, June 2005
A
'Greater Central Asia Partnership' for Afghanistan and Its
Neighbors, March 2005
Developing Counter-Narcotics Policy in Central Asia: Legal and
Political Dimensions, January 2005
U.S. Afghanistan Policy: It's Working, October 2004
Regional Security in the South Caucasus: The Role of NATO, April
2004
The Xinjiang Problem, December 2003
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