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June 30, 2011

After consultation with the US Embassy in Bishkek, my topics of interest were firms and entrepreneurs in the textile and food processing sectors that have prospects as investment and/or trade...

June 30, 2011

This research brief provides an overview of recent developments in Russian forestry policy that have unfolded following the rewriting of the latest Forest Code, which was instituted in 2007.

May 15, 2011

This research focuses on the changing role of think tanks in the policy-making process in Kazakhstan and uses a couple of case studies to illustrate current trends.

March 1, 2011

This research — derived from observations, interviews, and continuing analysis of secondary sources — offers an “involved outsider’s” glimpse into Azerbaijan’...

February 15, 2011

When funding energy projects in Tajikistan, international donors should balance large and small scale energy production since smaller scale projects have the greatest probability of helping the...

January 6, 2011

My research focused on the current political situation in Moldova following multiple parliamentary elections in 2009 where no party received enough seats in Parliament needed to elect a...

December 30, 2010

My research focused on the figure of Sadriddin Aini, often hailed as the “father of Tajik literature”, and the literary efforts which he, his colleagues, and his mentees undertook in...

December 6, 2010
US Embassy Policy Specialist Program (EPS)

This research brief looks at the challenges to proper alternative energy regulatory reform and offers policy prescriptions for the Azerbaijani government.

November 1, 2010

My research concentrates on a simple question: what impact are GIPA’s graduates having in the field to produce an educated citizenry which is imperative for the success of a democratic...

September 30, 2010

The principal focus of my research is the history of Russian-American relations in the decades surrounding the turn of 20th century through the exploration of broad venues of public diplomacy,...