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2007 Regional Symposium Grants: The Former Soviet Republics of Central Asia and the Contemporary Silk Road April 30, 2007 On April 26 -28, 2007, IREX, in collaboration with the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars (WWC), hosted the Seventh Annual Regional Policy Symposium at the Historic District... Higher Education Development, Education, Research Support	2006 Edmund S. Muskie Graduate Fellowship (Muskie) Program Fellows December 30, 2006 International Education, Education
Contrasting Historical Legacies: Informal Networks and Russian Minority Politics in Kyrgyzstan and Latvia (Research Brief) September 29, 2006 This research project explores how the presence (or absence) of inherited Soviet-era informal networks impacts attempts made by Russians in independent Kyrgyzstan and Latvia to organize on an... Education, Research Support	Project Area: Academic Honesty (Research Brief) August 30, 2006 The project, Corruption and Kyrgyz Higher Education, focused on researching possible corruption in Kyrgyz higher education and to make policy and strategic recommendations for addressing problem... Education, Research Support
State-Building, Rural Development and Social Change in Soviet Kirgizia, 1921-1941 (Research Brief) August 24, 2006 I concentrated the research on three broad aspects of Soviet governance in Kyrgyzstan, namely politics, economic development, and social modernization (often called “cultural construction... Education, Research Support	The Dynamics of Civil Protests: A Case Study of the Kyrgyz Republic (Research Brief) August 24, 2006 The initial conditions, the path of the protests, and the final result were significantly different in the Kyrgyz Republic from other recent political changes in post-soviet governments. Education, Research Support
2005 Edmund S. Muskie Graduate Fellowship (Muskie) Program Fellows December 30, 2005 International Education, Education	China’s Intentions in Central Asia: Perceptions Versus Reality (Research Brief) September 30, 2005 This fieldwork was designed to shed some light on the military, political, economic, and counterterrorism activities of China in Central Asia. I visited Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, and Tajikistan.... Education, Research Support
An Anthropological Study of Religious Knowledge and Its Transmission Among the Uzbek- Kyrgyzstanis: The Relationship Between Identity, Ritual, Political Marginalization, and Islamism (Research Brief) September 23, 2005 Specifically, I was interested in how people came to know what they claimed to know about religion and culture and how this influenced the way they practiced religion and expressed their culture... Education, Research Support	Institutional Change and Innovation in Kyrgyz Agriculture: Understanding Variations in Farm Performance (Research Brief) September 23, 2005 This research describes and analyzes the emerging contractual arrangements in the Kyrgyz fruit and vegetable subsector. Education, Research Support