Panel: American Foreign Policy and Neo-Imperialism in Central Asia

Dear all,

This year, CESS (Central Eurasian Studies Society) conference will take place at Georgetown University and Gary Wood and I have organized a panel on American Foreign Policy and Neo-Imperialism in Central Asia. Dr. Kemal Silay will be a discussant in the panel. You are very welcome to come. Please share and distribute widely, apologies for cross-posting.

You will find the panel information below.


Central Eurasian Studies Society
Ninth Annual Conference, September 18-21, 2008
Georgetown University, Washington, DC
http://www.cess.muohio.edu/

American Foreign Policy and Neo-Imperialism in Central Asia
Friday, September 19, 2:00-3:45

Organizer: Gary Wood (Virginia Tech. University)

Chair: Tugrul Keskin (Virginia Tech. University)

Discussant: Kemal Silay (Indiana University)

1) Ajay Kumar Patnaik (Jawaharlal Nehru University), “Export of Democracy: US Geopolitical Moves in Central Asia”

2) Azeem Ibrahim (University of Cambridge), “Motivational Drivers of US Policy in Post Soviet Era”

3) Tugrul Keskin (Sociology-Virginia Tech University) and Gary Wood (Sociology-Virginia Tech University) “New-Imperialism and Promotion of Democracy in Central Asia: Case of NED and NDI”

4) Reed Taylor (ASPECT-Virginia Tech. University), “Hizb Ut-Tahrir in Uzbekistan: a Post-Colonial Critique”


Peace to you all,

Tugrul