It is my pleasure to welcome you all to a new academic year, which promises to be a busy one for the Centre of Contemporary Central Asia and the Caucasus. We have a full programme of events coming up in 2018/19, including our regular evening seminar series, so do keep an eye on our regular e-bulletins.
The annual lecture brings together those with an interest in Afghanistan, Pakistan and Central Asia and provides an opportunity for leading scholars, opinion formers and policy makers to reflect on issues of topical interest.
The 2019 lecture is given by Dr Orzala Ashraf Nemat (Director of Afghanistan Research and Evaluation Unit).
We produce, on a regular basis during term time, a News and Updates eBulletin which provides information about the activities of the Centre of Contemporary Central Asia & the Caucasus.
The eBulletin highlights the latest events, funding and knowledge being shared and other topical opportunities that we think will be of interest to you.
Tom de Waal presents the updated edition of his book The Caucasus: An Introduction, the essential guide to the history and politics of the South Caucasus.
This conference is designed to examine how this flagship foreign policy initiative of President Xi Jinping is affecting the key regions in the world along both the Silk Road Economic Belt and the Maritime Silk Road, and how countries thus affected are responding.