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Students of OSCE Academy met British Ambassador to Kyrgyzstan

On 1 April the OSCE Academy was honoured to welcome British Ambassador to Kyrgyzstan H.E. Charles Garrett, who visited the Academy to deliver a guest lecture to our MA students. The theme of the lecture was the Integrated Review of the UK Foreign Policy, published on 16 March 2021.

1 April, 2021
UNICRI Expert presented the Global Perspective on the AI enabled Crime and Crime Prevention

On 26 March Mr. Irakli Beridze, Head of the Centre for Artificial Intelligence and Robotics, United Nations Interregional Crime and Justice Research Institute (UNICRI), e-visited the OSCE Academy in Bishkek to address the use of AI to ensure law and order. He delivered the online lecture on Global Perspective on the AI enabled Crime and Crime Prevention. This lecture was a part of the course ‘Contemporary Security Issues’ taught by Dr. Elena Zhirukhina within MA Programme in Politics and Security.

26 March, 2021
The “Perspectives 20-30 Online Academy” launches: the OSCE amplifies Youth Voices for a Safer Future

On 26 March thirty two young professionals and students from 29 OSCE participating States began the nine-month “Perspectives 20-30 Online Academy”. The Office of the OSCE Secretary General, in partnership with the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights, the OSCE Academy in Bishkek, and the Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung Regional Office for Cooperation and Peace in Europe strongly supports this initiative.

26 March, 2021
Students discuss Cultural Matters in Radical Movements with Dr. Chiara Pierobon

On 18 March the OSCE Academy in Bishkek hosted the online lecture “Music, Identity and Cognitive Praxis in Radical Movements: Why Culture Matters” delivered by Dr. Chiara Pierobon, Postdoctoral Researcher at Bielefeld University (Germany) and Associate Research Fellow at the OSCE Academy. This lecture was held within the Political Violence and Terrorism module taught by Dr. Daniella Irrera from the University of Catania.

19 March, 2021
Students learn about the Consequences of the Illicit Acquisition, Manufacture, Trafficking and Criminal Use of Firearms from UNODC Officer

On 5 March, the OSCE Academy in Bishkek hosted the online lecture ‘The consequences of the illicit acquisition, manufacture, trafficking and criminal use of firearms’, kindly delivered by Mr. Paul Ianovici, Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice Officer at the Global Firearms Programme and Education for Justice initiative of the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC).

16 March, 2021
IPSA RC34 Quality of Democracy Workshop “China's Belt and Road Initiative: Curse or Blessing for Democracy in Eurasia?”

On 12 March the OSCE Academy jointly with the International Political Science Association RC 34 launched a 3-day online-workshop: “China's Belt and Road Initiative: curse or blessing for democracy in Eurasia?”, organized and moderated by Dr. Anja Mihr, DAAD Associate Professor at the OSCE Academy in Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan, and Dr. Brigitte Weiffen, Senior Lecturer at The Open University in the United Kingdom.

15 March, 2021
Workshop on Employment in International Development: From Job-Hunting to Settling in a New Job

On 18 February the OSCE Academy hosted an online workshop for current students and recent alumni, who are looking to launch a career in international development. The workshop was initiated by the Academy Postdoctoral Fellow Dr. Aijan Sharshenova. Dr. Sharshenova has an extensive experience working in USAID projects in Kyrgyzstan and the UN agencies’ in the Middle East that she shared with the participants of the workshop.

19 February, 2021
Launch Event: International Affairs Special Issue on Environmental Peacebuilding

On 15 February the OSCE Academy hosted an online event to discuss a new special issue on Environmental Peacebuilding in International Affairs. In this issue the authors advance the theories, methodologies and policy implications of this rapidly developing field. This event was initiated by Dr. Mirza Sadaqat Huda, Academy’s Postdoctoral Research Fellow and author of the article “An Ecological Response to Ethno-Nationalistic Populism: Grassroots Environmental Peacebuilding in South Asia.” The discussion featured presentations by contributors who shared new insights on environmental peacebuilding in the context of Liberia and Sierra Leone, Columbia, South Asia, and Central Asia.

15 February, 2021
Dutch Delegation Visits the OSCE Academy

On 4 February the OSCE Academy welcomed representatives of the Embassy of the Kingdom of the Netherlands in Kazakhstan for an introductory visit. Dr. Nout van Woudenberg, Deputy head of Mission, and Ms. Irina Buchinskaya, Political, Human Rights & Project officer, met Dr. Alexander Wolters, Director of the OSCE Academy. Dr. Wolters presented the Academy’s programmes and activities and informed about the Academy’s work to cope with the challenges posed by the global pandemic.

4 February, 2021
Master Students receive their Degrees during First Hybrid Format Graduation Ceremony

On 22 January 34 students of the MA Programmes in Politics & Security and in Economic Governance & Development received their degrees and graduated from the OSCE Academy in Bishkek. This has been the first Graduation Ceremony held in a hybrid format, which was a forced measure caused by the COVID-19 pandemic. The Bishkek-based graduates and invited guests joined the ceremony in person, whereas some of the students coming from other countries of Central Asia and Afghanistan joined via Zoom.

25 January, 2021