OSCE Academy, Bishkek / Kyrgyzstan - Central Asia Security Policy Briefs

OSCE Academy - GCSP International Security Programme Central Asia Security Policy Briefs Series

OSCE Academy jointly with the Geneva Centre for Security policy launched Central Asia Security Policy Briefs Series in November 2010.

This occasional paper series deals with current issues of comprehensive security relevant for Central Asia. This includes but is not limited to such themes as socioeconomic determinants of security, identity-based conflicts, political Islam, ethnopolitics, security organizations, bilateral relations, the situation in Afghanistan and other neighbouring states.

Central Asia Security Policy Briefs are intended to foster interaction among policy, expert and scholarly communities.

Central Asia Security Policy Briefs will be published on-line in the pdf format, with printed copies available. The language of publication is English. Submissions can be made in English or Russian. We will make Russian translation of select Briefs.

download Submission Guidelines

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The OSCE Academy in Bishkek is accepting proposals for its Central Asia Security Policy Briefs Series on topics related to comprehensive security in Central Asia. The topics may cover various facets of comprehensive security, including, but not limited to, socioeconomic determinants of security, identity-based conflicts, political Islam, ethno-politics, security organizations, bilateral relations, the situation in Afghanistan and other neighboring states.

Of particular priority in 2013 are the topics current international developments in Central Asia, including Central Asia and Afghanistan after 2014, the dynamics of international relations within Central Asia, new and old regional economic integration initiatives and related.

The deadline for proposals is March 01, 2013. Shortlisted applicants will be invited for further discussion within two weeks after the submission of proposals.

For more information please download Call for proposals

Аналитические заметки о политике безопасности в Центральной Азии № 10: Операция в Хороге и боевое состояние Вооруженных Сил Таджикистана, Фаредун Ходизода (Russian version only)

Central Asia Security Policy Brief #9: Afghanistan: state, boundaries, and the threats of perpetual conflict, Elham Gharji

Central Asia Security Policy Brief # 8: Cooperation of mass media and government bodies in Jalal - Abad

Central Asia Security Policy Brief # 7: Instability in Tajikistan? The Islamic Movement of Uzbekistan and the Afghanistan Factor, Christian Bleuer

Central Asia Security Policy Brief # 6: The Arab Spring: Implications for Europe-Eurasian Relations? Graeme P. Herd and Violetta Yan

Central Asia Security Policy Brief # 5: Transit Agreements, Security Cooperation and Afghanistan Stabilization, Gregory Gleason

Central Asia Security Policy Brief #4: The state at its borders: the internal dimensions of Kyrgyzstan’s border security, Katarzyna Czerniecka

Central Asia Security Policy Brief # 3: Trust in a Traditional, Tolerant and Transparent Multi-level Game? The Kazakhstani OSCE Chairmanship 2010, Anna Kreikemeyer

Central Asia Security Policy Brief # 2: Comparing India's and China's Approaches in Central Asia, Ajay Patnaik

Central Asia Security Policy Brief # 1: Resurrecting an energy tariff policy in Kyrgyzstan, David Gullette

OSCE Academy-GCSP Central Asia Security Policy Briefs