On 05 June 2024, Liz Zentos, Deputy Chief of Mission at the U.S. Embassy in Bishkek, and Rachel Smith, Chief of Political and Economic Affairs, delivered a guest lecture to students of the MA Programme in Politics and Security. The lecture was part of the Central Asia and the USA modular course, taught by Dr. Shairbek Dzhuraev, Co-founder and President of Crossroads Central Asia and a Visiting Lecturer at the OSCE Academy in Bishkek.