Tomorrow, March 17th, the Asia Society in New York City is hosting a discussion entitled “The Future of Central Asia: A New Great Game?”
Its focus is on current dynamics in Central Asia and how today’s developments will impact the region’s future featuring Philip Shishkin, a Bernard Schwartz Fellow at the Asia Society and a former foreign correspondent at the Wall Street Journal who recently returned from an extended trip to the region; Stephen Blank, Research Professor of National Security Affairs at the U.S. Army War College’s Strategic Studies Institute; and Anthony Richter, Associate Director of the Open Society Foundations and Director of the Foundation’s Central Eurasia Project and the Middle East & North Africa Initiative.
There is a live webcast starting at 12:30 ET on Thursday, March 17th. You can watch it here from 1:00 to 2:00 pm ET. Online viewers are encouraged to submit their questions to [email protected] during the webcast.
For more information on the event please go to: http://asiasociety.org/events-calendar/future-central-asia-new-great-game
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