Join the Central Asia Program at George Washington University's Institute for European, Russian and Eurasian Studies for a talk with Yevgeniy Zhovtis about how the future of Central Asian states is threatened by their inability to move past Soviet attitudes and the grasp of elite ruling circles. The event will focus on concerns stemming from the continuing concentration of political power and wealth among former communist elite, a lack of real, independent and activist civil society, and nationalist and xenophobic trends among youth.

RSVP is requested; information can be found at this link.

Speaker:

Yevgeniy Zhovtis, human rights lawyer; director, Kazakhstan International Bureau for Human Rights and the Rule of Law