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Lectures at SOAS University and USTA Mentorship programme

I had another couple of brilliant teaching adventures this week, and the previous one. Last Friday, I taught the introductory seminar for Dr Bhavna Dave’s module “Central Asia and the Caucasus: Politics and International Relations” at SOAS University of London, in my new Department, which I will be joining next week. The seminar was about…

Essay on The Diplomat: “The ‘New Normal’ Is Not Deglobalization, It’s Reglobalization”

“In places like Uzbekistan, policymakers have doubled down on economic liberalization and internationalization despite Western narratives of global conflict and economic decoupling.” I am happy to share my latest for The Diplomat discussing my Globalizations academic article on the political economy of the war in Ukraine in the context of Uzbekistan. Have a read here.

Joined the co-convenor team of BISA’s East Europe and Eurasia working group

Next year’s BISA conference (Brighton, 3-5 June 2026) will be my first as co-convener of a working group. I just joined the team of the East Europe and Eurasia (EEES) working group, which hosts all the Russia, East Europe, Caucasus and Central Asia-related research at BISA. Thank you to the other co-conveners for thinking of…