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Smart and Sustainable Cities

How can smart and sustainable cities create fairer urban environments for all? Read the latest snapshot report.

مدن ذكية ومستدامة

لعلّ ازدياد لجوء المدن من حول العالم إلى استخدام البيانات والتقنية لتحسين البنى التحتية الحضرية وتعزيز جودة حياة سكانها أدى إلى الخروج بحلول مبتكرة للتحديات التي تواجهها البلديات ودفع هذه الأخيرة إلى البحث عن أفضل الطرق لإيجاد بنى تحتية اجتماعية واقتصادية شاملة. يدّعي مؤيدو دمج التقنية والبيانات في المدن، أي ما يُعرف بمصطلح "المدن الذكية"، أنّ لذلك القدرة على إحداث تحوّل في كيفية التصدي للتحديات المنهجية وتحسين حياة المواطنين. غير أنّ إنشاء "مدن ذكية" لا يخلو من حصته من تضارب الآراء، وبخاصةٍ في ما يتعلق بإنشاء بيئات حضرية تتّسم بالعدل والاستدامة. فكيف يمكن للتقنية أن تتصدى بشكلٍ أفضل للتحديات التي تواجهها المدن؟ وكيف يمكن للبيانات أن تعالج المفاهيم الخاطئة؟ هل يمكن للمدن الذكية أن تعزّز مستقبلًا مستدامًا ومنصفًا؟ أم أنّ في هذا المفهوم مبالغةً؟

Debating International Relations in Central Asia

Earlier in 2020, the Hollings Center through its small grants program, co-sponsored a project with Crossroads Central Asia and experts Shairbek Dzhuraev and Eric McGlinchery. The purpose of the project was to contribute to an informed debate and dialogue on international relations in Central Asia, with a particular focus on evolving modes of engagement of […]

Podcast: The Covid-19 and Political Transition in Kyrgyzstan

This program is the second in a series of podcasts on Central Asian international relations that aims to discuss key events and developments in the region and in its engagement with the world. The podcast is part of a project by Dr. Eric McGlinchey and Dr. Shairbek Dzhuraev on debating the region’s relationships. The podcast […]

Does Russia Have A Strategy for Central Asia?

Yulia Nikitina, MGIMO University, Russia [doc id=5700]

Three Decades of Development Aid in Tajikistan

Karolina Kluczewska, Justus Liebig University Giessen, Germany [doc id=5695]

The Effects of Remittances in Central Asia

Jakhongir Kakhkharov, Flinders University, Australia [doc id=5690]

Kyrgyz Post-Soviet Foreign Policy: A Habit of Dependency

Emilbek Dzhuraev, OSCE Academy in Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan [doc id=5684]

Youth, Peace and Security Nexus: Perceptions Toward Youth

From global climate change demonstrations and strikes to protests against ruling elites, corruption, and inequality, the world witnessed mass youth protests in the last year. Despite youth’s remarkable political mobilization, their messages are often devalued or ignored. This is mainly related with the contradictory perceptions of youth as being ‘troublemakers’ or ‘victims’, or ‘agents of […]

International Virtual Master Trainers Workshop

In the spring of 2020, colleges and universities around the globe experienced sudden disruption from the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic. What followed could be considered the first global crisis in higher education, with over 200 million enrolled students experiencing unplanned shifts to remote learning, while instructors, administrators, and officials were forced to execute quickly […]

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