Ethnicity, Migration and Security Concerns in Central Asia
Track |
- Regional Security: Local Dynamics - Global Impact II
Tuesday, 31 May 2011, 09:00 - 10:30
Hosted by the Centre on Conflict, Development and Peacebuilding (CCDP) and the Programme for the Study of Global Migration (PSGM), Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies
Over the past two decades, Central Asia has witnessed dramatic social, economic and political changes. The fall of the Soviet Union, the presence of important fossil resources, the rise of ethnic claims and militant Islam, conflicts over international borders and water use have brought new hopes and new tensions. State-building and transition to democracy have been characterized by instability. This panel will focus on the security challenges related to the flow of people, refugees as well as labor migrants. Did the independence of former Soviet republics create obstacles in a region that was formerly integrated as a larger political entity and economic market? Did the drawing of new international borders enhance ethnic tensions and indirectly provoke forced displacements? Can mobility be considered in certain cases as a coping strategy to manage insecurity and spread risk? Conversely, when can displacement foster further social stress and conflict?
Chair
Alessandro Monsutti
Research Director, Transnational Studies/Development Studies, Programme for the Study of Global Migration (PSGM), Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies, Geneva
Speakers
Discussant
Oliver Jütersonke
Head of Research, Centre on Conflict, Development and Peacebuilding (CCDP), Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies, Geneva, Switzerland
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Bayram Balci
Researcher, Centre d'Etudes et de Recherches Internationales, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, Paris, France
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Meltem Sancak
Research Associate, Department of Cultural and Social Anthropology, University of Zurich, Switzerland
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Peter Finke
Professor and Head, Department of Cultural and Social Anthropology, University of Zurich, Switzerland
More on Discussion Topic
Ethnicity in Central Asia, Migration in Central Asia, Regional Security in Central Asia
Location
Red Room
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