Jen Brick Murtazashvili @jmurtazashvili Twitter profile

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Jen Brick Murtazashvili

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2 years

Uzbeks in Kharkiv distributing free plov 🇺🇿🇺🇦❤️

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Uzbekistan sent a woman to explain food safety and plant quarantine rules for trade to the Taliban.

bakiroo

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Ўзбек аёли толибларга ўсимликлар карантини ва фитосанитарияни тушунтираяпти

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If you are in Afghanistan and worked for the US and need help connecting with your American employers - please email us at cgm @pitt .edu We now have a small army of student volunteers ready to help.

Jen Brick Murtazashvili

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3 years

🚨🚨🚨🚨🚨🚨🚨🚨🚨 🇦🇫Friends in Afghanistan🇦🇫: We at @CGMPitt will help you connect with organizations you worked for in the US to help you apply for the P-2 program.

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A horrific famine is unfolding in Afghanistan. No words.

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For every university raising funds and extending a warm welcome to scholars from Ukraine 🇺🇦, please do the same for scholars from Afghanistan 🇦🇫 who have nowhere to go.

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Looking forward to reading Sandy Gall's account of the life and legacy of Ahmad Shah Massoud.

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Coming soon w/ @IMurtazashvili

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2 years

Due to popular demand, we are organizing another conversation with our partners @KyivSchool Monday at 3pm ET (10pm Kyiv). Be there. 🇺🇦 Analysis you won’t find anywhere else.

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🚨Uzbekistan 🇺🇿 foreign minister calls for: Immediate cessation of violence in Ukraine Asks Russia 🇷🇺 and Ukraine 🇺🇦 to come to a peaceful resolution Refuses to acknowledge independence of Luhansk and Donetsk Recognizes Ukraine’s territorial integrity

«Мы не признали Луганскую и Донецкую народные республики» — глава МИД Узбекистана

Министр иностранных дел Абдулазиз Камилов заявил, что Узбекистан считает необходимым немедленно прекратить военные действия в Украине. «Узбекистан признаёт независимость, суверенитет и территориаль...

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Universities lock the study of Central Asia in centers for Russian and East European studies. This reinforces colonial thinking about the region & limits inquiry. The "five former Soviet Republics" continue to be cut off intellectually from neighbors–Iran, Afg, China, Pakistan

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No US President has ever visited any of these five republics in Central Asia.

President Biden

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Today, I met with the presidents of Kazakhstan, the Kyrgyz Republic, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, and Uzbekistan in the first-ever C5+1 Presidential Summit. I look forward to a future defined by stronger regional security, connectivity, climate action, and governance.

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I agreed with President Biden's decision to withdraw from Afghanistan. Agree with Biden's blame of the Ghani government. That was a cruel speech that did not acknowledge Afghan suffering and contributions to the US mission. Took no responsibility for his catastrophic withdrawal

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Sometimes you want to go where everyone can pronounce your name.

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This is a truly bizarre and cruel move that does not help the people of Afghanistan in a very desperate time. It does not help the US achieve its own foreign policy interests. A grievous wound to Afghans. Self-defeating all around.

The New York Times

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Breaking News: President Biden is moving to split $7 billion in frozen Afghan central bank assets between 9/11 victims’ families and humanitarian aid in Afghanistan. The highly unusual set of moves is expected to be announced on Friday.

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By asking for CSTO assistance, Kazakhstan is throwing away the most important thing it has stood for over the past thirty years: it's sovereignty.

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Violence in Karakalpakstan, Uzbekistan is shocking, but protests against the government should shock no one. Poverty in Karakalpakstan is heartbreaking. This about more than poverty. As we wait to piece together events, we can explore the broader political economy. 🇺🇿

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3 years

Much attention on the hasty US withdrawal, but this is a collapse of political institutions. The state lost its remaining legitimacy. This had been eroding for years. US aid fed the state but undermined its connection to people. Domestic politics is the primary driver.

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This is significant and surprising. Just last month, Kazakhstani President Toqaev 🇰🇿--in a historic move--called in Russian 🇷🇺 troops to secure his position.

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Kazakhstan, one of Russia's closest allies and a southern neighbor, is denying a request for its troops to join the offensive in Ukraine, officials say.

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Taliban have arrested Professor Faizullah Jalal. He has been an outspoken critic of the Taliban (and all governments before). He has been an intellectual light in Afghanistan for a very long time.

TOLOnews

@TOLOnews

2 years

Professor Faizullah Jalal was arrested today in Kabul reportedly for making allegations against govt departments, a security source said, adding Jalal is now being interrogated by the intelligence dept. Jalal’s family confirmed his arrest. Officials have not yet commented.

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🚨🚨🚨🚨🚨🚨🚨🚨🚨 🇦🇫Friends in Afghanistan🇦🇫: We at @CGMPitt will help you connect with organizations you worked for in the US to help you apply for the P-2 program.

U.S. Refugee Admissions Program Priority 2 Designation for Afghan Nationals - United States...

Today, the Department of State is announcing a Priority 2 (P-2) designation granting U.S. Refugee Admissions Program (USRAP) access for certain Afghan nationals and their eligible family members. The...

www.state.gov

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President ⁦ @TokayevKZ ⁩ doubles down on support for Ukraine. Kazakhstan 🇰🇿 has “deep traditions of friendly relations with Ukraine. We respect its territorial integrity—as the overwhelming majority of the world

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I love when field interviews that I spend so much time designing and collecting are referred to as "anecdotal evidence" by other "scholars."

Dr Raul Pacheco-Vega

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My book, Informal Order and the State in #Afghanistan , is now available in paperback! Get yours here:

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ISIS-K is not an "Afghan terror group." It is a group that has used Afghanistan.

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Kazakhstan not shying away from showing how it is helping Ukraine.

Kazakh🇰🇿 Embassy in Brussels

@KazBrussels

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🇰🇿Kazakhstan to deliver 82 tons of humanitarian aid to #Ukraine , including 25 types of medicines worth 2,2 million USD. The logistics of the urgent assistance are being discussed with partner countries that have the capacity to distribute the aid. 🔗

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@ProfMattFox I just accidentally closed 93 tabs and feel that I lost a year of research.

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@jmurtazashvili

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Russian soldiers can call a 24 hour surrender hotline or by connecting to a….Telegram bot. Genius.

Defense of Ukraine

@DefenceU

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Message of the command of the Armed Forces of Ukraine to russian soldiers. We call on everyone who wants to live to surrender.

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Reminder that the war in Afghanistan did not end when US politicians declared it over.

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We were trying to get people onto this flight all day. They could not get to the airport.

Alex Marquardt

@MarquardtA

3 years

An almost empty charter evacuation flight out of Kabul. 1 of 3 planes organized by George and Maria @Abihabib to get 1,000 Afghans to Uganda. Many were blocked by the US and the Taliban and so the first plane, with 345 seats, only had 50 passengers.

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International efforts to build an Afghan state were a disaster. Access to education transformed society. The Taliban will have to confront the legacy of a failed state but a society whose expectations are very different from what they were 20 years ago.

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My latest for @washingtonpost : Given scale of economic dependence on Russia and scale of sanctions, outlook for Central Asia is increasingly grim.

Analysis | Central Asian countries now have two big worries about Russia

Moscow has seen little support this week from these countries.

www.washingtonpost.com

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2 years

Confiscating land, uprooting communities, and giving that land as a reward to allies is the most tired tactic used by rulers in Afghanistan. This strategy always backfires. Taliban doing their part to ensure their rule is short, brutish, and nasty.

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Disingenuous moment when he said that they didn't begin issuing visas sooner because Afghans **were not interested in leaving.** Happy to give Biden access to my DMs and emails from the past six months. The State Department and embassy staff knows this is not true.

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Even if you think the US leaving is the right thing to do, this is a reckless and incompetent way of doing it. @JonahDispatch is right.

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3 years

The Afghans who are at the center of heartbreaking scenes at the airport worked for the US. These were America's closest friends. They fear for their lives. He discussed suffering of American vets and aid workers but no acknowledgement of the suffering of Afghans. Bizarre.

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If history is a guide, this will have a huge impact of economies of Central Asia. It will impact the poorest economies of the region whose economies depend on labor migrants to Russia. Today in Central Asia, people still speak of time "before the sanctions" (eg 2014).

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Hearing from friends staying behind in Afghanistan that USAID has completely frozen payment to is grantees. (even for things completed). Lots of frustration. Salaries cannot be paid. Afghan people paying the price once again.

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Chilling read. Rumors swirling among migrant community in Russia 🇷🇺 that young Central Asian men are being rounded up to join the Russian military to be sent to the front lines in Ukraine 🇺🇦

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3 years

Why did the government of Afghanistan fall?

Hassan I. Hassan

@hxhassan

3 years

Just a window into why jihadists & rebels in general beat such regimes. Corruption + autocratic regimes helping each other. Afghan ex-president’s nephew living large in the UAE (h/t @SultanGhani_

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In this piece for @washingtonpost I ask: Why did the Taliban target northern Afghanistan and why did it fall so quickly?

Analysis | Northern Afghanistan once kept out the Taliban. Why has it fallen so quickly this time?

Political and ethnic tensions have fueled new discord — and the Taliban has capitalized on these grievances.

www.washingtonpost.com

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The confidence of the Taliban knows no limits. Confronting neighboring countries who helped them return to power. 🇮🇷 Skirmishes with Iran (water-related conflicts) 🇺🇿 Provoking Uzbekistan (water-related conflicts) 🇵🇰 Clashes intensifying with Pakistan (wide-ranging)

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Today, Tajikistan's President Rahmon today begged Putin not to treat Central Asia the Soviets. This was not an emphatic statement of autonomy, but a plea for more Russian attention. This was a tragic indictment of Rahmon's own rule.

Temur Umarov 马铁木

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President of Tajikistan Emomali Rahmon to Vladimir Putin: "I ask you not to treat the Central Asian countries as if it is the former Soviet Union. Every country has it's own problems, traditions..."

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The State Department P2 Visa process to help Afghan civilians who worked on the US state-building mission is a disaster. Impossible to navigate. Complicated. Bureaucratic. Incoherent. Built to fail and undermine confidence: a parable of the US state building mission. Shameful.

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Excited to join the team at @CarnegieEndow to look at the future of Asia/Central Eurasia, from the inside-out. Dynamics in this region are moving fast. There is a fascinating regionalization taking place that needs more attention.

Evan Feigenbaum

@EvanFeigenbaum

3 years

1/5: Thread: I’m thrilled to welcome @jmurtazashvili to @CarnegieEndow as a new Nonresident Scholar with #CarnegieAsia . She’s one of the most incisive thinkers on regional dynamics in continental Asia, Afghanistan, Central Asia, state-building, political order, and institutions.

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My attempt to explain the upheaval in Uzbekistan. Violent protests over proposed changes to its status have swept the autonomous region of Karakalpakstan.

Uzbekistan’s Unrest, Explained

Violent protests over proposed changes to its status have swept the autonomous region of Karakalpakstan.

foreignpolicy.com

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7 months

Heartbreaking earthquake in Herat. Fear we will never know the toll of this disaster.

Omaid Sharifi

@OmaidSharifi

7 months

Devastating news from western #Afghanistan as numerous villages lay in ruins and the death toll rises, possibly reaching into the hundreds due to the #HeratEarthquake . 💔🇦🇫

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Kyrgyzstan and the American University of Central Asia deserve enormous credit for opening their arms wide to students from Afghanistan.

Some Afghan university students find refuge — and hope — in Kyrgyzstan - The World from PRX

On a recent morning, students at the American University of Central Asia (AUCA), in Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan, gathered for the school’s annual Afghan culture day. Dressed in traditional clothing represe...

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The US has set up a program that allows Afghans who worked on civilian assistance programs to apply for asylum. But they can't apply from inside of Afghanistan. They have to leave in order to apply....in the middle of conflict.

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The Taliban inherited keys to one of the most centralized states in the world. This is why many called for decentralization for years - to avoid the exact situation we see now. Peace w/regions can only be achieved through sharing power - not through use of force.

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Have beautiful friends in Ukraine and Afghanistan. Both deserve to be treated with grace. Treatment of Afghans who are atrisk and who sacrificed so much is appalling. Spend hours on this everyday. Afghans are suffering a new trauma at the hands of US immigration bureaucracy.

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💡Decentralization in Ukraine seems to be vital source of unity & gov't legitimacy. Before war, @brik_t and I were to embark on survey work exploring decentralization in 🇺🇦. In Afg 🇦🇫 opposite dynamics emerged: authoritarian/centralized govt undermined unity & legitimacy.

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Join us tomorrow for this important discussion co-hosted by @PorseshResearch and @CGMPitt . First of several events we are planning as this violence escalates.

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The treatment Afghans have received is appalling and a national embarrassment. It is heartbreaking. So much was promised. Both Ukrainians and Afghans deserve to be treated with dignity and humanity.

Biden welcomes Ukrainian refugees, neglects Afghans, critics say

Many human rights advocates hail the administration’s response to the exodus triggered by Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, while others feel deeply frustrated that those left behind in Afghanistan have...

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3 years

Teaching Elinor Ostrom this morning. Her piece the "Danger of Self-Evident Truths" is a masterpiece.

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1 year

Afghanistan reached a new record in suffering. It’s the highest score Gallup has seen for any country, ever.

GallupNews

@GallupNews

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Gallup surveys in Afghanistan conducted in 2022 offer a bleak look inside what Afghan life is like now.

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Land conflicts between the Taliban and Hazara communities have become much more acute since the Taliban came to power. This is a far more important measure of inclusiveness than who the Taliban puts in its cabinet. It is not looking good.

Tajuden Soroush

@TajudenSoroush

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#BREAKING : Hazara leader, Mohammad Mohaqiq says, Taliban had forced Hazaras to leave their home in Daikundi. "I was informed that the Taliban had deployed their forces into the Kandir area, ousted Hazaras from their fertile lands & then distributed the lands to their supporters.

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A dear friend from Uzbekistan visited me on stunning autumn day in Madison during graduate school. She looked around and asked why there were still communist rallies in the US.

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Ukraine is revolutionizing global paradigms of (post-)conflict reconstruction. Donors often speak of resilience. This is what it looks like. Done from the inside, not from blueprints in Washington or Geneva or expensive US contractors. Mylovanov Plans, not Marshall Plans.

Tymofiy Mylovanov

@Mylovanov

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Ukraine restores the railroad bridge that has been blown up by Russians in Irpin (close to Bucha). The ministry of infrastructure: more than 30 river bridges (auto and rail) have been repaired in less than a month. Ukrainians don’t wait for the war to end to start rebuilding

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This unverified account says he knows these people personally. Says they started from nothing and created dynamic businesses in Kharkiv. Reports that Russians burned down their café and yet they carry on.

Пыня Лаптев

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@jmurtazashvili Знал этих ребят лично, молодцы. Поднялись в Харькове с нуля, был бизнес закусочные, чебуреки, шаурма. На героев труда была одна из точек. Пришли руссские фашисты, вчера сгорели их кафе... Надеюсь после войны им восстановят их бизнес... Просто умницы.

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It still costs $575 for an Afghan refugee to apply for "humanitarian parole" to come to the US. $575! Many of you have reached out asking how to help those seeking refuge. ☎️Answer is simple: call your member of Congress and ask them to support a waiver of this fee. 📞📱

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After 🇺🇸 P2 program announced on Aug 2, I asked a student to help friends in🇦🇫 get work verification letters. Requests kept coming, so we solicited student volunteers. 10 began working. After fall of Kabul, we @cgmpitt got more than 4000 requests. Now we have 70 volunteers.

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Interview with Merkel’s Former Foreign Policy Adviser: “I Have Eliminated 'the West’ from My Vocabulary”

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My new piece for @TheNatlInterest : By redistributing funds from one of the poorest countries in the world to victims of terror in one of the wealthiest, Biden can take on a new moniker: Robin Hood in Reverse.

Biden Continues to Bungle Afghanistan

By redistributing funds from one of the poorest countries in the world to victims of terror in one of the wealthiest, Biden can take on a new moniker: Robin Hood in Reverse.

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Biden administration officials say Uzbekistan and Tajikistan are their preferred locations for new US bases.

Afghan Pullout Leaves U.S. Looking for Other Places to Station Its Troops

U.S. military planners are seeking options to base forces and equipment in Central Asia and the Middle East after American and allied troops leave Afghanistan.

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We are hosting this English-language @TwitterSpaces featuring researchers from Afghanistan to raise global awareness about the harrowing plight of the Hazaras. If you don't know much about this issue and want to learn more, this event is for you.

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Elinor Ostrom is such a huge inspiration for me. Got so bored with my field until I found her. She saw things differently. Celebrate her insights everyday, not just on March 8. If you don’t know about her work, check out this video by @tylercowen .

Elinor Ostrom | Women in Economics

The first episode of our new Women in Economics series is about the first woman to win the Nobel Prize in economics: Elinor Ostrom.Ostrom is best known for h...

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As the world turned its attention to Ukraine, the Taliban began its focus on Tajik communities that have been the strongest source of resistance.

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"What Afghanistan shows is that we need a new definition of expertise, one that relies more on proven track records and healthy cognitive habits, and less on credentials and the narrow forms of knowledge that are too often rewarded."

Opinion | ‘Just Trust the Experts,’ We’re Told. We Shouldn’t. (Published 2021)

We need a new definition of expertise that relies more on track records and less on credentials and the narrow forms of knowledge they reward.

www.nytimes.com

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@jmurtazashvili

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Will be hard to put a lid on this. Russian politicians making territorial claims on Kazakhstan 🇰🇿

Жарнама

@zharnama

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Геннадий Зюганов, депутат Госдумы: —Защитить «русскоговорящее» население от произвола в Казахстане; —Взять под охрану Байконур, полигоны, производство урана; —Принять ряд исчерпывающих решений. Отвечу по-русски: СОСИТЕ ХУЙ, ДОЛБОЁБЫ!

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Community having crazy celebration in Andjion, Uzbekistan 🇺🇿 because for the first time EVER community is able to have a say over its own budget. They chose to pave the roads. Academics debate efficiency of decentralization, they forget how it builds legitimacy.

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Whether you agreed with US withdrawal or not: the handling and preparation for the withdrawal was worse than anyone could have imagined. Demonstrated shocking ignorance of political dynamics in a country where US had troops for 20 years.

Jane Ferguson

@JaneFerguson5

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Two years today since the disastrous collapse of the #Afghan govt and #Taliban takeover. One of the worst moments in American foreign policy history.

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Such an important piece by @Sarah_Chayes on the rot of corruption the international project brought to Afghanistan. The US and other donors fueled this status quo for years. There are many causes of the continued insurgency - but this is a big one.

Afghanistan’s Corruption Was Made in America

How self-dealing elites failed in both countries.

www.foreignaffairs.com

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@jmurtazashvili

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Uzbekistan Sends Technicians To Repair Afghanistan's Mazar-e Sharif Airport

Uzbekistan has sent experts to the northern Afghanistan city of Mazar-e Sharif to help repair its airport equipment and restart operations.

www.rferl.org

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20 years ago when I was working for USAID in Uzbekistan, we used Termez as a hub to get humanitarian aid into Afghanistan before the war began. Never thought I'd see this again in my lifetime. Relieved to see Uzbekistan participating.

Uzbekistan offers to act as hub for Afghanistan aid

Uzbekistan is offering up a logistics center on its border with Afghanistan for moving humanitarian aid. The terms of a deal are yet to be agreed.

eurasianet.org

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@jmurtazashvili

2 years

Kazakhstanis demand their government close their border with Russia.

Qazaqstan_online

@Qazaqstan_

2 years

Жители Жанаозена требуют закрыть границу Казахстана с Россией.

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The involvement of #Uzbekistan in efforts to negotiate an end to the war in #Afghanistan is an important story that deserves a lot more attention. Uzbekistan has become so much more open to Afghan citizens. Walls that long existed are slowly coming down. A real joy to see.

Javlon Vakhabov

@JavlonVakhabov

4 years

… #Uzbekistan is absolutely sincere in conducting its #Afghan_policy . We don’t have political goals or hidden motives in relation w/ 🇦🇫. We are guided by very simple & pragmatic principle: if there is a #peace_in_neighbor ’s_house, then there is a peace in yours.

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@jmurtazashvili

2 years

On the @ACEurasia Twitter Space I said these protests are about the people of Kazakhstan 🇰🇿. This is not about Russia, Putin, China, or energy prices. People in KZ have been talking about these issues for a long time in a peaceful manner. This is about Kazakhstan.

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@jmurtazashvili

2 years

Momentous days in Afghanistan. Doesn't bode well for Taliban. -IS-K attacks on minorities + neighboring countries (Uz+Taj) -Border skirmishes w/Pakistan + Iran -⏫attacks by NRF on Taliban -Economic freefall Taliban response: restrict women (burqa + mahram). Signals weak regime

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@jmurtazashvili

2 years

Such incredible joy to see our dear friend and @CGMPitt colleague @OmarSadr receive the @CESS_news book award for his book: Negotiating Cultural Diversity in Afghanistan. Congratulations, Omar!

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@jmurtazashvili

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As gas-rich Central Asia confronts historic cold, images emerging of people in Tashkent preparing meals outside because there is no gas or electricity in their homes.

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@jmurtazashvili

3 years

Pittsburgh is welcoming friends from Afghanistan with open arms. Heartened to see this @StateDept recognition.

State Dept. recommends Pittsburgh among 19 U.S. cities for Afghan allies to resettle

WASHINGTON — The U.S. State Department has recommended Pittsburgh, among 19 American cities, as a place for Afghans fleeing the Taliban takeover...

www.post-gazette.com

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@jmurtazashvili

10 months

My students and collaborators from authoritarian regimes are the most ardent defenders of free expression in our universities.

Alexander Kustov

@akoustov

10 months

NO! As someone who was born in the USSR, where people with good intentions were reciting Marx in classrooms and denouncing others for not doing so behind each other's backs, I'm getting frustrated and appalled by some supposedly liberal professors pushing this in America now

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3 years

This is the famous Friendship Bridge that links Afghanistan to Uzbekistan. Soviet occupation ended when last tanks crossed this bridge. Bridge now a landmark for the collapse of the Ghani government.

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@jmurtazashvili

3 years

Excellent thread explaining all that has gone wrong with US strategy since Biden came into office. Shows what could have been done to avoid this. Apparent Biden did not want to expend the energy to develop a strategy. He gave up on Afghanistan. He decided he was done.

Asfandyar Mir

@asfandyarmir

3 years

As the Taliban take control of Kabul, I have many stories on the structural drivers of this moment — which certainly pre-date the Biden presidency — but the rapidity of the final collapse is on President Biden.

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@jmurtazashvili

2 years

This is an incredible strategic move on the part of Kazakhstan. Tempted to think that their actions could signal the end of the EAEU and even the CSTO as we know them.

Bakhti Nishanov

@b_nishanov

2 years

“Russia wants us to support them but we don’t recognize Crimea, or Donbas. Yes, we are in a union with Russia but it doesn’t apply to this situation. We won’t help Russia avoid US and EU sanctions.” - Deputy chair of the presidential administration in Kazakhstan. This is huge.

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2 years

Biden is signing a massive, $40 billion aid package for Ukraine. $13.5 billion already spent. Without oversight this aid will be poisonous. The US must be accountable to its people and those of Ukraine. ❗️Time to create a Special Inspector General for Ukraine Reconstruction🇺🇦

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@jmurtazashvili

8 months

Привіт, Київ i KSE! Great to be back at @kse_ua . Kicking off a semester-long course I’ve helped them design on reconstruction and recovery. 🇺🇦 I’ll begin with a lecture on the big issues. Then @sgehlbach will teach two modules: 1) urban reconstruction; 2) role of oligarchs.

Tymofii Brik

@brik_t

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I can't believe this is happening in Kyiv, now! @jmurtazashvili and @sgehlbach are here in person! They will teach a course on Global recovery at @kse_ua

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2 years

Heartbreaking and utterly damning essay on Biden administration incompetence on Afghanistan withdrawal by George Packer. "It could have shown imagination and initiative. But the administration did none of this."

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@jmurtazashvili

8 months

Yesterday, President Biden met with the leaders of five Central Asian states—Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, and Uzbekistan—in a historic C5+1 summit. This was the first time that any US president had met with these leaders together in this format.

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@jmurtazashvili

5 years

Coming back into the light....so this happened. Thank you @CESS_news .

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@jmurtazashvili

3 years

A Brief History of the Jews of Bukhara and Central Asia Even addresses the question of whether the Pashtuns are the lost tribe.

A Brief History of the Jews of Bukhara and Central Asia

Our ‘History Detective’ columnist maps out the geographic and literary timeline of the Bukharan Jews

www.tabletmag.com

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@jmurtazashvili

9 months

What is China's interest in Afghanistan? Here is your answer. Taliban 2.0 has laser-like focus on coercive capacity of its regime. It is where China and Taliban interests align. Forget minerals, natural gas, or BRI. What China wants in Afghanistan is stability and order.

Abdullah Ahmadzai🇦🇫

@AbdullahAhmadza

9 months

China planning to install advanced CCTVs in all 34 provinces of Afghanistan. Huawei doing this pro bono. So selfless and generous. Taliban must be very pleased with this “assistance”.

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@jmurtazashvili

7 months

Would rejoice to never see another statement by a university leader in response to a crisis. We should stop demanding them. Administrators should clear a path for academic freedom so we can have difficult and painful conversations. It is not their role to lead or resolve them.

Yascha Mounk

@Yascha_Mounk

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While ignoring the deliberate slaughter of hundreds of civilians, these same universities did find the time to commemorate a variety of causes from Indigenous Peoples Day to Sustainability Week.

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Panjshir: "There are dead bodies in every corner," said Mullah Mahad, 41, another resident of the valley. "But they [locals] don't have the right to bury their dead."

New Reports Of Fighting In Afghanistan's Panjshir Trigger Fresh Claims Of Taliban War Crimes

Residents of Afghanistan's Panjshir Province have told RFE/RL's Radio Azadi that the arrival of Taliban fighters to counter growing unrest and fighting by resistance forces has led to hardships for...

www.rferl.org

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3 years

👩‍🏫Teaching a new fall course: Political Economy of Central Eurasia: Security, Development, and Foreign Policy 🇦🇫🇷🇺🇺🇿🇹🇯🇰🇿🇨🇳🇵🇰🇮🇷🇰🇬🇹🇲🇹🇷 Emphasis on bottom-up perspectives, regional dynamics, with a dash of great power politics. ❓What must students read? (h/t @EricaMarat for idea)

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Ahmad Massoud, Amrullah Saleh, the former vice-president and self-declared acting president, & Abdul Latif Pedram, the leader of the National congress party of Afghanistan, have all been given protection in Dushanbe. Featuring insights by @TUmarov .

How Tajikistan became hub for Afghanistan’s resistance

Neighbour offers refuge for politicians sought by Taliban and base to plan the fight back

www.ft.com

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@jmurtazashvili

2 years

Big if true: Islamic State Khrorasan claims to have fired rockets from northern Afghanistan into Uzbekistan (Hairaton)

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@jmurtazashvili

2 years

Global attention has moved to Ukraine. Afghanistan having a terrible winter is only made worse by economic aftershocks of Ukraine.

Robert Crews

@RobertCrews22

2 years

A reminder that 95% of Afghan households are already food insecure. All of these crises are interrelated and global in scale. “it's not whether we are moving into a global food crisis - it's how large the crisis will be."

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Air raid sirens have gone off. Wrapping up my lesson prep from a basement shelter. Amazed to see how full of life Kyiv is during the day, despite this never ending nightly terror.

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3 years

Uzbekistan & Tajikistan taking divergent approaches to Afghanistan - with regional implications. Uzbekistan is prepared to work with Taliban on trade and infrastructure projects - depending on their ability to control militants Tajikistan remains strident in support of Massoud.

Anahita SD

@Anahita_SD

3 years

Tajikistan sent weapons to the resistance movement to Panjshir Not confirmed by officials in Dushanbe #Afghanistan #Tajikistan

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