Anton Koslov Participates in Conference on the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region

Professor Anton Koslov participated in a conference on the theme: “Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region and Security in Central Asia” that took place on October 8th 2020 in Moscow. The conference was organized by the International Center for the Study of Eurasia - ICSE (Paris) and the Institute of the Commonwealth of Independent States (Moscow). The conference was part of a symposium on "Central Asia: Current Challenges”.

Experts from fifteen countries, including Russia, France, the United States, the United Kingdom, Monaco, Iran, Pakistan, Indonesia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Uzbekistan, Tajikistan, South Africa, and the Democratic Republic of Congo, met at the Ararat Park Hyatt hotel in Moscow and debated a broad range of topics related to the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region. The participants discussed Chinese economic and social policies in the autonomous region, US strategic approach to China and the role of external forces in Uyghur politics. 

Anton Koslov's paper, entitled “Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region and Conflicting Interests of Global Powers,” discussed the history of Uyghur nationalism, Islamism and American foreign policy in the region.