LECTURE- Post-War Stability in Tajikistan, OSCE Centre Dushanbe, Oct. 22

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LECTURE- Post-War Stability in Tajikistan, OSCE Centre Dushanbe, Oct. 22

Posted by: Payam Foroughi <pforoughi@osce.org>

As part of its Open Lecture series, the OSCE Centre in Dushanbe invites
all interested to the following presentation:

"Explaining Post-war Stability in Tajikistan: Political and Economic Aspects"
By Ms. Stina Torjesen, Senior Researcher at the Norwegian Institute of
International Affairs
Monday 22 October, 2007, 4 PM
12 Zikrullo Khajaev St., Dushanbe

Abstract: The case of Tajikistan is a rare example of an emergence of
post-war stability - yet at the same time Tajikistan's experiences run
counter to key elements of what has been termed the 'post-conflict
reconstruction orthodoxy'. This talk will highlight Tajikistan's
demobilization, disarmament, and reintegration (DDR) process and the
quick provision of incentives to civil war commanders and combatants,
such as comprehensive amnesties and the offer of government positions
and economic assets having created stakes in the peace process for a
number of actors. The consolidation of President Rahmon's power since
2001 will also be discussed, including questions regarding the
viability of Tajikistan's long-term political and economic development.

Bio: Stina Torjesen is a Senior Researcher at the Norwegian Institute
of International Affairs (NUPI). She recently submitted her PhD
dissertation entitled 'Understanding regional co-operation in Central
Asia 1991-2004' to the University of Oxford. The basis for Torjesen's
talk at the OSCE Centre in Dushanbe is her role as researcher and
co-author of the UNDP-funded report on Small Arms Survey titled
"Tajikistan's Road to Stability: Reduction in Small Arms Proliferation
and Remaining Challenges", the research for which entailed 160
interviews and 76 focus groups. Torjesen has also conducted a Small
Arms Survey in Kyrgyzstan in 2003, which entailed the organization of
a household survey in the Batkan and Osh districts. Torjesen's other
experiences in Central Asia includes working as a Gender Specialist
while serving as a United Nations Volunteer with Kazakhstan's civil
society and government bodies.

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