CACI Forum
The Central Asia-Caucasus Institute
“U.S. Interests in Central Asia and Its Strategy for Advancing Them”
January 25, 2012
VIDEO: S. Frederick Starr, Chairman, Central Asia-Caucasus Institute (Highlights)
VIDEO: Ambassador Robert O. Blake, Jr., Assistant Secretary of State for South and Central Asian Affairs, U.S. Department of State (Highlights)
Wednesday, January 25, 5-7 p.m.
Kenney Auditorium, 1st floor, Nitze Building
SAIS, Johns Hopkins University
1740 Massachusetts Avenue, N.W.
Washington, DC 20036
Under both Democratic and Republican administrations, the Central Asia-Caucasus Institute has invited senior officials from the Department of State to present formal statements on U.S. strategy for the region. This week we are honored to have such a presentation by Ambassador Robert O. Blake, Jr., Assistant Secretary of State for South and Central Asian Affairs, U.S. Department of State. Ambassador Blake’s Central Asian responsibilities include Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, and Uzbekistan. However, he will place his comments in a regional context, and address longer term hopes and expectations as well as immediate plans. We are particularly pleased to be hosting Ambassador Blake who is a distinguished SAIS graduate, class of 1984.
The Central Asia-Caucasus Institute is a primary institution in the United States for the study of the Caucasus, Central Asia and the Caspian Region. The Institute, affiliated with Johns Hopkins University-SAIS, forms part of a Joint Center with the Silk Road Studies Program, affiliated with the Stockholm-based Institute for Security and Development Policy. Additional information about the Joint Center, as well as its several publications series, is available at www.silkroadstudies.org.
