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Is There a Pathway From Conference Paper to Journal Publication For Central Asian Scholars?

Analyses growing pressures on faculty in Central Asia to publish research in high-quality international journals and how faculty attempt to meet publishing mandates from institutions motivated to join world rankings. This is important because of the scarcity of Central Asian scholarship in peer-reviewed journalism and mass communication (J&MC) journals due to the challenges faculty face publishing their work internationally.

ResearchDeepa LintoAugust 12, 2021Central Asia, Publishing, Journalism, Research, Mass Communication

One Belt One Road: US Perspectives on China’s Belt and Road Initiative

China’s Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) is one of the most ambitious development projects ever undertaken, comparable only to the post-World War II Marshall Plan and China’s own Three Gorges Dam project. Significantly, China deftly presented it to the world as a civic economic project designed to benefit all participating countries and many other countries where its effect was expected to be indirect but positive.

ResearchLORNA MCCONNVILLEDecember 5, 2019SAGE post, Politics, Keywords Silk Road, Belt and Road, China, United States, Central Asia, connectivity, South Caucasus