A Chat in the Yurt, discussing Central Asia and Europe – Episode XXIII – The Caspian Sea‌

Step into our Yurt and join us for a monthly conversation on Europe-Central Asia developments. In this series of podcasts, we welcome guests from both regions to discuss exciting new research and the latest developments in Europe and Central Asia. Together, we discuss society trends, political developments, economic turns, and cultural highlights while assessing the past and looking ahead to what may unfold.

 

 

In this episode, hosts Rashid Gabdulhakov and Yelena Kilina meet with Douwe van der Meer who is an independent researcher focusing on energy, climate, water and security issues in Central Asia and the South Caucasus. He also works as a tour guide for Eastpackers, a Dutch non-profit organisation. And with Julian Postulart who specializes on the South Caucasus and Central Asia, with a background in regional geopolitics, memory and identity politics, and military and security affairs. He is editor-in-chief at Novastan English and is currently interning at the Netherlands Defence Academy (NLDA), where he examines the weaponisation of cultural property by state actors. Together they published Receding Waters, Rising Challenges: Navigating the Caspian Sea’s Geopolitical Moment. The podcasts discusses what is happening in the Caspian ecology, focussing on concerns over the Sea’s water level. At a time when the Caspian features in geopolitical calculations of littoral states and European Union corridor plans, it should be imperative to avoid an Aral Sea scenario that would negatively affect all stakeholders. 

 

 

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