@EdwardLemon3

Professor, @bushschooldc @tamu. President, @oxussociety. Fellow, @kennaninstitute Formerly @HarrimanInst. Focus on Central Asia & organizing rare book fairs

Washington, DC
Joined May 2012
It's real! Out on Thursday: hurstpublishers.com/book/bac…
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Caption this... – at Friendship Heights Village, MD
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I was deported from Morocco while travelling to attend @IRFSummit - North Africa. Although INTERPOL deleted China’s politically motivated Red Notice against me in 2018, I continue to face the consequences of Beijing’s campaign of transnational repression. This incident comes only weeks after China’s new Ethnic Unity Law entered into force. While there is no public evidence that Morocco acted under Article 63, my deportation demonstrates how China’s expanding legal framework and political pressure continue to threaten Uyghur activists far beyond its borders. As a German citizen, I will ask the @GermanyDiplo government, @eu_eeas EU and our democratic partners to help ensure that politically motivated travel restrictions are not used to hinder my human rights work again. Transnational repression must not become the new normal.
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📰PRESS RELEASE📰 WUC Condemns the Deportation of Uyghur Activist @Dolkun_Isa from Morocco uyghurcongress.org/en/press-… Mr. Isa travelled to Casablanca on 20 July 2026 to attend a regional conference on freedom of religion or belief, the International Religious Freedom Summit. Upon arrival, he was stopped at immigration, taken for secondary screening, and detained overnight for approximately 15 hours with little explanation. He was subsequently deported to Germany and prevented from attending the conference.
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Tajik President Emomali Rahmon arrives in Tehran to attend the farewell ceremony for the martyred Ayatollah Khamenei.
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President Emomali Rahmon traveled to Tehran today on a working visit, accompanied by a high-level delegation including the foreign minister and several senior officials. Iranian officials and media say Rahmon will attend the farewell ceremonies for Iran’s late Supreme Leader, Ali Khamenei, alongside other foreign dignitaries. Asia Plus
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NEW EPISODE >> KAZAKH COALITIONS, KYRGYZ SECURITY SIGNALS, AND UNCOVERING DISINFORMATION NETWORKS IN CENTRAL ASIA This week, we dig into the World Cup, major security moves in Kyrgyzstan, and a new report on foreign interference in Central Asia. - w/ Special Guest: @SamuelJsdv
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DC folks! Happening this weekend!
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Uzbekistan combines Silk Road history with modern hospitality, welcoming 12M+ tourists yearly. Samarkand, Bukhara, and Khiva highlight its heritage. From 2026, U.S. citizens get 30-day visa-free travel, with 5 weekly direct New York–Tashkent flights. #Uzbekistan #Travel
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Putin will pay a state visit to Kazakhstan from May 27 to 29. The visit will also coincide with major regional economic meetings in Astana involving leaders of the Eurasian Economic Union astanatimes.com/2026/05/russ…
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Kazakhstan will host the Informal Summit of the Organization of Turkic States on May 15 in Turkistan, focusing on AI & digital development. Turkish Prez Erdoğan will meet with President Tokayev in Astana ahead of the gathering.
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In 🇺🇿 notable energy production sharing agreement signed between bp 🇬🇧 Socar 🇦🇿 and Uzbekneftgaz 🇺🇿.
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🇰🇿🇹🇷President @RTErdogan of Türkiye has arrived in Kazakhstan on a state visit Ata yurda hoş geldiniz!
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Tajikistan and China signed 31 new cooperation documents. Two key documents: — Joint Declaration on Deepening Comprehensive Strategic Partnership Relations in the New Era — Treaty of Eternal Friendship, Good-Neighborliness and Cooperation between Tajikistan and China As the parties noted, the main motto of this document is: “Friends forever, enemies never”, reports the press service of the President of Tajikistan. t.me/asiaplus/99404
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Instead of visiting Moscow for Victory Day, Rahmon is in Beijing
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First time that no Central Asian leader has attended?
Last year, Xi Jinping served as Putin’s human shield during the May 9 parade. The only foreign dignitaries coming this year are 🇧🇾Lukashenko, 🇸🇰 Fico, the president of Laos, the figurehead sultan of Malaysia and the leaders of non-recognized Abkhazia, South Ossetia and of the Srpska part of Bosnia-Herzegovina. For a leader of a NATO and EU member, Fico is in great company again!
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Check out this video summary!
Interested in our Armed Forces of Central Asia project which assesses the military capacity of each country, complemented by an interactive map displaying thousands of military locations and units? Check out this video summary of the project. youtu.be/SkxNcTfi1t0?si=Eyrd…
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Very telling remarks from Elvira Nabiullina, Russia's Central Bank Governor: We have truly never, in the history of modern Russia, lived with such a shortage of labor until now. 1/6
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