Daler Kaziev, an alumnus of the Future Leaders Exchange Program (FLEX 2011-2012) from Murghab District, known as Eastern Pamir Mountains in Tajikistan, is one of the first graduates of AUCA’s the newly opened Liberal Arts and Sciences concentration in Environmental Management and Sustainable Development.

COURSE DESCRIPTION
Why do international organizations exist?  What role do they play in solving global problems? Traditional international relations theories characterize the international system as anarchic and focus on interactions between nation-states. Since WWII, international organizations have become more prominent players in the international system. Debate continues in academic and policy communities over why international organizations exist, whether they matter in global politics, and when they can help alleviate global problems. Both in their practical and theoretical aspects, international organizations (IOs) are a dynamic and increasingly important element in the functioning of modern world politics.
                                                    

Course outline
The aim of this course is to introduce students to the international relations of East Asia. The course is divided in two parts. The first provides an overview to the region. An overview of East Asia during the 20th and early 21st centuries is provided: Attention is paid to state formation, regime types, democratization, and political culture. The second part covers developments in the international politics of East Asia since the end of the Cold War. Here the interplay between external and regional powers is analyzed, alongside the foreign policies of the main actors in the region. Special attention is also given to trends in Asian regionalism (politics, security, economy).

On 26-27, November, 2016, the American University of Central Asia, in collaboration with Bard-Collage, launched its first annual Model United Nations Conference.

Television, Cinema and Visual Arts Department of the American University of Central Asia is pleased to invite you to Playwriting Workshop by Chiori Miyagawa.

On November 3, 2016 Johannes Stenbæk Madsen, the head of cooperation at the European Union Delegation to Kyrgyzstan, gave a lecture at the American University of Central Asia (AUCA).

On November 26-27, the Student Senate of the American University of Central Asia (AUCA) in collaboration with Bard College (USA) is organizing a Model United Nations Conference for university students.

AUCA has launched a project oriented towards young leaders of Central Asia and Afghanistan with the goal of strengthening the regional youth network, trust and active participation of youth in civic enagement.

The First Business Advisory Council meeting took place at the American University of Central Asia, jointly organized by Aijana Djumalieva (BAC Coordinator), and School of Economics and Business Administration (SEBA).

June 4, 2016, James Mirrlees, winner of the Nobel Prize in Economics, will lecture titled “The Economics of Inequality” the American University of Central Asia. Sir James Mirrlees will discuss the potential of taxes and subsidies to be used as a systematic tool for effectively fighting economic disparity