Posted: 24 September 2020| Region: Europe, Caucasus, and Central Asia | Category: Analysis
Authors: Asena Karacalti; Curtis Goos
Supplemental data collection drawing on new media sources adds 660 events to ACLED’s Kyrgyzstan and Kazakhstan datasets for 2018-2020. In this infographic, ACLED Central Asia and the Caucasus Research Manager Asena Karaçalti and Research Analyst Curtis Goos review the latest data.
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Asena Karacalti is the Afghanistan Assistant Research Manager at ACLED and has been with the organization since May 2017. Asena has previously worked as the Central Asia & the Caucasus, and Africa Research Manager at ACLED. She holds a BA in Law from Ankara University, and an MSc in Cultural Anthropology and Development Studies from KU Leuven. Her research interests focus on the transit experiences of migrant and refugee populations and political violence across the Middle East and Afghanistan. She has past experience as a lawyer and as an expert in migration and asylum organizations.
Curtis Goos is a Research Analyst at ACLED. He holds a BA in International Studies and French from the University of Iowa and a Master in Public Affairs from Princeton University. His thematic research interests include international migration, state-led efforts to prevent violent extremism (PVE), and peacebuilding efforts in post-conflict countries. His regional interests include Francophone Sub-Saharan Africa.
Regions: Europe, Caucasus, and Central Asia
