The Central & Inner Asia Policy Research Institute (CIAPRI) is an independent, non-partisan think tank and strategic knowledge hub with a registered office in Munich, Germany. CIAPRI geographical scope encompasses Central Asia (Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, and Uzbekistan), Inner Asia (Mongolia), and the South Caucasus (Azerbaijan, Armenia, and Georgia). The institute provides applied research and high-level policy expertise related to this region that we see as not merely a vital crossroads between East and West, but a pulsating center of political, economic, and cultural transformation.
Explore Our Workglobal markets, energy, trade
mobility, skills, remittances
Caspian region hydrocarbons, renewables, rare earth elements
academic, cultural exchange, youth programmes
digital economies, society, markets and education
material culture and museums
Explore urban and rural Kazakhstan
Climate change and water management in Kyrgyzstan
Pastoral nomadism and modern technologies