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Lecture with Dr. Togzhan Kassenova: The Untold Nuclear History of Kazakhstan

CESSI Lecture Series

Event Details

Date
Thursday, July 14, 2022
Time
4-5:30 p.m.
Location
Description
Dr. Togzhan Kassenova is a Washington, DC-based senior fellow at the Center for Policy Research, SUNY-Albany.
In this talk, Dr. Kassenova will share highlights from her recently released book Atomic Steppe: How Kazakhstan Gave Up the Bomb. She will share the history of Soviet nuclear tests in the Kazakh steppe and the story of the public anti-nuclear movement that led to the closure of the nuclear testing site. She will also explain why Kazakhstan decided to give up it's nuclear inheritance.
Cost
Free

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