Religious Freedom and State Policy in Central Asia

Igor Rotar is a seasoned researcher of religious and ethnic conflict in Eurasia, and has been an analyst and reporter for the Norway-based Forum 18 News Service since 2003.

Eric McGlinchey is assistant professor of government and politics at George Mason University whose areas of research include comparative politics, Central Asian regime change, political Islam, and the effects of Information Communication Technology (ICT) on state and society.

Catherine Cosman has been senior policy analyst for the OSCE region at USCIRF since 2003. Cosman also has worked at RFE/RL, OSCE, Human Rights Watch, and the U.S. Commission on Security and Cooperation in Europe