Roger kangas

Academic Dean

Dr. Roger Kangas

KangasR@ndu.edu

Bio

Dr. Roger Kangas is the Academic Dean and a Professor of Central Asian Studies at the Near East South Asia Center for Strategic Studies. Previously, Dr. Kangas served as a Professor of Central Asian Studies at the George C. Marshall Center for European Security in Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Germany; Deputy Director of the Central Asian Institute at the Paul H. Nitze School of Advanced International Studies (SAIS) in Washington, D.C.; Central Asian Course Coordinator at the Foreign Service Institute for the U.S. Department of State; Research Analyst on Central Asian Affairs for the Open Media Research Institute (OMRI) in Prague, Czech Republic; and as an Assistant Professor of Political Science at the University of Mississippi.

Dr. Kangas has been an advisor to the Combatant Commands, NATO/ISAF, the US Air Force Special Operations School, National Democratic Institute, International Research and Exchanges Board, American Councils, Academy for Educational Development, USIA, USAID, and other U.S. government agencies on issues relating to Central and South Asia, Russia, and the South Caucasus. He is also an Adjunct Professor at Georgetown University. 

Education & Awards

Education:

      • Ph.D., Political Science, Indiana University
      • B.S.F.S., Comparative Politics, Edmund A. Walsh School of Foreign Service, Georgetown University
Areas of Interest

Areas of Interest:

      • Central and South Asia
      • Former Soviet Union
      • Transnational Threats and Terrorism
      • International Security Organizations
      • Energy Security
Publications

Books:

Articles

  • Kangas, R. (2008, Fall). Battling Misperceptions: Challenges to U.S. Security Cooperation in Central Asia. Joint Force Quarterly, 50(3). [download]
  • Kangas, R. (2007). The Changing Face of the Russian Far East: Cooperation and Resource Competition between Japan, Korea and China in Northeast Asia. Perspectives on Global Development and Technology, 6(1-3).
  • Kangas, R. (2004, April 15). Wearing Thin. Transitions Online. [download]
  • Kangas, R. (2003, April 09). Challenging the ‘Island of Stability’. Transitions Online. [download]
  • Kangas, R. (2002, December). Memories of the Past: Politics in Turkmenistan. Analysis of Current Events, 14(4).
  • Kangas, R. (2002, January 04). Afghan Windfall? Transitions Online. [download]
  • Kangas, R. (2001, January 20). From the Top Down. Transitions Online. [download]
  • Kangas, R. (2000, January 21). Challenging Authoritarianism. Transitions Online. [download]
  • Kangas, R. (1997, February 07). Central Asia: Holding the Course in Uzbekistan. Transitions, 3(2). [download]
  • Kangas, R. (1996, September 20). Much Discussion, Little Action to Stem Drug Trafficking in the CIS. Transitions, 2(19). [download]
  • Kangas, R. (1996, September 06). Imposing Order on Uzbekistan. Transitions, 2(18). [download]
  • Kangas, R. (1996, August 09). Central Asian Militaries Practice Cooperation. Transitions, 2(16). [download]
  • Kangas, R. (1996, May 03). Uzbekistan: Taking the Lead in Central Asian Security. Transitions, 2(9). [download]
  • Kangas, R., et al. (1996, March 08). Approaching Anarchy in the Transcaucasus and Central Asia. Transitions, 2(5). [download]
  • Kangas, R. (1995, December 29). The Myth of Militant Islam: Uzbekistan. Transitions, 1(24). [download]
  • Kangas, R. (1995, December). Uzbek Military Doctrine Emerges. Jane’s Intelligence Review, 7(12).
  • Kangas, R. (1995, October 06). Uzbek Media Remains Restricted and Devoid of Criticism. Transitions, 1(18). [download]
  • Kangas, R. (1994, Summer). The Problems of State-Building in the Central Asian Republics of the Former Soviet Union. World Affairs, 157(1).
  • Kangas, R. (1994, April). Uzbekistan: Evolving Authoritarianism. Current History, 93(582).
  • Kangas, R. (1992). Recent Developments with Uzbek Political Parties. Central Asia Monitor, 4.[download]
  • Kangas, R. (1991, April). The Challenge of Nationalism to the Gorbachev Reform Agenda. Current World Leaders, 34(2).

Book Chapters

  • Kangas, R. (2006). Domestic Politics, Bureaucratic Strategies and Culture in Central Asia. in B. Shaffer (Ed.), Culture and Foreign Policy: Islam and the Caspian, (pp. 193-218). Cambridge, MA: MIT Press.
  • Kangas, R. (2005). Legal Reform in Central Asia. in T. Sabonis-Helf (Ed.), In The Tracks of Tamerlane, (pp. 65-92). Washington, DC: NDU Press.[download]
  • Kangas, R. and Robertson, L. (2002). Central Power and Regional and Local Government in Uzbekistan. in T. Clark et al. (Eds.), Center-Periphery Relations in the States of the Former Soviet Union, (pp. 265-290). New York: Praeger Press.
  • Kangas, R. (2002). The US Perspective on the Turkic Republics: From Economics to Geopolitics. in E. Gursoy-Naskali and E. Sahin (Eds.), Turk Cumhuriyetleri: Bagimsizliklarinin 10. Yilinda, (pp. 207-224). Haarlem: SOTA Press.
  • Kangas, R. (1997). Turkmenistan. in A. Karatnycky, A. Motyl, and B. Shor (Eds.), Nations in Transit: 1997, (pp. 381-389). New Brunswick: Transaction Publishers.
  • Kangas, R. (1995). State Building and Civil Society in Central Asia. in V. Tismaneanu (Ed.), Political Culture and Civil Society in the Soviet Successor States, (pp. 271-291). New York: M.E. Sharpe.

Books

  • Kangas, R. (2007). Playing Solitaire: Competing National Security Strategies in Central Asia. Book Manuscript.
  • Kangas, R. (2003). Uzbekistan in the Twentieth Century. New York: Palgrave Macmllan.
  • Kangas, R. (2001). The Caspian and Central Asian Oil & Gas Report: Developing the Energy Sector’s New Frontier. London: SMI Publishers.
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