Cholpon Orozobekova is a conflict analyst and terrorism expert based in Geneva, Switzerland. She has been researching religious extremism and state policies toward ISIS fighters and their family members since 2018. Her book “Global Jihadism and International Peace: Joining Global Jihad and Marching Back Home” was published by Rowman&Littlefield/Hamilton Books in 2022.
Currently, Cholpon is a director of the Bulan Institute for Peace Innovations, research institute based in Geneva. Before joining the Bulan Institute, she worked at UN OHCHR, ISHR, Foundation Au Coeur de Grottes and was an Associate Research Fellow at the OSCE Academy in Bishkek. Cholpon worked as a Central Asia Analyst in international media and her analyses were published by the Diplomat Magazine, Jamestown Foundation, Asia Times, IWPR and RFE/RL.
She holds an Executive master’s in international Negotiations and Policy Making from the Graduate Institute for International and Development Studies in Geneva, Master of Advanced Studies in International and European Security from University of Geneva jointly with Geneva Centre for Security Policy, and MA in International Relations/Political Science from the Graduate Institute for International and Development Studies in Geneva.