• Country: Islamic Republic of Afghanistan
• Capital: Kabul
• Government: Islamic republic
• Population: 28,395,716
• Area: 647,500 km, 251,772 sq mi
• Major language(s): Dari (Persian) and Pashto
• Major religion(s): Islam
• Currency: Afghani (AFN)
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• Country: People's Republic of China
• Capital: Yerevan
• Government: Presidential republic
• Population: 3,262,200
• Area: 29,743 km2, 11,484 sq mi
• Major language: Armenian
• Major religion: Christianity
• Currency: Dram
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• Country: Republic of Azerbaijan
• Capital: Baku
• Government: Presidential republic
• Population: 9,047,000
• Area: 86,600 km2, 33,436 sq mi
• Major language: Azerbaijani
• Major religion: 99% of the population are Muslims
• Currency: Manat (AZN)
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• Country: People's Republic of Bangladesh
• Capital: Dhaka
• Government: Unitary state and parliamentary democracy
• Population: 164.4 million
• Area: 147,570 km2, 56,977 sq mi
• Major language: Bangla
• Major religion: Muslims constitute 89.5 % of the population followed by Hindus who constitute 9.6 %. The remainder of Bangladeshis practice other religions such as Buddhism and Christianity.
• Currency: Taka (BDT)
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• Country: People's Republic of China
• Capital: Beijing
• Government: Socialist
• Population: 1.3 billion
• Area:  3,705,386 miles2 (9,596,960 km2); slightly smaller than the U.S.
• Terrain: mostly mountains, high plateaus, deserts in west; plains, deltas, and hills in east
• Major language(s): Chinese Mandarin, and local dialects
• Major religion(s): Officially atheist but traditional religion contains elements of Confucianism, Taoism, Buddhism
• Currency: CNY (Chinese Yuan)
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• China Youth U. for Political Science (faculty exchange only)
• East China Normal University (faculty exchange only)
• Nankai University (faculty exchange only)
• Shanghai International Studies U. (faculty exchange only)
• Southwest U. of Poli. Science & Law (faculty exchange only)
• Xi'an Jiaotong University (faculty exchange only)
• Xinjiang Normal University (faculty exchange only)
• Zhejiang University

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• China-Mainland
• Sichuan University - Pacific Lutheran University
• Jiangxi University of Finance and Economics (JUFE)
• Tsinghua University - China Summer Service Learning Program

• Country: Arab Republic of Egypt
• Capital: Cairo
• Government: Military junta
• Population: 79,089,650
• Area: 1,002,450 km2, 387,048 sq mi
• Major language: Arabic
• Major religion: Islam and Christianity
• Currency: Egyptian pound (EGP)
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• Country: Georgia
• Government: Republic
• Population: 4,615,807
• Area: 69,700 km²; slightly smaller than South Carolina
• Terrain: largely mountainous, opens to the Black Sea in the west; good soils in river valley flood plains
• Major language(s): Georgian (official, 71%), Russian (9%), Armenian (7%), Azeri (6%)
• Major religion(s): Orthodox Christian (83.9%), Muslim (9.9%), Armenian-Gregorian (3.9%)
• Capital & population: T'bilisi; 1.5 million (metropolitan area)
• Currency: GEL (Georgia Laris)
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Free University of Tbilisi

• Country: Republic of India
• Capital: New Delhi
• Government: Federal republic
• Population: 1,166,079,217
• Area: 3,287,263 km²; slightly more than 1/3 the size of U.S.
• Terrain: upland plain in south, flat to rolling plain along the Ganges, deserts in the west, Himalayas in north
• Major language(s):  There are 15 official languages, Hindi (41%), Bengali (8.1%), Telugu (7.2%)
• Major religion(s): Hindu (80.5%), Muslim (13.4%), Christian, Sikh
• Currency: INR (Indian Rupees)
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ISEP

• India
• University of Hyderabad

Faculty Directed

Indian Himalayas - College of Forestry and Conservation

• Country: Islamic Republic of Iran
• Capital: Tehran
• Government: Islamic republic
• Population: 76,923,300
• Area: 1,648,195 km2, 636,372 sq mi
• Major language: Persian
• Major religion: Islam
• Currency: Rial (IRR)
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• Country: Republic of Iraq
• Capital: Baghdad
• Government: Federal parliamentary republic
• Population: 31,234,000
• Area: 438,317 km2, 169,234 sq mi
• Major language: Arabic, Kurdish
• Major religion: Islam
• Currency: Iraqi dinar (IQD)
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• Country: State of Israel
• Capital: Jerusalem
• Government: Parliamentary democracy
• Population: 7,653,600
• Area: 20,770 / 22,072 km2, 8,019 / 8,522 sq mi
• Major language: Hebrew, Arabic
• Major religion: Judaism
• Currency: Shekel (ILS or NIS)
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• Country: Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan
• Capital: Amman
• Government: Constitutional monarchy
• Population: 6,407,085
• Area: 92,300 km2, 35,637 sq mi
• Major language: Arabic
• Major religion: Islam
• Currency: Jordanian dinar (JOD)
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• Country: Republic of Kazakhstan
• Government: Republic, authoritarian presidential rule
• Population: 15,399,437
• Area: 2,724,900 km²; approx. four times the size of Texas
• Terrain: vast steppe surrounded by Altai mountains; Siberian plains in the north and oases and deserts of Central Asia in the south
• Major language(s): Kazakh (state language, 64.4%), Russian (official, 95%)
• Major religion(s): Muslim (47%), Russian Orthodox (44%)
• Capital & population: Astana; 750,000
• Monetary unit:  KZT (Kazakhstan Tenges)
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Kazakh National Pedagogical University (faculty exchange only)

• Country: State of Kuwait
• Capital: Kuwait City
• Government: Constitutional hereditary emirate
• Population: 3,566,437
• Area: 17,820 km2, 6,880 sq mi
• Major language: Arabic
• Major religion: Islam
• Currency: Kuwaiti dinar (KWD)
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• Country: Kyrgyz Republic
• Government: Republic
• Population: 5,431,747
• Area: 199,951 km²; slightly smaller than South Dakota
• Terrain: Peaks of Tien Shan and associated valleys and basins encompass entire nation
• Major language(s): Kyrgyz (official, 64.7%), Uzbek (13.6%), Russian (official, 12.5%)
• Major religion(s): Muslim (75%), Russian Orthodox (20%)
• Capital & population: Bishkek; 1.3 million (metro area)
• Monetary unit: KGS (Kyrgyzstan Soms)
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Partner Universities

• American University of Central Asia (faculty exchange only)
• International University of Kyrgyzstan (faculty exchange only)
• Mahmud Kashgari-Barskani Eastern University (faculty exchange only)

• Country: Republic of Lebanon
• Capital: Beirut
• Government: Confessionalist, parliamentary republic
• Population: 4,224,000
• Area:10,452 km2, 4,036 sq mi
• Major language: Arabic, French
• Major religion: Islam and Christianity
• Currency: Lebanese pound (LBP)
• Flag:

• Country: Libya
• Capital: Tripoli
• Government: Jamahiriya
• Population: 6,420,000
• Area:1,759,541 km2, 679,359 sq mi
• Major language: Arabic
• Major religion: Islam
• Currency: Dinar (LYD)
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• Country: Mongolia
• Capital: Ulan Bator
• Government: Parliamentary republic
• Population: 2,736,800
• Area:1,564,115.75 km2, 603,909 sq mi
• Major language: Mongolian
• Major religion: Tibetan Buddhism
• Currency: Tögrög (MNT)
• Flag:

• Country: Kingdom of Morocco
• Capital: Rabat
• Government: Constitutional monarchy
• Population: 32,200,000
• Area:  710,850 km2 (57th) 274,460 sq mi
• Major language: Arabic
• Major religion: Islam
• Currency: Moroccan dirham (MAD)
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• Country: Sultanate of Oman
• Capital: Muscat
• Government: Islamic absolute monarchy
• Population: 2,845,000
• Area: 309,550 km2,119,498 sq mi
• Major language: Arabic
• Major religion: Islam
• Currency: Rial (OMR)
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• Country: Islamic Republick of Pakistan
• Government: Federal republic
• Population: 176,242,949
• Area: 796,095 km²; slightly less than twice the size of California
• Terrain: flat Indus plain in east; mountains in north and northwest; Balochistan plateau in west
• Major language(s): Punjabi (48%), Sindhi (12%), Siraiki (10%), Pashtu (8%), Urdu (official, 8%)
• Major religion(s): Muslim (95%)
• Capital & population: Islamabad; 1.87 million
• Monetary unit: PKR (Pakistan Rupees)
• Flag:

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Partner Universities

University of Peshewar (faculty exchange only)

• Country: State of Qatar
• Capital: Doha
• Government: Absolute monarchy
• Population: 1,696,563
• Area: 11,437 km2, 4,416 sq mi
• Major language: Arabic
• Major religion: Islam
• Currency: Riyal (QAR)
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• Country: Russian Federation
• Government: Federation
• Population: 140,041,247
• Area: 17,098,242 km²; approx. 1.8 times the size of U.S.
• Terrain: Broad plain with low hills west of Urals; vast coniferous forest and tundra in Siberia; uplands and mountains along southern border regions
• Major language(s): Russian, many minority languages
• Major religion(s): Russian Orthodox (15%), Muslim (10%)
• Capital & population: Moscow; 10.5 million
• Monetary unit: RUB (Russia Rubles)
• Flag:

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Partner Universities

• Lomonsov Moscow State University (faculty exchange only)
• Taganrog State Pedagogical Institute (faculty exchange only)

Faculty Directed

• Moscow, Russia

• Country: Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
• Capital: Riyadh
• Government: Islamic absolute monarchy
• Population: 27,136,977
• Area: 2,149,690 km2, 830,000 sq mi
• Major language: Arabic
• Major religion: Islam
• Currency: Saudi Riyal (SR) (SAR)
• Flag:

• Country: Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka
• Capital: Sri Jayawardenapura-Kotte
• Government: Democratic Socialist Republic
• Population: 20,238,000
• Area: 65,610 km2, 25,332 sq mi
• Major language: Sinhala, Tamil
• Major religion: Religions which today exist in Sri Lanka, in addition to Buddhism and Hinduism include Islam as well as different churches of Christianity.
• Currency: Sri Lankan Rupee (LKR)
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• Country: Republic of the Sudan
• Capital: Khartoum
• Government: Federal presidential democratic republic
• Population: 43,939,598
• Area: 2,505,813 km2, 967,500 sq mi
• Major language: Arabic, English
• Major religion: seventy percent of the population adheres to Islam, while the remainder of the population follows either animist and indigenous beliefs (twenty-five percent) or Christianity (five percent).
• Currency: Sudanese pound (SDG)
• Flag:

• Country: Syrian Arab Republic
• Capital: Damascus
• Government: Presidential single party republic under Emergency Law since 1963.
• Population: 22,505,000
• Area: 185,180 km2, 71,479 sq mi
• Major language: Arabic
• Major religion: Muslim 87%, Druze 3% and Christian 10%
• Currency: Syrian pound (SYP)
• Flag:

• Country: Republic of Tajikistan
• Government: Republic
• Population: 7,349,145
• Area: 143,100 km²; slightly smaller than Wisconsin
• Terrain: Pamir and Alay Mountains dominate landscape; western Fergana Valley in north, Kofarnihon and Vakhsh Valleys in southwest
• Major language(s): Tajik (official), Russian used widely
• Major religion(s): Sunni Muslim (85%), Shia Muslim (5%)
• Capital & population: Dushanbe; 679,400
• Monetary unit: TJS (Tajikistan Somoni)
• Flag:

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Partner Universities

• Kurghon Teppa University
• Ministry of Education
• State University of Kulob
• Tajik State National University

• Country: Republic of Turkey
• Capital: Ankara
• Government: Parliamentary republic
• Population: 77,804,122
• Area: 783,562 km2, 302,535 sq mi
• Major language: Turkish
• Major religion: Islam
• Currency: Turkish lira (TRY)
• Flag:

• Country: Turkmenistan
• Capital: Ashgabat
• Government: Presidential republic Single-party state
• Population: 5,110,000
• Area: 488,100 km2,188,456 sq mi
• Major language: Turkmen
• Major religion: Muslims constitute 89% of the population while 9% of the population are followers of the Eastern Orthodox Church and the remaining 2% religion is reported as non-religious.
• Currency: Turkmen new manat (TMT)
• Flag:

• Country: United Arab Emirates
• Capital: Abu Dhabi
• Government: Federal presidential system and constitutional monarchy
• Population: 4,975,593
• Area: 83,600 1 km2, 32,278 sq mi
• Major language: Arabic
• Major religion: Islam
• Currency: UAE dirham (AED)
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• Country: Republic of Uzbekistan
• Capital: Tashkent
• Government: Presidential Republic
• Population: 27,606,007
• Area: 447,400 km2,172,742 sq mi
• Major language: Uzbek
• Major religion: Muslims constitute 90% of the population while 5% of the population follow Russian Orthodox Christianity
• Currency: Uzbekistan som (O'zbekiston so'mi) (UZS)
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• Country: Republic of Yemen
• Capital: Sana‘a
• Government: Presidential democracy
• Population: 23,580,000
• Area: 555,000 km2, 203,849 sq mi
• Major language: Arabic
• Major religion: Islam
• Currency: Yemeni rial (YER)
• Flag: