His research on geography and international studies has focused on the Central Asian portion of China, the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region. He has had extensive travel and research experience in China (particularly Xinjiang and Tibet), Mongolia, Kazakstan, Kyrgyzstan, Uzbekistan and Pakistan since 1985. Richard Gilbreath is Director of the Gyula Pauer Center for Cartography and GIS at the University of Kentucky, USA. Related SubjectsCentral Asian StudiesHuman GeographyCentral Asian PoliticsAsian HistoryRegional AnthropologyAsian PoliticsAsian HistoryAsian StudiesInternational PoliticsInternational Relations