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Safety of Journalists in Central Asia: Challenges and Responses 

Safety of Journalists in Central Asia: Challenges and Responses  Journalists face pressure in the OSCE area region, to varying degrees; and Central Asia is no exception. This may include harassment… Continue reading Safety of Journalists in Central Asia: Challenges and Responses 

Escaping the Taliban, One Year Later: Afghan Voices of Hope

Escaping the Taliban, One Year Later: Afghan Voices of Hope Afghan Voices of Hope is a project that seeks to strengthen Afghan diasporic civil society by building solidarity and connecting… Continue reading Escaping the Taliban, One Year Later: Afghan Voices of Hope

Dungan Folktales and Legends: The Folkloric Narrative Tradition of the Sino-Muslims in Central Asia

Dungan Folktales and Legends: The Folkloric Narrative Tradition of the Sino-Muslims in Central Asia First migrating from northwest China to Russian Central Asia after the suppression of the Dungan Revolt… Continue reading Dungan Folktales and Legends: The Folkloric Narrative Tradition of the Sino-Muslims in Central Asia

Karakalpakstan Two Months on: Karakalpak and Independent Voices Speak

Karakalpakstan Two Months on: Karakalpak and Independent Voices Speak More than two months have passed since mass protests erupted in Uzbekistan’s northwestern region of Karakalpakstan over proposed constitutional amendments that… Continue reading Karakalpakstan Two Months on: Karakalpak and Independent Voices Speak

Reform Crisis in Uzbekistan and the Karakalpak Protests

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Reform Crisis in Uzbekistan and the Karakalpak Protests President Shavkat Mirziyoev initiated several constitutional amendments in Uzbekistan at the end of June which have reminded the world about the autonomous… Continue reading Reform Crisis in Uzbekistan and the Karakalpak Protests

Bлияние программ переселения на повышение конфликтности в регионах Казахстана

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Авторы Айман Жусупова, кандидат политических наук, руководитель проектов Евразийского центра по человеческим ресурсам (Алматы, Казахстан) Гульмира Илеуова, кандидат социологических наук, президент Общественного фондa «Центр социaльных и политических исследовaний «Стрaтегия» (Алматы,… Continue reading Bлияние программ переселения на повышение конфликтности в регионах Казахстана

The Future of The CASA-1000 Electric Megaproject in the Context of the New Afghanistan

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An Economic and Financial Impact Analysis Waris Ahmad Faizi is currently an Erasmus+ exchange student at Otto von Guericke University Magdeburg (OVGU) in Germany, where he is pursuing an MA… Continue reading The Future of The CASA-1000 Electric Megaproject in the Context of the New Afghanistan

Giant Gap Discovered in Research on Central Asia: How Climate Change Has Been Overlookedby the Research Community

Giant Gap Discovered in Research on Central Asia: How Climate Change Has Been Overlookedby the Research Community On July 5 (2022), Indra Overland presented new research findings at the Central… Continue reading Giant Gap Discovered in Research on Central Asia: How Climate Change Has Been Overlookedby the Research Community

Referendum in Kazakhstan: Political Reset or Political Redux?

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Referendum in Kazakhstan: Political Reset or Political Redux? Kazakhstan held a snap referendum on June 5th asking voters to approve a major overhaul of the country’s constitution in the wake… Continue reading Referendum in Kazakhstan: Political Reset or Political Redux?

Making sense of the January 2022 protests in Kazakhstan: failing legitimacy, culture of protests, and elite readjustments

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By Diana T. Kudaibergenova and Marlene Laruelle ABSTRACT In January 2022 mass protests spread quickly across the whole of Kazakhstan, becoming the largest mass mobilization in the country’s modern history.… Continue reading Making sense of the January 2022 protests in Kazakhstan: failing legitimacy, culture of protests, and elite readjustments

The Mobilizing Potential of Communication Networks in Central Asia

The Mobilizing Potential of Communication Networks in Central Asia What is the mobilizing and meaning-making potential of information and communication technologies (ICT s) in non-democratic regimes? This question has been studied… Continue reading The Mobilizing Potential of Communication Networks in Central Asia