Category: Domestic Politics

Materials (articles, discussions, publications) on domestic politics and policies of Central Asian states (Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan)

Landlocked Assertiveness: Mongolia’s Restructured Realism in a More Complex World

Central Asia Economic Paper No. 4, October 2012 By Mathieu Boulègue With a 17.3 percent growth rate recorded in 2011, Mongolia is one of the fastest growing economies in the world. The Mongolian… Continue reading Landlocked Assertiveness: Mongolia’s Restructured Realism in a More Complex World

Lessons from Zhanaozen: Bringing Business, Government and Society Together

Voices From Central Asia No. 6, September 2012 By Aitolkyn Kourmanova Kazakhstan’s oil regions are suffering from various socioeconomic problems despite significant government and private spending. The Zhanaozen riots demonstrated that Kazakh… Continue reading Lessons from Zhanaozen: Bringing Business, Government and Society Together

The Development Space(s) of Non-OECD Aid Donors in Southern Eurasia: A Look at the Islamic Development Bank

Central Asia Economic Paper No. 3, September 2012 By Bruno De Cordier With more than sixty percent of the IBD’s capital shares held by Gulf and other Arab economies, the bank is primarily… Continue reading The Development Space(s) of Non-OECD Aid Donors in Southern Eurasia: A Look at the Islamic Development Bank

Kazakhstan’s ‘Resource Nationalism’: Its Sources and Motives

Central Asia Economic Paper No. 2, September 2012 By Robert M. Cutler Kazakhstan’s ‘resource nationalism’ is learned behavior arising from twenty years of experience of independence. Successful administrative and financial reforms from… Continue reading Kazakhstan’s ‘Resource Nationalism’: Its Sources and Motives

The Hidden War Against Women: Health Care in Afghanistan

Voices From Central Asia No. 4, August 2012 By Sima Samar Afghanistan has the second highest maternal mortality rate in the world, and one in four children who succumb before the age… Continue reading The Hidden War Against Women: Health Care in Afghanistan

Cybersecurity in Central Asia: Real Issues, False Excuse?

Central Asia Policy Brief No. 2, June 2012 By Marlene Laruelle Kazakhstan is increasingly subjected to everyday cyber-insecurity. The main issue of cybersecurity in Central Asia is related to energy infrastructure and major industrial… Continue reading Cybersecurity in Central Asia: Real Issues, False Excuse?

Regulating Private Security Companies in the Central Asian States

Central Asia Policy Brief No. 1, May 2012 By Erica Marat Central Asian states relinquish their monopoly on the use of power in favor of shared responsibility with non-state actors. Kazakhstan is the only… Continue reading Regulating Private Security Companies in the Central Asian States