Online discussion co-organized by the PaperLab Research Center (Astana, Kazakhstan). Image provided by PaperLab.kz. Thursday, December 7, 2023, 9:00 am – 10:30 am EST In the first days of 2022,… Continue reading Kazakhstan’s Bloody January: Protest Motivations, Public Perceptions and Human Rights
Category: Protests
Protests, uprisings, demonstrations in Central Asia (Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan)
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
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
The Reasons Behind a New Wave of Violence in the Pamirs
The Reasons Behind a New Wave of Violence in the Pamirs An online event co-sponsored with the Oxus Society for Central Asian Affairs and the Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty. Tajikistan’s… Continue reading The Reasons Behind a New Wave of Violence in the Pamirs
Making sense of the January 2022 protests in Kazakhstan: failing legitimacy, culture of protests, and elite readjustments
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
Book Discussion—Bagila Bukharbayeva, The Vanishing Generation: Faith and Uprising in Modern Uzbekistan
By Michael Hall Bagila Bukharbayeva’s The Vanishing Generation: Faith and Uprising in Modern Uzbekistan follows the trajectory of Islamic dissidence and opposition under the rule of Uzbekistan’s dictatorial leader, Islam Karimov, from… Continue reading Book Discussion—Bagila Bukharbayeva, The Vanishing Generation: Faith and Uprising in Modern Uzbekistan
Kazakhstan: What Next? Understanding the Protests and the Post Protest Political Context
An online event hosted by the Central Asia Program at George Washington University and co-sponsored with the Davis Center for Russian and Eurasian Studies, the Oxus Society for Central Asian… Continue reading Kazakhstan: What Next? Understanding the Protests and the Post Protest Political Context
What is Happening in Kazakhstan? (Video and Transcription)
An online special event hosted by the Central Asia Program at George Washington University and co-sponsored with the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, the Davis Center for Russian and Eurasian… Continue reading What is Happening in Kazakhstan? (Video and Transcription)
Riots in Kazakhstan | PONARS Eurasia Commentaries
GazMaidan, Crimea #2, or the End of the Old Man’s Clan? Dinissa Duvanova, Associate Professor, Lehigh University On January 5, bitcoin dropped by 13 percent in a single day. One of the big… Continue reading Riots in Kazakhstan | PONARS Eurasia Commentaries
Disabling Public Discontent: The 2021 Parliamentary Elections in Kazakhstan
By Serik Beimenbetov Serik Beimenbetov is a post-doctoral research fellow and senior lecturer at the Kazakh-German University in Almaty. He completed his PhD at the Department of Political Science and… Continue reading Disabling Public Discontent: The 2021 Parliamentary Elections in Kazakhstan
