Publications – Page 2 – Central Asia Program

How South Korea Builds its Soft Power in Latin America, Learning Lessons From its Diaspora Outreach in Russia and Central Asia

14 October, 2021

By Victoria Kim Victoria Kim holds an MA from the Johns Hopkins University’s SAIS in Korean Studies and MA from the University of Bolton in International Multimedia Journalism. Originally from…

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Q-Pop, The Pride of Kazakh Youth, and its Stimulation of Ethnic Identity

23 September, 2021

By Kakim Danabayev, PhD, Department of Journalism and Mass Communication, Hanyang University, Seoul, Republic of Korea • Jowon Park, Associate Professor, Department of Journalism and Mass Communication, Hanyang University, Seoul,…

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China and Central Asia: Warm Politics, Cold Public

7 September, 2021

By Dr. Kemel Toktomushev Dr. Kemel Toktomushev is a Senior Research Fellow with University of Central Asia’s (UCA) Institute of Public Policy and Administration and an Assistant Professor of Political…

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Reclaiming Historical Past and Collective Public Memory: The Case of Valikhanov in Kazakhstan

16 June, 2021

Nazerke Mukhlissova is currently a student at Nazarbayev University, Nur-Sultan, Kazakhstan, double majoring in Political Science and History. Her paper on Valikhanov and Kazakhstani public memory has been accepted by…

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Competing for Cake Crumbs: Why Chinese Mining Leads to Conflict in Kyrgyzstan but not Tajikistan

7 June, 2021

By Isabelle DeSisto Isabelle DeSisto is currently an MPhil candidate in the Department of Politics and International Studies at the University of Cambridge, UK. She holds a BA in Government…

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The United States, Kazakhstan, and Environmental Cooperation

24 May, 2021

By Wilder Alejandro Sanchez Wilder Alejandro Sanchez is an analyst who covers geopolitical, trade, and defense issues in the post-Soviet world and the Western Hemisphere. He has analyzed Kazakhstan’s foreign policy…

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Examining the Causes of Femicide in Kazakhstan

23 April, 2021

By Moldir Kabylova Moldir is a PhD student in Public Policy at University of Nottingham, UK. The main theme of the research work she is conducting for her PhD thesis is…

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The Many Faces of Polygyny in Kazakhstan

16 April, 2021

Hélène Thibault has been Assistant Professor of Political Science and International Relations at Nazarbayev University, Kazakhstan, since 2016. She specializes in ethnography, gender, and the securitization of Islam in Central Asia. She is…

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Кыргызстан 2020: протесты рабочих и трудовые права

31 March, 2021

Бермет Борубаева Бермет Борубаева – независимая исследовательница, участница коллектива КыргСоц, автор ряда публикаций по теме трудовых прав, экологии, урбанистики и искусства. Выпускница факультета международных отношений Кыргызского-Российского Славянского университета (Бишкек) и…

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Социальные движения как отражение поляризации в кыргызстанском обществе

16 March, 2021

Photo Credit: Succo at Pixabay Александра Филатова Александра Филатова – исследовательница Аналитического Консорциума «Перспектива», магистр политических наук Национального исследовательского университета «Высшая школа экономики» На примере октябрьских событий B первый…

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Социальные группы поддержки политика С. Жапарова

8 March, 2021

Photo Credit: Kyrgyzstan Presidency Press Office Нургуль Эсенаманова Нургуль Эсенаманова в настоящее время является независимым экспертом, исследует феномены радикализации, насильственного экстремизма, терроризма – причины, проявления и ответные меры. Она…

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ONE EURASIA OR MANY? Regional Interconnections and Connectivity Projects on the Eurasian Continent

3 March, 2021

The aim of this book is to critically review the processes of integration and region-building in Greater Eurasia. Integration is a broad term that covers any rise in economic and…

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Власть и пространство в социальных мобилизациях: предварительные мысли о протестах, приведших к смене власти в Кыргызстане осенью 2020 г.

19 February, 2021

Асель Доолоткельдиева Асель Доолоткельдиева в настоящее время работает в Академии ОБСЕ (Бишкек), где преподает на магистерской программе. Она защитила PhD диссертацию в Университете Экзетер (Англия) на тему социальных мобилизаций в…

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Central Asia Barometer (CAB) Has Made Its Survey Data Available to the Public

12 February, 2021

Central Asia Barometer Survey is one of the CAB’s large-scale research projects conducted regularly since 2017. around 60 000 interviews from 2017 to the date; all Central Asian countries covered; …

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Disabling Public Discontent: The 2021 Parliamentary Elections in Kazakhstan

5 February, 2021

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…

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To What Extent Are Minority Religious Rights Protected in the Kyrgyz Republic?

27 January, 2021

By Elmurat Ashiraliev Elmurat Ashiraliev is currently an independent researcher. He was a Visiting Fellow at the George Washington University’s Central Asia Program in Spring 2019. Prior to joining CAP,…

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COVID-19 PANDEMIC AND CENTRAL ASIA: Crisis Management, Economic Impact, and Social Transformations

7 January, 2021

Chapters focus on the social, political, economic, and geopolitical impacts of COVID-19 and its dramatic effects on the region. The pandemic has exposed major flaws in healthcare and economic systems…

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Artists of Modern Kazakhstan

23 December, 2020

Artists of Modern Kazakhstan This publication is an illustrated catalog of great contemporary art works of Kazakhstan throughout more than a quarter of a century of independence. The primary mission…

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Informing the Public about the Dangers of a Pandemic. Early COVID-19 Coverage by News Organizations in Kazakhstan

10 December, 2020

Authors:Bakhtiyar Nurumov, Ph.D. candidate, Al-Farabi Kazakh National University, KazakhstanGulnur Berkenova, Ph.D. candidate, Al-Farabi Kazakh National University, KazakhstanEric Freedman, J.D., Professor of Journalism, Michigan State University, USA Galiya Ibrayeva, Ph.D., Professor…

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Migration and COVID-19: Challenges and Policy Responses in Kyrgyzstan

2 December, 2020

Authors:Irina Kuznetsova, University of BirminghamRoman Mogilevskii, University of Central AsiaAsel Murzakulova, University of Central AsiaAigoul Abdoubaetova, OSCE Academy, BishkekAlexander Wolters, OSCE Academy, BishkekJohn Round, University of Birmingham COVID-19 carries significant…

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COVID-19 Outbreak in Post-Soviet Central Asia: Has the Time Come for Social Innovations?

23 November, 2020

By Bakhrom Radjabov Dr. Bakhrom Radjabov is an Adjunct Professor at Webster University (Tashkent Campus). His main area of research includes social innovations and public sector innovations in the Eurasian…

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The Authoritarian Treatment of COVID-19: The Case of Tajikistan

17 November, 2020

By Hafiz Boboyorov Hafiz Boboyorov studied and worked at the Academy of Sciences of Tajikistan and Bonn University between 1998 and 2016. Between 2017 and 2019 he was an Alexander…

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Kyrgyzstan: The Socioeconomic Consequences of the Covid-19 Crisis

10 November, 2020

By Julien Bruley and Iliias Mamadiiarov Julien Bruley holds a PhD in social anthropology from the University of Lille (Clerse/Sesam). His doctoral dissertation focused on the Kyrgyz epic of Manas…