By Rustam Muhamedov Muhamedov Rustam was a Spring 2021CAAFP Fellow. He is an independent researcher focusing on social-political and security developments in Turkmenistan and wider Central Asia. He is currently… Continue reading Facilitators of Societal Change? Exploring Educated-Abroad Youth’s Potential to Advance Gender Equality in Turkmenistan Through Civic Activism
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Violent Extremism and Youth: How to Build a Productive Dialogue Between Young People and Government
By Anastassiya Reshetnyak Anastassiya Reshetnyak was a Spring 2021 CAAFP Fellow. She graduated from al-Farabi Kaz NU (BA and MA in Regional Studies) and is currently involved in the PhD… Continue reading Violent Extremism and Youth: How to Build a Productive Dialogue Between Young People and Government
Taliban at the Border: A New Regime Neighboring Tajikistan
By Mélanie Sadozaï Mélanie Sadozaï is a doctoral student at INALCO, Paris, specializing in border studies and Afghanistan – Tajikistan relations in contemporary Pamir. She is an associate of GW’s… Continue reading Taliban at the Border: A New Regime Neighboring Tajikistan
Iran’s New Membership and Russia’s Global Vision: the Shanghai Cooperation Organization’s Transformations
By Janko Šćepanović, Ph.D. Janko Šćepanović, Ph.D., is a Postdoctoral Researcher at the School of Advanced International and Area Studies (SAIAS) of East China Normal University in Shanghai, People’s Republic… Continue reading Iran’s New Membership and Russia’s Global Vision: the Shanghai Cooperation Organization’s Transformations
How South Korea Builds its Soft Power in Latin America, Learning Lessons From its Diaspora Outreach in Russia and Central Asia
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… Continue reading How South Korea Builds its Soft Power in Latin America, Learning Lessons From its Diaspora Outreach in Russia and Central Asia
Q-Pop, The Pride of Kazakh Youth, and its Stimulation of Ethnic Identity
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,… Continue reading Q-Pop, The Pride of Kazakh Youth, and its Stimulation of Ethnic Identity
China and Central Asia: Warm Politics, Cold Public
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… Continue reading China and Central Asia: Warm Politics, Cold Public
Reclaiming Historical Past and Collective Public Memory: The Case of Valikhanov in Kazakhstan
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… Continue reading Reclaiming Historical Past and Collective Public Memory: The Case of Valikhanov in Kazakhstan
Competing for Cake Crumbs: Why Chinese Mining Leads to Conflict in Kyrgyzstan but not Tajikistan
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… Continue reading Competing for Cake Crumbs: Why Chinese Mining Leads to Conflict in Kyrgyzstan but not Tajikistan
The United States, Kazakhstan, and Environmental Cooperation
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… Continue reading The United States, Kazakhstan, and Environmental Cooperation
Examining the Causes of Femicide in Kazakhstan
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… Continue reading Examining the Causes of Femicide in Kazakhstan
The Many Faces of Polygyny in Kazakhstan
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… Continue reading The Many Faces of Polygyny in Kazakhstan
Кыргызстан 2020: протесты рабочих и трудовые права
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… Continue reading Кыргызстан 2020: протесты рабочих и трудовые права
Социальные движения как отражение поляризации в кыргызстанском обществе
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… Continue reading Социальные движения как отражение поляризации в кыргызстанском обществе
Социальные группы поддержки политика С. Жапарова
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… Continue reading Социальные группы поддержки политика С. Жапарова
ONE EURASIA OR MANY? Regional Interconnections and Connectivity Projects on the Eurasian Continent
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… Continue reading ONE EURASIA OR MANY? Regional Interconnections and Connectivity Projects on the Eurasian Continent
Власть и пространство в социальных мобилизациях: предварительные мысли о протестах, приведших к смене власти в Кыргызстане осенью 2020 г.
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… Continue reading Власть и пространство в социальных мобилизациях: предварительные мысли о протестах, приведших к смене власти в Кыргызстане осенью 2020 г.
Central Asia Barometer (CAB) Has Made Its Survey Data Available to the Public
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; … Continue reading Central Asia Barometer (CAB) Has Made Its Survey Data Available to the Public
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
To What Extent Are Minority Religious Rights Protected in the Kyrgyz Republic?
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,… Continue reading To What Extent Are Minority Religious Rights Protected in the Kyrgyz Republic?
COVID-19 PANDEMIC AND CENTRAL ASIA: Crisis Management, Economic Impact, and Social Transformations
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… Continue reading COVID-19 PANDEMIC AND CENTRAL ASIA: Crisis Management, Economic Impact, and Social Transformations
Artists of Modern Kazakhstan
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… Continue reading Artists of Modern Kazakhstan
Informing the Public about the Dangers of a Pandemic. Early COVID-19 Coverage by News Organizations in Kazakhstan
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… Continue reading Informing the Public about the Dangers of a Pandemic. Early COVID-19 Coverage by News Organizations in Kazakhstan