Nargis Kassenova & CAAFP Fellows – New Challenges in Central Asia. Changing Societies in a Time of Economic Crisis

With Nargis Kassenova (KIMEP)

and the Central Asia – Azerbaijan Program Fellows

Chair: Marlene Laruelle (IERES, GW)

3:00pm. Nargis Kassenova (KIMEP)
Kazakhstan 2016: The Politics of Crisis

Discussion

4:00pm

Kassymkhan Kapparov (Kazakhstan)
Invisible Public Debt: The Case of Kazakhstan

Sabina Insebayeva (Kazakhstan)
A Quest For Status, Legitimacy And Ontological Security: The Image-Conscious Kazakhstan

Discussion

5:00pm.

Arzu Geybullayeva (Azerbaijan)
Azerbaijan’s Suspended Democracy – Time for International Reassessment

Gulzhigit Ermatov (Kyrgyzstan)
Understanding Illiberal Sentiments among Youth in Kyrgyzstan

Dursunjemal Halimova (Turkmenistan)
Economic Smart Power: Utilizing the Untapped Asset of Turkmen Youth

Discussion

6:30pm. Reception