With estimates ranging from 5,000 to 7,000 men and women migrating to Syria and Iraq from the Central Asian states since April 2013, the region ranks third in supplying foreign… Continue reading Negotiating Gender in Central Asia
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Transition to Sustainability in Azerbaijan: Policy Review and Analysis
By Ilaha Abasli Ilaha was a Spring 2021 CAAFP Fellow. She is a PhD researcher at Institute of Social Studies, Erasmus Rotterdam University. Ilaha holds a Master’s degree in International… Continue reading Transition to Sustainability in Azerbaijan: Policy Review and Analysis
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
