Since the breakup of the Eastern bloc, Central Asia has been analyzed primarily through the prism of hard power and the great powers’ geopolitical and geostrategic games in the region.… Continue reading Soft Power in Central Asia: The Politics of Influence and Seduction
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Representing Cultural Diversity in Russia. The Eurovision contest and Manizha’s “Russian Woman” Performance
Photo: MANIZHA on Instagram The nomination of Manizha Sangin, a Russian singer of Tajik origin, for the EurovisionSong Contest seems to have come as a surprise to everyone. On the… Continue reading Representing Cultural Diversity in Russia. The Eurovision contest and Manizha’s “Russian Woman” Performance
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
Studying Central Asia: Looking at the Merits of ‘Eavesdropping’
with Svetlana Jacquesson, Director, Central Asian Studies Institute One of the most striking features of Central Asian Studies, as Western scholars have practiced it since the fall of the Soviet Union, is the… Continue reading Studying Central Asia: Looking at the Merits of ‘Eavesdropping’
Politics and Cinema: Divergence in Post-Soviet Central Asian Film
Discussion on Kazakh Cinema Introduction: Peter Rollberg, Director, IERES, GWU Kazakh Cinema in an Historical Perspective: from Perestroika to Post-Borat Time Jean Radvanyi, Professor, National Institute for Oriental Languages and… Continue reading Politics and Cinema: Divergence in Post-Soviet Central Asian Film
Uzbekistan under New Leadership: What’s Changing, What’s Staying the Same
By Bruce Pannier
Imagining the Nation: Identity, Nation Building and Foreign Policy in Kazakhstan
By Sabina Insebayeva
Azerbaijan’s Suspended Democracy: Time For An International Reassessment
By Arzu Geybullayeva
Political Process, Social Activity and Individual Strategies in Georgia
By Ruslan Baramidze
Political and Economic Trends in Kazakhstan
By Dossym Satpayev
The First Uzbekistan Workshop
Uzbekistan Initiative Workshop April 6, 2015
Quotes on Quotas? Political Representation of Women in Kyrgyzstan in the 2007 and 2010 Convocations
Central Asia Fellowship Papers No. 7, March 2015 By Natalia Zakharchenko Natalia Zakharchenko (Kyrgyzstan) is an alumni of the OSCE Academy in Bishkek. She is currently working as an Assistant to a baseline study at… Continue reading Quotes on Quotas? Political Representation of Women in Kyrgyzstan in the 2007 and 2010 Convocations
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Избирательное участие: будущая роль России в Центральной Азии
Аналитический обзор по Центральной Азии Выпуск 3, июль 2012 Анна Матвеева Основные моменты: На внутреннюю политику России оказывает влияние общественная дискуссия по поводу притоков наркотиков и преступности из Центральной Азию, против… Continue reading Избирательное участие: будущая роль России в Центральной Азии
