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Passing Central Asian Power Batons: What Can We Expect? | Omelicheva, Radnitz, Juraev (Part 1 of 2)

The presidential succession in Uzbekistan following the death of Islam Karimov in September 2016 has rejuvenated discussion about the nature and future of Central Asia’s political regimes. Uzbekistan’s new president,…

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Passing Central Asian Power Batons: What Can We Expect? | Kassenova, Schatz, McGlinchey (Part 2 of 2)

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What New Reforms in Kazakhstan Suggest About a Future Political Transition

(World Politics Review) Kazakhstan’s parliament has approved reforms that would decentralize power in the Central Asian nation, potentially giving parliament and the Cabinet more control over key duties such as managing the economy.…

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Eurasia’s CSTO and SCO: A Failure to Address the Trafficking/Terrorism Nexus

(PONARS Policy Memo) The topic of collective responses to terrorism, extremism, and transnational organized crime has long dominated discussions within the Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO) and Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO).…

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Russian and Chinese Influences in Shared Borderlands

(PONARS Policy Memo) The political and economic relationship between Russia and China has been intensifying over the past decade, particularly as Moscow has attempted to “pivot to the East.” While…

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Omelicheva: Authoritarian regimes have been fairly effective in mobilizing public support through rhetoric

(AAAS) Leaders of authoritarian regimes in Central Asia have been able to use rhetoric to define their power as legitimate to the public despite practices of human rights violations and clamping…

Strategic Solidarity: How Central Asia Responds to the Kremlin’s Exhortations

(PONARS Policy Memo) The Central Asian states have endeavored over the past two decades to maintain the appropriate amount of distance from the regional hegemon, Russia. They have sought to balance…

Counter-Radicalization Policies in Central Asia: The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly

(PONARS Policy Memo) In 2011, four Central Asian states signed a Joint Plan of Action in Ashgabat pledging to work together to counter radicalization and terrorism in the region. Since…

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Restructuring Extractive Economies in the Caspian Basin: Too Little, Too Late?

(PONARS Policy Memo) The oil- and gas-rich states of the Caspian Sea basin—Azerbaijan, Kazakhstan, and Turkmenistan—registered phenomenal growth throughout most of the 2000s. However, the heady days of resource-fueled development now…

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Russia’s “Checks and Balances” On Kazakhstan’s Quest for Military Independence

(RAD) Kazakhstan’s moves to build a self-sufficient military-industrial complex and diversify its military procurements and defense cooperation have been interpreted as telling signs of a split in Kazakhstan’s long-standing defense and…

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Kazakhstan

Passing Central Asian Power Batons: What Can We Expect? | Omelicheva, Radnitz, Juraev (Part 1 of 2)

Passing Central Asian Power Batons: What Can We Expect? | Kassenova, Schatz, McGlinchey (Part 2 of 2)

What New Reforms in Kazakhstan Suggest About a Future Political Transition

Eurasia’s CSTO and SCO: A Failure to Address the Trafficking/Terrorism Nexus

Russian and Chinese Influences in Shared Borderlands

Omelicheva: Authoritarian regimes have been fairly effective in mobilizing public support through rhetoric

Strategic Solidarity: How Central Asia Responds to the Kremlin’s Exhortations

Counter-Radicalization Policies in Central Asia: The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly

Restructuring Extractive Economies in the Caspian Basin: Too Little, Too Late?

Russia’s “Checks and Balances” On Kazakhstan’s Quest for Military Independence