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Pogroms in Post-Nazarbayev Kazakhstan

Download the report This report is published as part of the project “Nationalism and Violence in Central Asia” funded by the United States Institute of Peace. Since the collapse of the Soviet Union,...

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Resource Nationalism and Slow Violence in Kyrgyzstan

Download the report This report is published as part of the project “Nationalism and Violence in Central Asia” funded by the United States Institute of Peace. Year in and year out, political and...

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Kyrgyzstan’s Digital Populists: How Social Media is Reshaping Political...

Download the report Populism is a relatively new political phenomenon in Central Asia. The region has long been dominated by traditional post-Soviet “soft” autocrats and heavy-handed dictators who...

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Kazakhstan’s Majilis Election: One-Party Dominance with a Pluralistic Face

The original version of this commentary was produced upon request for Zentralasien-Analysen, a German digest on Central Asia. On March 19, Kazakhstan held parliamentary elections that were meant to...

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The Tajikistan-Kyrgyzstan Border Conflict: Social Media Discourses and Lived...

Download the full report This report is published as part of the project “Nationalism and Violence in Central Asia” funded by the United States Institute of Peace. Fighting erupted on the border...

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From State Repression to a Warzone: How Pamiris have Ended up on the...

The lure of work in Ukraine’s war-torn territory has proven difficult to resist for Central Asian labor migrants, and Russian companies have taken notice. Despite the inherent dangers of working in an...

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Kazakhstan Futures Fellows Present Research at Event in Astana

On September 21, 16 leading Kazakh and American experts presented their research findings within the Oxus Society for Central Asian Affairs’ Kazakhstan Futures Program at an event at Nazarbayev...

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New Documentary Film: Oqlanmagan (The Unexonerated)

In the 1990s, Uzbekistan’s first president Islam Karimov arrested tens of thousands of practicing Muslims, imams, and citizens engaged in Islamic study groups, forcing them to sign pre-written...

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Webinar: Multi-vector Diplomacy in the Heart of Eurasia

  On January 31, Oxus Society, in collaboration with the Energy, Growth, and Security Program (EGS) at the International Tax and Investment Center (ITIC), held a webinar on multivectorism in Central...

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Webinar: How is Turkey’s Place in the Broader Turkic World Changing?

The Oxus Society and Wilson Center invite you to a webinar. February 20th, 2024 11:00 am – 12:00 pm ET via Zoom RSVP Following the dissolution of the Soviet Union in December 1991, Turkey began to...

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Webinar: Getting to Net Zero in Europe and Central Asia: Discussing Ways Forward

  Monday, March 11th, 2024, 10:00 AM – 11:00 AM (ET) Register here. How can some of the world’s most fossil fuel-reliant economies—the emerging market and developing economies of Europe and Central...

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Decarbonizing Kazakhstan: What Future Awaits Mining Regions and Towns?

Read the full report. This policy brief assesses how Kazakhstan’s efforts to achieve carbon neutrality could impact the country’s mining regions and towns. To make this assessment, authors review...

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Zhanatas: A Test Case for International Financing in Kazakhstan’s Green...

Download the report Kazakhstan is far too often seen through simplistic lenses –frequently labeled as the center of a ‘new great game’ of geopolitical competition over the future of Eurasia or as an...

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The Crocus City Hall Terror Attack and Its Repercussions for Central Asians...

On April 3rd, the Davis Center for Russian and Eurasian Studies, Harvard University and Oxus Society hosted a webinar on recent events in Moscow. While little evidence has yet been presented for who...

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От докторанта до ученого: Проблемы подготовки научных кадров...

Скачать отчет. Наука является основным элементом в формировании и развитии наукоемкой, высокотехнологичной и инновационной экономики, что подтверждает опыт странтехнологических лидеров, где научные...

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Ранние браки в Кыргызстане: Одни минусы без плюсов

Авторы: Динара Калдыбек кызы, Джамиля Капарова Ментор: Беймишева Айгуль, профессор, PhD Скачать полный отчет В настоящей работе представлен актуальный анализ ситуации с ранними браками в Кыргызстане....

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Kazakhstan Futures Fellows Meet in Astana to Discuss Economic Challenges

  Between April 18 and 19, 2024 , Kazakhstan Futures fellows met in Astana to discuss the challenges and opportunities facing Kazakhstan’s economy over the coming decades. The event began with opening...

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