Luca Anceschi lectures in Central Asian Studies at the University of Glasgow. Follow him on Twitter @anceschistan
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Published in: oDRBerlusconi’s l’amico Nursultan, and the Shalabayeva affairSilvio Berlusconi has had lots of friends, or so he says – l’amico George (Bush), l’amico Tony (Blair), and now...
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Published in: oDRChange put on hold in Nazarbayev’s KazakhstanPresident Nazarbayev has been head of state in Kazakhstan for 23 years (before, and since, independence in 1991)....
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Published in: oDRCentral Asia: succession planning in dictatorshipsKyrgyzstan aside, recent elections in Central Asia would appear to indicate that the regions’ leaders are aiming to...