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Published in: oDRThey shot to kill: the massacre of Kazakhstan’s striking oil workers, eight years onEight years after the infamous massacre of striking oil workers and their supporters at Zhanaozen in western...
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Published in: oDR: OpinionFateful Feminnale: an insider’s view of a “controversial” feminist art exhibition in KyrgyzstanA recent feminist art exhibition in Bishkek brought whip-wielding nationalists out to protest. Their outrage shows...
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Published in: oDR: OpinionPolarisation grows as Kyrgyzstan tackles controversial corruption issuesA high-profile corruption investigation has divided public opinion along familiar regional lines.
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Published in: oDR: OpinionCentral Asian feminists are carving out their space in gender studiesFew theories directly deal with the experience of colonisation and patriarchy in Central Asia. It’s time to develop them.
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Published in: oDR: OpinionThe moral education of a young woman in KazakhstanIn Central Asia, female researchers trained in the west face traditionalism, poor compensation for work done and...
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Published in: oDRThe secret in their eyes: in Kyrgyzstan, plastic surgery is booming thanks to InstagramIn this Central Asian state, urban and social media-savvy women are increasingly turning to eye surgery for self-confidence.
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Published in: ourEconomy: OpinionThe Battle of Seattle: 20 years later, it's time for a revivalOn this 20th anniversary of the Battle of Seattle, the struggle against globalized capital continues.
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Published in: ourEconomy"The UN is being turned into a public-private partnership": An interview with Harris Gleckman
Lynn Fries speaks to Harris Gleckman about the growing corporate influence over our global governance system.
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Published in: ourEconomyourVoices Episode 1: Whose data? Our data!In the first episode of ourVoices we explore the rise of big tech, and imagine a future where our data is used to...
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Published in: ourEconomyImpoverished economics? Unpacking the economics Nobel PrizeWhen the world is facing large systemic crises, why is the economics profession celebrating small technical fixes?
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Published in: ourEconomyTo salvage multilateralism we need a Global Green New DealIt's time to reclaim the policy space lost to footloose capital by creating a new public realm at the global level.
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Published in: oDR: Opinion“Two fields” within: Lost between Russian and Kazakh in the Eurasian borderlandRussia’s colonial relationship to Central Asia can still be felt in activism and academia. Today, these networks...
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Published in: oDR: OpinionA view from the margins: alienation and accountability in Central Asian studiesSociological study and political struggle increasingly go hand-in-hand. But in Central Asia, research needs to...
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Published in: oDR: OpinionListening to women’s stories: the ambivalent role of feminist research in Central AsiaScholars look to feminist research methods to make their field work more equal. But how does radical research work...
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Published in: oDR: OpinionHow does it feel to be studied? A Central Asian perspectiveCentral Asian researchers often feel like second-class participants in the global knowledge economy. Academic...
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Published in: oDR: OpinionWhen your field is also your home: introducing feminist subjectivities in Central AsiaWhat happens when the “field” is your home, your battlefield and your livelihood? This new series examines the...
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Published in: oDR: OpinionWhen “the field” is your institution: on academic extortion and complaining as activismWhat happens when an institution fundamentally lets you down? Part of our new series on Central Asian scholars and...
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Published in: ourEconomyWhy we must reform the IMF – before it’s too lateThe fund’s legacy of austerity must be replaced by a new social contract based on shared prosperity and a just...
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Published in: North Africa, West AsiaAn eyewitness account of Arab-Afghans and the inception of the Jihadi movementHow did the first generation of Arab jihadists lead the way to today’s Islamists? A book review.
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Published in: North Africa, West AsiaReflections on “peace” in AfghanistanLeaving a misguided war and choosing not to look back.
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