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Published in: oDRKazakhstan’s invisible childrenIn Kazakhstan, children with special educational needs and disabilities are kept out of sight and out of mind. RU
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Published in: oDRControversial trial in Kazakhstan sheds light on Chinese campsChina’s attempts to suppress information about Xinjiang open floodgates to scrutiny of its indoctrination policy.
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Published in: oDRHow Kazakhstan’s anti-extremism blacklist forces activists, bloggers and opposition politicians into the shadowsIn Kazakhstan, persecution of citizens convicted for extremism does not end with a court judgement or sentence....
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Published in: oDRFighting patriarchy in Kazakhstan: problems and perspectivesKazakhstan’s feminist activists thought it would take 10-15 years for gender inequality issues to be resolved. That...
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Published in: oDRGlobal capitalism in Central Asia and competing economic imaginariesFor the US, Russia and China, Central Asia is a space of competing economic influences.
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Published in: oDRWhat’s behind China’s anti-Kazakh campaign?If you're an ethnic Kazakh or a Kazakh citizen in northwest China, you can face detention on espionage and extremism...
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Published in: oDRImpatient dictators: how snap elections shore up authoritarianism in EurasiaAuthoritarian states are using all-too familiar constitutional mechanisms to consolidate power.
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Published in: oDRFire and oil in western Kazakhstan's “spiritual renovation”Post-independence Kazakhstan has seen a revival in Kazakh genealogies, sub-ethnic lineages and identities.
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Published in: oDRBlack blood: a history of Kazakhstan’s oil sectorThis new book provides a comprehensive overview of Kazakhstan’s oil business, but skips over the uncomfortable truth...
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Published in: oDRInternet censorship in Kazakhstan: more pervasive than you may thinkAs Internet penetration grows in the country, so do the government’s attempts to monitor, control and repress...
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Published in: oDRIn Kazakhstan, architectural heritage is a path into a forgotten futureIn the former capital city of Almaty, the move to catalogue Soviet buildings is an attempt to create an alternative...
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Published in: oDRWhat I didn’t write about ZhanaozenIn 2011, a seven-month-long strike in a Kazakh oil town came to tragic end. Six months after I reported on the...
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Published in: oDRKazakhstan: state threat to shut down independent trade unionsFive years ago today, Kazakhstan's security forces clashed with protesting workers in the oil town of Zhanaozen,...
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Published in: oDRKazakhstan’s thin red lineHow the trial of veteran journalist Seitkazy Mataev heralds an even bleaker future for freedom of speech in...
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Published in: oDRKazakhstan: the limits of authoritarian crisis managementViolent attacks on state institutions have shaken the Nazarbayev regime in recent weeks, exposing its fixation with...
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Published in: oDRThe end of the Nazarbayev dreamKazakhstan’s networked authoritarianism is a powerful system of media control, but it leaves little room for the...
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Published in: oDRUnmasking Central Asia's neoliberal judgesDespite claims of impartiality, judges in Central Asia often incorporate neoliberal economic and moral values into...
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Published in: oDRKazakhstan's quiet balancing actAlongside partners east and west, Kazakhstan has learned how to play a quiet balancing act—with lessons for the Kremlin.
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Published in: oDRThe Sochi SyndromeGrandiose urban development projects and international mega-events are ideal opportunities for authoritarian leaders...
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Published in: oDRThe irreplaceables in Central AsiaIn Uzbekistan and Kazakhstan, the authorities don’t even have to stuff the ballot boxes, their presidents have done...
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