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Kazakhstan: What Next? Understanding the Protests and the Post-Protest Political Context

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It’s been over a week since the massive protests that took the lives of at least 225 people. How can we begin to understand the diversity of reasons for the public dissent that emerged from various regions of the country?

Dosym Satpayev
Dosym Satpayev

Director of Kazakhstan Risk Assessment Group and a member of the presidium of the Kazakhstan Council on International Relations

Diana Kudaibergenova
Diana Kudaibergenova

Lecturer, Department of Sociology, University of Cambridge

Azamat K. Junisbai
Azamat K. Junisbai

Professor of Sociology at Pitzer College in Claremont, California

Dinissa Duvanova
Dinissa Duvanova

Associate Professor, International Relations, Lehigh University

Marlene Laruelle
Marlene Laruelle

Director and Research Professor, Institute for European, Russian and Eurasian Studies (IERES), The George Washington University

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Bridging State and Civil Society: Informal Organizations in Tajik/ Afghan Badakhshan

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Join us for the discussion of the new book "Bridging Sate and Civil Society. Informal Organizations in Tajik/Afghan Badakhshan" by Dr. Suzanne Levi-Sanchez.

Recording Available
Suzanne Levi-Sanchez
Suzanne Levi-Sanchez

Non-resident Fellow, American University, School of International Service

Robert Finn
Robert Finn

U.S. Ambassador (retired)

Nargis Kassenova
Nargis Kassenova

Senior Fellow and Director, Program on Central Asia, Davis Center

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What Is Happening in Kazakhstan?

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Locally based journalists and experts will share their views on the current crisis in Kazakhstan.

Merkhat Sharipzhanov

RFE/RL's Sr. Central Newsroom Correspondent, former Director of Kazakh Service

Temur Umarov
Temur Umarov

Fellow, Carnegie Endowment for International Peace (CEIP)

Pauline Jones
Pauline Jones

Professor, Department of Political Science, University of Michigan

Barbara Junisbai
Barbara Junisbai

Associate Professor of Organizational Studies, Pitzer College

Nargis Kassenova
Nargis Kassenova

Senior Fellow and Director, Program on Central Asia, Davis Center

Marlene Laruelle
Marlene Laruelle

Director and Research Professor, Institute for European, Russian and Eurasian Studies (IERES), The George Washington University

Maya Peterson

Pipe Dreams: A Celebration of the Life and Work of Maya Peterson

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Please join us as we come together to celebrate the life and work of Maya K. Peterson, who died tragically in June 2021.

Recording Available
Nargis Kassenova
Nargis Kassenova

Senior Fellow and Director, Program on Central Asia, Davis Center

Kelly O'Neill
Kelly O’Neill

Founding Director, Imperiia Project, Davis Center

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Revisiting Belavezha Thirty Years On

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Stanislau Shushkevich will join us for a conversation about the impact of the signing of the Belavezha Accords.

Stanislau Shushkevich
Stanislau Shushkevich

Chairman of the Supreme Soviet of the Republic of Belarus (1991-1994)

Yelena Biberman
Yelena Biberman

Associate Professor of Political Science, Skidmore College