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Kyrgyzstan’s One-Term President Positions Himself for the Transition of Power

Chiara Loda
By Eugene Huskey This post was originally published in Presidential Power and is available here Outside of Latin America, where one-term limitations on presidencies are relatively common, only the Philippines, South Korea, Vanuatu, and Kyrgyzstan restrict their presidents to a single term.[i]  Kyrgyzstan introduced this restriction in its 2010 Constitution in order to prevent the repetition of “family…
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Kashagan and the Shifting Landscapes of Capitalization in the North Caspian Oil Industry: Practical Lessons beyond the Clichés

MariaAD
by Maurizio G. Totaro  Ph.D. candidate at the Department of Conflict and Development Studies, Ghent University PDF file available here: MaurizioTotaro Shfting Landscape Oil Industry Executive summary This brief states that the demise of the Northern Caspian oil project in Kashagan as a matter of cash-all-gone, as The Economist argued in 2014[i], is erroneous. Rather, the…

On Spaces and Subjectivities in the Kazakhstani Oil Assemblage

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by Maurizio Totaro, PhD candidate at the Department of Conflict and Development Studies, Ghent University In early January, a few days after my arrival in Astana, I was strolling on the frozen side-walks of the city, taking advantage of the unusually warm sun mitigating the harsh wintry temperature. As I walked, a large filling station caught…

The implementation of the Busan Principles within EU development assistance to Kyrgyzstan

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by Liga Rudzite, PhD candidate at the Tallinn School of Economics and Business Administration, Tallinn University of Technology PDF file available here: Liga Rudzite EU development aid in Kyrgyzstan Executive summary Development cooperation is a complex policy field. Its goals and objectives are often disputed. The outcomes of theory-practice interaction are unpredictable and change dynamically over time…

Subordinated Local Ownership: How do Donor Agencies View Civil Society Organisations in Tajikistan?

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by Karolina Kluczewska, PhD candidate at the School of International Relations,
University of St Andrews. PDF file available here: Karolina Kluczewska Aid in Tajikistan Executive Summary This policy brief analyses relations between donor agencies and local civil society organisations in Tajikistan, from the perspective of the latter. Its main conclusion is that despite the rhetoric of local…
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