Category: Politics and Geopolitics
South Korea’s Central Asia strategy is regional in form, bilateral in practice
South Korea has elevated ties with Central Asia to summit level. But experts tell Novastan that the real test lies in investment, local value creation and cross-border cooperation - not… [...]
“The idea of having choices was so new”: Oyungerel Tsedevdamba on Mongolia’s democracy 36 years later
What has Mongolia made of the democratic promise of 1990? Oyungerel Tsedevdamba reflects on corruption, women, youth, local democracy and historical memory. [...]
Beyond the ‘Graveyard of Empires’: Rethinking the Afghan State
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Can Afghanistan Become Central Asia’s Bridge to the South?
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“I survived things. But I also built things”: Nilofar Ayoubi on Afghan women, exile and resistance
From living publicly as a boy in Kunduz to becoming an entrepreneur, journalist and women’s rights advocate, Nilofar Ayoubi has experienced Afghanistan’s gender restrictions from radically different perspectives. Now in… [...]
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“A Fourth Political Reset?”: An Interview with Kyrgyz Political Scientist Emil Dzhuraev
An assessment of President Sadyr Japarov’s tenure, the political realignment following the dismissal of the head of the security services, and growing economic dependence on China… For Novastan, prominent… [...]
The Silk Road Paradigm and the Dilemma of In-Between
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Bolor Lkhaajav: “Mongolia does not need to choose between Russia and China”
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Who Made the Nations of Central Asia?
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How New Is the “New Uzbekistan”? The Legacy of the Nukus Protests
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“This is the right time to engage with Uzbekistan”: Gulnoza Ismailova on education, talent and the country’s future
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More Women in Central Asian Politics – But Where Is the Power?
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