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Poslední úprava: Mgr. Anna Jordanová (12.09.2023)
a) the establishment of a political system and the constitution of informal political elites that enable the exercise of state power, b) the creation of national identity and ideology and c) the economic as well as the social transformation. Students will receive a comprehensive overview and will be able to comprehend critical issues in Central Asian internal politics. |
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Poslední úprava: Mgr. Anna Jordanová (12.09.2023)
Learning outcomes Specific knowledge: The students will gain a more profound understanding of Central Asia as a geographic area and its challenges on the road to progress and modernization, especially the multi-dimensional character of modernization and its components.
Transferable skills: Capacity for logical inference, analytical thinking and generalization are crucial at the master’s level. Two midterm tests with the so-called open-ended questions will contribute to developing these qualities, which will be further reinforced by preparing a presentation. In the learning process, students are expected to sharpen their skills in conducting the discussion, delivering a presentation and drafting a piece in argumentative writing. Students should behave cooperatively and be mutually supportive to achieve these skills (especially the former two).
Values: After completing the course, students will clearly understand scholars/analysts’ academic responsibility towards society. |
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Poslední úprava: doc. PhDr. Slavomír Horák, Ph.D. (18.04.2023)
Abashin, Sergei. „Nation-construction in Central Asia“. Soviet and Post-Soviet Identities (Bassin, Mark - Kelly, Catriona, eds.), Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, 2012: 150-168 (Chapter 8). Ahrens, Joachim: Stark, Manuel: Economic Reform and Institutional Change in Central Asia: towards a new model of the development state. Private University of Applied Arts Research Papers, Göttingen, No. 5, 2012. Alternatively: Rubin, Barnett R. „Central Asia and Central Africa. Transnational Wars and Ethnic Conflicts“. Journal of Human Development, 7.1 (2006): 5-22. Ambrosio, Thomas. Leadership Succession in Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan: Regime Survival after Nazarbayev and Karimov. Journal of Balkan and Near Eastern Studies, 17.1 (2014): 49-67. + Horák, Slavomir. "Leadership Succession in Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan: Between Stability and Instability." Central Asian Affairs 5.1 (2018): 1-15. Ambrosio, Thomas: „Catching the ‘Shanghai Spirit’: How the Shanghai Cooperation Organization Promotes Authoritarian Norms in Central Asia“. Europe-Asia Studies, 60.8 (2008): 1321-1344. Anderson, John. Kyrgyzstan: An Island of Democracy in Central Asia. Routledge (1999). (Chapter 2, chapter 1 recommended). Clarke, Michael. „The centrality of Central Asia in world history 1700-2008. From Pivot to Periphery and Back Again?“ China, Xinjiang and Central Asia. History, transition and crossborder interaction into 21st century (Mackerass, Colin - Clarke Michael, eds.). Routledge, 2009: 21-54. Cummings, Sally. „Understanding Central Asia: Politics and Contested Transformations“. Routledge, 2013 (Chapter 2). Dadabaev, Timur. "Evaluations of perestroika in post-Soviet Central Asia: Public views in contemporary Uzbekistan, Kazakhstan and Kyrgyzstan." Communist and Post-Communist Studies 49 (2016): 179-192. Denison, Michael. „The Art of the Impossible: Political Symbolism, and the Creation of National Identity and Collective Memory in Post-Soviet Turkmenistan“. Europe-Asia Studies, 61.7 (2009): 1167-1187. Edward Lemon & Hélène Thibault. „Counter-extremism, power and authoritarian governance in Tajikistan“, Central Asian Survey, 37.1 (2018): 137-159. Engvall, Johan. "Flirting with the State Failure: Power and Politics in Kyrgyzstan since Independence." Central Asia-Caucasus Institute - Silk Road Studies Program, Washington - Stockholm, 2011: 12-101. Epkenhans, Tim. The Origins of the Civil War in Tajikistan: Nationalism, Islamism, and Violent Conflict in Post-Soviet Space. Lexington Books, 2016 (Chapters 1 and 2, Jinonice library) Falkowski, Maciej – Lang, Josef. Homo Jihadicus. Islam in the Former USSR and the Phenomenon of the Post-Soviet Militants in Syria and Iraq. OSW Report, Warsaw, 2015 (Chapters I, II and VII). Grävingholt, John: Crisis Potential and Crisis Prevention in Central Asia. Deutsches Institut für Entwicklungspolitik, Bonn, 2004: 65-88. Halonen, Arto (director) – Frazier Kevin (producer): In the Shadow of the Holy Book, Art Films Production, Helsinki, 2007. (independent screening, the film will be provided by lecturer). Hanks, Reuel R. Narratives of Islam in Uzbekistan: authoritarian myths and the Janus-state syndrome. Central Asia Survey, Vol. 35, Issue 4 (2016): 501-513. Horák, Slavomír. "Turkmenistan at the Last Stage of Perestroika. Determinants of an Authoritarian Path." Cahiers d’Asie centrale 26 (2016): 29-49. Horák, Slavomír. „The Elite in Post-Soviet and Post-Niyazow Turkmenistan: Does Political Culture Form a Leader?“ Demokratizatsiya, Vol. 20, Issue 4 (2012): 371-385. Hug, Adam: Spotlight on Uzbekistan. The Foreign Policy Center, 2020 (chapters 2-4). Ilkhamov, Alisher. „Stalled at the Doorstep of Modern Statehood: The Neopatrimonial Regime in Uzbekistan“. Stable Outside Fragile Inside? Post-Soviet Statehood in Central Asia (Kavalski, Emilian, ed.), Ashgate, Farnham, 2010: 195-210. Isaacs, Rico: Charismatic Routinization and Problems of Post-Charisma Succession in Kazakhstan, Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan. Studies of the Transition States and Societies, Vol. 7 (2015), Issue 1, p. 58-76. Khalid Adeeb. Islam and the State in Central Asia. Turkish Review, Vol. 5, Issue 5 (2015): 402-408. Lewis, David. „Sovereignty after Empire: The Colonial Roots of Central Asian Authoritarianism“. Sovereignty After Empire. Comparing the Middle East and Central Asia. Edinburgh University Press, Edinburgh, 2011: 178-196. Mackinder, Halford John. "The geographical pivot of history.". Geographical Journal Vol. 170, Issue 4 (2004): 298-321. Marat, Erica. "National Ideology and State-Building in Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan". Silk Road Paper, Central Asia-Caucasus Institute - Silk Road Studies Program, Washington - Stockholm, 2008: 15-29 and 71-83. Marat, Erica. „Imagined Past, Uncertain Future: The Creation of National Ideologies in Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan“. Problems of Post-Communism. Vol. 55, Issue 1 (2008): 12-24. March, Andrew. „State ideology and the legitimization of authoritarianism: the case of post-Soviet Uzbekistan“. Journal of Political Ideologies Vol. 8, Issue 2 (2003): 209-232. Matveeva, Anna. "Kyrgyzstan: tragedy in the South". Ethnopolitics Papers, 17 (2012): 2 + Tishkov, Valeriy: Don’t Kill Me, I’m a Kyrgyz. An Anthropological Analysis of Violence in Osh Ethnic Conflict. Journal of Peace Research, Vol. 32, No. 2, 1995, pp. 133-149 (JSTOR, SaGE Political Sciences). Matveeva, Anna. „Legitimising Central Asian Authoritarianism: Political Manipulation and Symbolic Power“. Europe-Asia Studies. Vol. 61, Issue 7 (September 2009): 1095-1121. Norling, Nicklas. „Party Problems and Factionalism in Soviet Uzbekistan. Evidence from the Communist Party Archives“. Central Asia-Caucasus Institute & Silk Road Studies Program. 2017: 98-123. Ó‘Beachain, Donnacha – Polese, Abel (eds.). The Colour Revolutions in the Former Soviet Republics. Successes and failures. Routledge, 2010. (Chapters 10 and 13, Introduction recommended) Peyrouse, Sebastien, and Gaël Raballand. "Central Asia: the new Silk Road initiative’s questionable economic rationality." Eurasian Geography and Economics, Vol. 56, Issue 4 (2015): 405-420. Peyrouse, Sebastien. „The Kazakh Neopatrimonial Regime: Balancing Uncertainities among the "Family", Oligarchs and Technocrats“. Demokratizatsiya, Vol. 20, Issue 4 (2012): 345-370. Polese, Abel - Ó Beacháin, Donnacha – Horák, Slavomír: Strategies of legitimation in Central Asia: regime durability in Turkmenistan. Contemporary Politics, Vol. 23, Issue 4 (2017): 427-445. Pomfret, Richard: The Central Asian Economies in the Twenty-First Century: Paving a New Silk Road. Princeton University Press, 2019 (chapters 2 and 3) Qoraboyev, Ikboljon: "From Central Asian regional integration to Eurasian Integration Space? Changing Dynamics of Post-Soviet Regionalism". Eurasian Integration Yearbook, 2010: 206-232. Rakhimov, Mirzokhid. „Internal and External Dynamics of Regional Cooperation in Central Asia“. Journal of Eurasian Studies, 1 (2010): 95-101. Sayarkulova, Mohira. „Reluctant Sovereigns? Central Asian States' Path to Independence“. Sovereignty After Empire. Comparing the Middle East and Central Asia. Edinburgh University Press, Edinburgh, 2011: 127-153. Schatz, Ed. „What Capital Cities Say about State and Nation-Building“. Nationalism and Ethnic Politics. Vol. 9, Issue 4 (2003): 111-140. Starr, Frederick – Cornell, Svante – Norling, Nicklas: The EU, Central Asia and the Development of Continental Transport and Trade. Central Asia-Caucasus Institute & Silk Road Studies Program, Washington – Stockholm, 2015. Starr, Frederick – Cornell, Svante. Putin‘s Grand Strategy: The Eurasian Union and Its Discontents. Central Asia-Caucasus Institute – Silk Road Studies Program, 2014. (chapters 9 and 13). Starr, S. Frederick. In Defense of Greater Central Asia. Central Asia-Caucasus Institute & Silk Road Studies Program, 2008. Šír, Jan: Turkmenistan. A Promised Land for Making Business? Macroeconomic Reforms under Berdymukhammedov. China Eurasia Forum Quarterly, Vol. 8, No. 3, November 2010, p. 67-92. Tishkov, Valery. „Ethnic Conflicts in the Former USSR. The Use and Misuese of Typologies and Datas“. Journal of Peace Research, Vol. 36, Issue 5 (1999): 571-591. |
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Poslední úprava: doc. PhDr. Slavomír Horák, Ph.D. (30.09.2021)
The course is a combination of seminars discussions based on essential readings and comments by the lecturer and presentations on the texts developing the topic with specific case studies. According to IMS regulations the classes take place at Pekarska building (unless new measures are introduced - see IMS website for updates). |
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Poslední úprava: Mgr. Anna Jordanová (12.09.2023)
Final interview with each student based on the readings and in-class topics. One short presentation: (50%) A short presentation could be based on presentation suggestions and additional assigned readings marked "Additional readings". The presenter is not expected to re-narrate the content of the text but should provide a broader context of the text, consequences or implications for contemporary research. However, the student can propose and present his/her own topic (relevant to the class topic and subject to the lecturer's preliminary approval). Each student is responsible for researching sources for the presentation based on scientific articles, analysis and other relevant texts. The presentation should last approximately 15 mins, i.e. the topic should be picked accordingly (narrow enough). More than two presentations per one class will not be allowed. Activity in the class (10%) Consists of active participation in debates and discussions. Assessment (A) 100 - 91% (B) 90 - 81% (C) 80 - 71% (D) 70 – 61% (E) 60 – 51% (F) less than 50% |
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Poslední úprava: doc. PhDr. Slavomír Horák, Ph.D. (18.04.2023)
Course program 1. Concepts, Geography, Demography, Society Key topics: Central Asia as Eurasian pivot or black hole? Different concepts and approaches of the region. Geographical parts of the region.
Readings: (read at least 2 out of 3 readings) Bruno J. De Cordier and Jeroen J.J. Van den Bosch: Defining and Delineating Central Asia from a European Perspective. European Handbook of Central Asian Studies. History, Politics, and Society (Jeroen Van den Bosch - Adrien Fauve - Bruno de Cordier), Ibidem Verlag, Stuttgart, 2021, p. 13-38. Cummings, Sally. „Understanding Central Asia: Politics and Contested Transformations“. Routledge, 2013 (Chapter 2). Clarke, Michael. „The centrality of Central Asia in world history 1700-2008. From Pivot to Periphery and Back Again?“ China, Xinjiang and Central Asia. History, transition and crossborder interaction into 21st century (Mackerass, Colin - Clarke Michael, eds.). Routledge, 2009: 21-54.
Presentation readings: Mackinder, Halford John. "The geographical pivot of history." Geographical Journal 170.4 (2004): 298-321.
2. Central Asia from Soviet republics to post-Soviet states Key topics: The role of Central Asia in the Soviet Union. Soviet determinants of post-Soviet trajectories. Contemporary evaluation of late Soviet period in Central Asia.
Readings: Gorshenina, Svetlana: Orientalism, Postcolonial and Decolonial Frames on Central Asia: Theoretical Relevance and Applicability. European Handbook of Central Asian Studies. History, Politics, and Society (Jeroen Van den Bosch - Adrien Fauve - Bruno de Cordier, eds.), Ibidem Verlag, Stuttgart, 2021, p. 175-244. alternatively: Lewis, David. „Sovereignty after Empire: The Colonial Roots of Central Asian Authoritarianism“. Sovereignty After Empire. Comparing the Middle East and Central Asia. Edinburgh University Press, Edinburgh, 2011: 178-196. + Dadabaev, Timur. "Evaluations of perestroika in post-Soviet Central Asia: Public views in contemporary Uzbekistan, Kazakhstan and Kyrgyzstan." Communist and Post-Communist Studies 49 (2016): 179-192.
Additional readings: Horák, Slavomír. "Turkmenistan at the Last Stage of Perestroika. Determinants of an Authoritarian Path." Cahiers d’Asie centrale 26 (2016): 29-49. Anderson, John. "Kyrgyzstan: An Island of Democracy in Central Asia." Routledge (1999). (Chapter 2, chapter 1 recommended).
3. Formal and informal power institutions in Central Asia Key topics: Should political scientists analyze formal or rather informal institutions? Why the leader is so important in (not only) Central Asian politics? Are there „traditional“, „Soviet“ and „contemporary“ elites? Readings: European Handbook of Central Asian Studies. History, Politics, and Society (Jeroen Van den Bosch - Adrien Fauve - Bruno de Cordier), Ibidem Verlag, Stutgart, 2021 (open access book), Chapter 9 (p. 327-361) and Chapter 11 (385-448)
Presentation suggestion: Analysis of a selected case from Central Asian informal structures
Additional readings: Horák, Slavomír. „The Elite in Post-Soviet and Post-Niyazow Turkmenistan: Does Political Culture Form a Leader?“ Demokratizatsiya, 20.4 (2012): 371-385. Norling, Nicklas. „Party Problems and Factionalism in Soviet Uzbekistan. Evidence from the Communist Party Archives“. Central Asia-Caucasus Institute & Silk Road Studies Program. 2017: 98-123. Peyrouse, Sebastien. „The Kazakh Neopatrimonial Regime: Balancing Uncertainties among the "Family", Oligarchs and Technocrats“. Demokratizatsiya, 20.4 (2012): 345-370. Ismailbekova, Aksana. "Informal Governance, 'Clan' Politics and Corruption. In: Routledge Handbook of Central Asia, Routledge, 2021,: 87-100 Ilkhamov, Alisher. „Stalled at the Doorstep of Modern Statehood: The Neopatrimonial Regime in Uzbekistan“. Stable Outside Fragile Inside? Post-Soviet Statehood in Central Asia (Kavalski, Emilian, ed.), Ashgate, Farnham, 2010: 195-210.
4. Ideology and State-Building in Central Asia Key topics: The Soviet ideological legacy in contemporary Central Asia. Why the leaders should be praised? Political culture and ideology in Central Asian States.
Film screening: Halonen, Arto (director) – Frazier Kevin (producer): „In the shadow of the Holy Book“, Art Films Production, Helsinki, 2007. (independent screening, the film will be provided by lecturer).
Readings: Abashin, Sergei. „Nation-construction in Central Asia“. Soviet and Post-Soviet Identities (Bassin, Mark - Kelly, Catriona, eds.), Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, 2012: 150-168 (Chapter 8). Mullojanov, Parviz. "In Search of ‘National Purpose’: In Theory and Practice. Formation and Main Features of National Ideologies in Post-Soviet Central Asia." Theorizing Central Asian Politics (Isaacs, Rico - Frigerion, Alessandro). Palgrave Macmillan, Cham, 2019: 121-144 (Chapter 6) Matveeva, Anna. „Legitimising Central Asian Authoritarianism: Political Manipulation and Symbolic Power“. Europe-Asia Studies 61.7 (September 2009): 1095-1121.
Presentation suggestion:
Ideology and state- and nation-building in a Central Asian country
Additional readings: March, Andrew. „State ideology and the legitimization of authoritarianism: the case of post-Soviet Uzbekistan“. Journal of Political Ideologies 8.2 (2003): 209-232. Denison, Michael. „The Art of the Impossible: Political Symbolism, and the Creation of National Identity and Collective Memory in Post-Soviet Turkmenistan“. Europe-Asia Studies, 61.7 (2009): 1167-1187. Schatz, Ed. „What Capital Cities Say about State and Nation-Building“. Nationalism and Ethnic Politics. 9.4 (2003): 111-140. Marat, Erica. „Imagined Past, Uncertain Future: The Creation of National Ideologies in Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan“. Problems of Post-Communism. 55.1 (2008): 12-24.
5. Conflict potential in Central Asia Key topics: Real and imagined conflicts in Central Asia. Why Central Asia did not become the Eurasian Balkans? Readings Tishkov, Valery. „Ethnic Conflicts in the Former USSR. The Use and Misuese of Typologies and Datas“. Journal of Peace Research, 36.5 (1999): 571-591. Alternatively: Rubin, Barnett R. „Central Asia and Central Africa. Transnational Wars and Ethnic Conflicts“. Journal of Human Development, 7.1 (2006): 5-22.
Presentation suggestions: Consider the reasons of Tajik-Kyrgyz conflict in Ferghana Valley in 2010s-2020s. Why the Osh and Uzgen became the centers of the conflict in 1990 and 2010? The Origins of Civil War In Tajikistan and its impact on contemporary political system in Tajikistan "Upstream" and "downstream" states in Central Asia. The conflict inevitable? Tajik-Kyrgyz conflict. Local clashes or the new Central Asian war? Andijan uprising 2005 Karakalpak conflict 2022 Additional readings: Matveeva, Anna. "Kyrgyzstan: tragedy in the South". Ethnopolitics Papers, 17 (2012): 2 + Tishkov, Valeriy: Don’t Kill Me, I’m a Kyrgyz. An Anthropological Analysis of Violence in Osh Ethnic Conflict. Journal of Peace Research, Vol. 32, No. 2, 1995, pp. 133-149 (JSTOR, SaGE Political Sciences). Epkenhans, Tim. The Origins of the Civil War in Tajikistan: Nationalism, Islamism, and Violent Conflict in Post-Soviet Space. Lexington Books, 2016 (Chapters 1 and 2)
6. Islamic threat in Central Asia Key Topics: Myth or reality of Islamic extremism in Central Asia. Central Asia after the failure of Islamic State and raise of Taliban in 2021. Readings Routledge Handbook of Central Asia (Erica Marat and Rico isaacs, eds.). Routledge, 2021, (Chapter 27 and 28) p. 411-436. Falkowski, Maciej – Lang, Josef. Homo Jihadicus. Islam in the Former USSR and the Phenomenon of the Post-Soviet Militants in Syria and Iraq. OSW Report, Warsaw, 2015 (Chapter I, II and VII). Khalid Adeeb. Islam and the State in Central Asia. Turkish Review, 5.5 (2015): 402-408.
Presentation suggestions: Islam in the State and Nation-building (case of Turkmenistan) Islamic Threat in Uzbekistan - the regime image or the real threat? Ferghana Valley as a cradle of Islamic radicalism? Discuss the possibilities of Taliban (or some other radical organization based in Afghanistan) to enter Central Asia
Additional readings: Hanks, Reuel R. Narratives of Islam in Uzbekistan: authoritarian myths and the Janus-state syndrome. Central Asia Survey, 35.4 (2016): 501-513. Edward Lemon & Hélène Thibault. „Counter-extremism, power and authoritarian governance in Tajikistan“, Central Asian Survey, 37.1 (2018): 137-159. Clement, Victoria. “Turkmen Islam” and the Paucity of Real Pluralism in Turkmenistan’s Post-Soviet Nation-building. The Review of Faith & International Affairs, Vol. 19, Issue 4, 2021, p. 70-84. Khalid, Adeeb. "Islam in Central Asia 30 years after independence: debates, controversies and the critique of a critique." Central Asian Survey 40.4 (2021): 539-554.
8. Regional cooperation in Central Asia Key topics: Why Central Asia is not integrated from within? Could outside powers integrate Central Asia?
Readings (2 out of 3 texts): Pataccini, Leonardo - Malikov, Numonjon. "Transition and Regional Cooperation in Central Asia: What Can They Tell Us about the (Post-) Liberal World Order?" Polity, Vol. 52, No. 2, 2020, p. 288-303 Krapohl, Sebastian, and Alexandra Vasileva-Dienes. "The region that isn't: China, Russia and the failure of regional integration in Central Asia." Asia Europe Journal, Vol. 18, No. 3, 2020, p. 347-366. Kaczmarski, Marcin. "Non-western visions of regionalism: China's New Silk Road and Russia's Eurasian economic Union." International Affairs 93.6 (2017): 1357-1376.
Presentation suggestions: Why Turkmenistan prefers to stand outside any Central Asian/Eurasian integration? Tajikistan and Kyrgyzstan and their approach to the regional integration China and Turkey integration concepts in Central Asia after 2022.
Additional readings: Ambrosio, Thomas: „Catching the ‘Shanghai Spirit’: How the Shanghai Cooperation Organization Promotes Authoritarian Norms in Central Asia“. Europe-Asia Studies, 60.8 (2008): 1321-1344. Starr, Frederick – Cornell, Svante. Putin‘s Grand Strategy: The Eurasian Union and Its Discontents. Central Asia-Caucasus Institute – Silk Road Studies Program, 2014. (chapters 9 and 13).
9. Economic and social transformation of Central Asia Key topics: Shock changes versus gradual transformation. Different Strategies, similar outputs in Central Asia? The constant crisis in the region? A „Dutch desease“ and Central Asian effect. Readings: Pomfret, Richard: The Central Asian Economies in the Twenty-First Century. Paving a New Silk Road. Princeton University Press, 2019 (chapters 2 and 3). Pomfret, Richard: Economic Reform and Development in Central Asia. Routledge Handbook of Central Asian Studies. Routledge, 2021, p. 281-302.
Presentation suggestions: Economic Reform and Institutional Change in Central Asia (case of selected countries) The analysis of gradualism versus shock therapy in the transformation of Central Asian economies (coparative cases of Uzbekistan and Kyrgyzstan) The application of "Dutch disease" concept (or other concept) on the economy of energy rich countries in Central Asia (cases of Turkmenistan, Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan) The (non-)transformation from "kolkhozes and sovkhozes" to farmer's system in Central Asian agriculture (cases of Uzbekistan and Turkmenistan) The water system of Central Asia (the impact of Rogun or Kambarata dams for upstream and downstream states). Additional readings: Šír, Jan: Turkmenistan. A Promised Land for Making Business? Macroeconomic Reforms under Berdymukhammedov. China Eurasia Forum Quarterly, Vol. 8, No. 3, November 2010, p. 67-92. Hug, Adam: Spotlight on Uzbekistan. The Foreign Policy Center, 2020 (chapters 2-4).
10. Transport in Central Asia Key Topics: Central Asia as Eurasian transport hub or Eurasian bypass? Factors and determinants of Central Asia as a transit destination. One Belt One Road and its impact on Central Asia.
Readings:
Presentation suggestions: Belt and Road Initiative in the transport The Middle Corridor in Kazakhstan after the Russian invasion in the Ukraine Internal barriers as an obstacle for rail/road transport in the region. The case of Kyrgyzstan. Baku-Tbilisi-Kars railroad and the impact on Central Asia Geopolitics of railways in Central Asia
Additional Readings: Peyrouse, Sebastien, and Gaël Raballand. "Central Asia: the new Silk Road initiative’s questionable economic rationality." Eurasian Geography and Economics 56.4 (2015): 405-420. Horák, Slavomír: Railway Geopolitics in Central Asia from the 19th to the 21st Century. European Handbook of Central Asian Studies. History, Politics, and Society (Jeroen Van den Bosch - Adrien Fauve - Bruno de Cordier), Ibidem Verlag, Stuttgart, 2021: 965-987.
11. Regime transition models in Central Asia Key Topics: Analysis of regime transitions in Central Asia (cases of Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan, Kazakhstan). Is there a potential of „Arab Springs“/"Colour revolutions" in Central Asia (particularly Kyrgyzstan)? Specifics of hereditary grooming in Central Asian states (example of Azerbaijan, cases of Turkmenistan and Tajikistan). Legitimization of new leaders. Presentation: Turkmenistan and Tajikistan hereditary grooming (camparative perspectives) (Daniela) Readings Ambrosio, Thomas. Leadership Succession in Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan: Regime Survival after Nazarbayev and Karimov. Journal of Balkan and Near Eastern Studies, 17.1 (2014): 49-67. + Horák, Slavomir. "Leadership Succession in Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan: Between Stability and Instability." Central Asian Affairs 5.1 (2018): 1-15. And/or Ó‘Beachain, Donnacha – Polese, Abel (eds.). The Colour Revolutions in the Former Soviet Republics. Successes and failures. Routledge, 2010. (Chapters 10 and 13, Introduction recommended) Presentation suggestions Turkmenistan and Tajikistan hereditary grooming/leader transitions (camparative perspectives) Kazakhstan Transition process 2019-2022 The cases of a selected transitions in Central Asia (Tajikistan 1992, Turkmenistan 2006, Uzbekistan 2016, Kazakhstan 2019-2022, Turkmenistan 2022)
Additional readings Kudaibergenova Diana T. – Laruelle, Marlene. Making sense of the January 2022 protests in Kazakhstan: failing legitimacy, culture of protests, and elite readjustments. Post-Soviet Affairs, 2022 Polese, Abel - Ó Beacháin, Donnacha – Horák, Slavomír: Strategies of legitimation in Central Asia: regime durability in Turkmenistan. Contemporary Politics, 23:4 (2017): 427-445. Hug, Adam et al.: Spotlight on Uzbekistan. The Foreign Policy Center, 2020 (chapter 1).
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