Has anyone saved this article from Financial Times "Russia’s fears over ex-Soviet nations laid bare in leaked paper," dating February? 🙏 Don't have a subscription...

Heard Asel Doolotkeldieva speak at the Harriman Institute recently. She emphasized the Tajik-Kyrgyz border deal. What’s striking is that it happened without Kremlin mediation. Central Asian leaders conducting their own diplomacy is a key step toward regional integration.

In the new episode of the The Eurasian Climate Brief podcast we speak to a political scientist Asel Doolotkeldieva, environmentalist Dimitry Kalmykov and Cecilia Mattea from the Initiative for Responsible Mining Assurance about critical raw materials in Central Asia buzzsprout.com/1878920/episod…

I gave an interview to The Eurasian Climate Brief on implications of EU CRM strategy for Central Asia. Let's not forget the destructive ecolog & social impacts of Soviet production of rare earth minerals & materials in CA, as it seems to be ignored in current geopoliticization of resources

Have you been to Bozjyra, Mangystau region in Western Kazakhstan? Part of the ancient ocean Tetis. It's simply mind blowing... Mad Max, Furiosa and Dune would cry )) I strongly recommend visiting this Mars like place! 🤍🩶

I am very happy to start a new position at the University of Potsdam as a Research Fellow to work on neoliberal authoritarianisms & populisms! I am so excited about our internat team & the possibility of interdiscipl comparative research on Central Asia, Latin America, Turkey etc

My future work place, yay! But finding a job is one thing, finding an accommodation in Postdam/Berlin area seems to be another quest 😅🤪. If you know of friends who are renting out, please please let me know!

Hello to that sweet, shy, anonymous student from Narikbayev University. I'm glad that my work has been helpful for your thesis. You can write me an email if you want 😉. Would be good to come back to X, but uffff

I am excited to share with you my new article, co-authored with superb Till Mostowlansky! If you are interested in Global China and want to know how Chinese companies behave in Central Asia, this article may be relevant for you. It's an open access! onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/re…

"After Trump, Tokayev also calls climate change a "fraud" and praises coal in Kazakhstan" What will this mean for the country's very modest progress in decarbonization and green transition? And can we blame Russia alone for authoritarian diffusion? vlast.kz/english/66616-…