Central Peripheries explores post-Soviet Central Asia through the prism of nation-building.
Although relative latecomers on the international scene, the Central Asian states see …

ABSTRACT With China and Russia acting more assertively vis-à-vis Central Asia,
Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, and Uzbekistan have gradually moved to …

The Russian leadership promotes a vision of a multipolar world where major powers must
have their own “zones of influence.” This implies that other “great powers” have to recognize …

Yet Central Asian countries are not passive pawns in a Great Game between Washington,
Beijing, and Moscow. Their governments have shown remarkable resilience to external …

ABSTRACT Central Asia and China enjoy a mutually beneficial, albeit hugely asymmetrical,
relationship. Nevertheless, leaders in Central Asia have occasionally and selectively …

ABSTRACT The Russian-led Eurasian Economic Union (EAEU) and China's Belt and Road
Initiative (BRI) intersect and overlap in Central Asia at the heart of Eurasia. Whereas the …

One of the contemporary trends in global higher education is the emergence of regional
spaces that transcend national boundaries, fostering cross-border integration and …

This article provides an analysis of Mongolia's foreign relations with the post-Soviet Central
Asian states, particularly with Kazakhstan and Kyrgyzstan, and their prospects going …

The article examines Kazakhstan's relations with Southeast Asia, an area of study which has
been given little attention so far. It firstly analyzes Kazakhstan's multivector foreign policy …

This paper analyses the influence that manpower agencies have on hiring practices and
employment in Kazakhstan's oil sector. While influenced by the literature on transition from …