Akbota Karibayeva

phd candidate @gwtweets | @nuedukz @uchicago alumna | authoritarianism, succession, digital technology, security, Eurasia

[Akbota Karibayeva @akbotabox]

Our article with @LentonAC comparing Post-Soviet New Year Speeches across 6 countries has been published in Communist and Post-Communist Studies. Perfect timing, if I do say so myself, ahead of the new wave of addresses on December 31st! Give it a read🎄

https://t.co/uPtbv8NIvJ

[Illiberalism Studies Program @ILLSP_GWU]

The latest issue of the Journal of Illiberalism Studies is out now! This special issue was put together by @jazzdallagnola and focuses on the intersection of #technology and #illiberalism

Check it out below!!

@IERES_GWU
https://t.co/W8rkhQD2Xi

[Edward Lemon @EdwardLemon3]

For the first time, Uzbekistan recorded more protests than Kyrgzystan (according to ACLED) in the second half of 2024 (65 opposed to 52). A sign of growing frustration and greater freedoms in Uzbekistan and Kyrgyzstan's closing space for opposition.

[Akbota Karibayeva @akbotabox]

@Willardson_SL @LentonAC Thank you, Dr. W!

[Akbota Karibayeva @akbotabox]

Our article with @LentonAC comparing Post-Soviet New Year Speeches across 6 countries has been published in Communist and Post-Communist Studies. Perfect timing, if I do say so myself, ahead of the new wave of addresses on December 31st! Give it a read🎄

https://t.co/uPtbv8NIvJ

[Dr Frank Maracchione @Frank_Ouh]

Thank you to @BrucePannier for hosting me on @Majlis_Podcast with great researchers like @kasiiet and @IrnaHofman. We spoke about #CentralAsia|n public opinion on #China focusing on our latest report for @barometer_ca, with a focus on economic issues.
https://t.co/nlbOCcQQjL

[Niginakhon Saida @niginakhon_]

Uzbekistan has a distinct form of gender-based violence: abuse of and control over daughters-in-law. And in cases not too rare, the kelins pay with their lives adhering to tradition and values.
my first article for @Novastan_Eng
https://t.co/64cghqXVnD

[Chris Rickleton @ChrisRickleton]

Journalists in Kyrgyzstan Pay Heavy Price For Exposing 'Family-Clan' Nepotism

For @RFERL on @TemirovLive

https://t.co/3znWd6oiUZ

[Paolo Sorbello @PaoloBottleneck]

My amazing colleagues at @Vlastkz put this together ahead of the referendum on the nuclear power plant in #Kazakhstan. Have a read. 1/2
https://t.co/HWN0MMXwTC

[Joanna Lillis @joannalillis]

Latest poll shows 73% of voters backing nuclear power in #Kazakhstan ahead of Sunday's referendum - a whopping 20% rise in two months, and very much a reflection of the official "yes" campaign dominating the discourse while the "no" campaign is shut down https://t.co/vQTSo4Q4cL

[Joanna Lillis @joannalillis]

Great report by @Petrotsenko from @RFERL from the Aral Sea in #Kazakhstan - last of a must-read three-part series going down the Syr Darya, with reporting on the beekeepers of #Kyrgyzstan and the rice-growers of #Tajikistan https://t.co/dOnM7PSoka

[Ethan Porter @EthanVPorter]

What happens when misinfo about Russia/Ukraine is corrected IN Russia & Ukraine (+ Belarus, Estonia and Kazakhstan)? Belief accuracy improves, but views toward the war remain the same! With @zhandayeva,
@thomasjwood and Bailey Scott. In @PLOSONE https://t.co/oPoGA7HviK

[Temur Umarov 马铁木 @TUmarov]

Authoritarian regimes learn from each other.

Russian political technologists related to the Wagner PMC founder Evgeniy Prigozhin were running Kyrgyzstan president Sadyr Japarov's presidential campaign 3.5 years ago.

https://t.co/ApOIQAfU0C

[Aliya Tlegenova @aliya_tlegenova]

Wrote a piece with Serik Beissembayev for Carnegie Endowment about the unfulfilled promises of Tokayev's Jana Qazaqstan ("New Kazakhstan"): https://t.co/cJ43Lk2URm

[Akbota Karibayeva @akbotabox]

Great NPR episode on Aral Sea: When water turns to sand—

@valkipnis takes @UpFirst to Central Asia to cover the ‘biggest [man-made] ecological disaster of our time.’ Always painful —but so important— to hear and talk about what can be done.

https://t.co/oh1fEM5Os2

[Odil Gafarov @odil_gafarov]

My article on Chinese PSCs in Central Asia is published by @CarnegieEndow I express my gratitude to @jmurtazashvili and @TUmarov for providing this opportunity to broaden debate on understanding China’s role in the world.
https://t.co/HwNqwnuzzQ

[Aksana Ismailbekova @AksanaIsmailbek]

I am glad to share my recent article on the Stolen Revolution and hope with #Central Asian Affairs

[Binazir Yusuf @BinazirY]

So happy that my chapter about women entrepreneuring in the bazaars of Tashkent is finally out! Huge thanks to the most supportive editor @UrinboyevRustam for this opportunity! https://t.co/zlO4wjlQrk

[Melissa Chan @melissakchan]

🇲🇳 Team Mongolia’s #ParisOlympics clothes for the opening ceremony, designed by Michel & Amazonka in Ulaanbaatar, are these badass, imperial space nomad outfits.

[Bakhytzhan Kurmanov @bakhyt_kurmanov]

From my PhD at Nazarbayev University, one of the main results—a paper co-written with the brilliant Dr. Colin Knox—will soon be published! After nearly 2 years of writing and revising, we're excited to share our exploration of how autocracies engage with digital activism in CA.