Central Asian Survey

1998 - 2025

Current editor(s): Raphael Jacquet

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Volume 44, issue 1, 2025

Islam and ethnic tolerance: assessing Kyrgyz’ Muslim religiosity and acceptance of Uzbeks in Kyrgyzstan pp. 1-19

Alisher Khamidov and David B. Nolle

Two decades of women’s underrepresentation in public service leadership: the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan pp. 20-41

Abdul Basir Hamidi, Ida Widianingsih and Heru Nurasa

Girls’ education and success in Azerbaijan: comparative document analysis pp. 42-63

Gunel Alasgarova and Naila Peken

Deciphering dictators’ discourse on Indigenous democracy: a case of Karimov’s Uzbekistan pp. 64-84

Assel Tutumlu, Burak Önemli and Ilyas Rustemov

The varying levels of contrasting adaptation in Central Asia’s climate change politics pp. 85-104

Morena Skalamera

Forgotten project of a private agricultural plantation in the Khanate of Khiva, Uzbekistan pp. 105-121

Akifumi Shioya

Helping a f(r)iend in need? Rethinking the role of linkages in authoritarian covert repression pp. 122-131

Ildar Daminov

‘Why should we have theirs if we have our own?’ On decolonizing social science research ethics in Central Asia pp. 132-140

Gulzhanat Gafu and Lynne Parmenter

Moscow’s heavy shadow: the violent collapse of the USSR pp. 141-143

Karolina Kluczewska

Regional leadership in post-Soviet Eurasia: The strategies of Russia, China, and the European Union pp. 143-145

Stanislav Klimovich

Widening the scope: how middle powers are changing liberal institutionalism pp. 145-147

Sanat Kushkumbayev

Decolonizing Central Asian international relations: beyond empires pp. 147-149

Mavzuna Mukhiddinova

Thieves, opportunists and autocrats: building regulatory states in Russia and Kazakhstan pp. 150-151

Sofya du Boulay

Volume 43, issue 4, 2024

Ambivalent heritage: tourism, weddings and pilgrimage in Hisor, Tajikistan pp. 449-467

Benjamin Gatling

The emotional sight of neoliberalized port infrastructure in the city of Poti, Georgia pp. 468-486

Boris Komakhidze

Navigating tradition: agency of young urban women in Kyrgyzstan during wedding negotiations and early marriage pp. 487-503

Iuliia Iui-ki and Elena Kosterina

The impact of China’s high-tech repression on Uyghurs: a case study of Uyghur diaspora in Turkiye pp. 504-522

Lacin Idil Oztig and Abdurresit Celil Karluk

Experiences of female early-career professionals in male-dominated STEM companies in Kazakhstan pp. 523-541

Aliya Kuzhabekova, Dinara Mukhamejanova and Ainur Almukhambetova

Imperskost’ from Central (Eur)Asian ethnography to the self pp. 542-550

SvetLana Peshkova

Subverting oppressive structures: on kelinhood, solidarity and feminist research in the bazaars pp. 551-559

Binazirbonu Yusupova

Political Islam and democracy in Central Asia: the Islamic revival party of Tajikistan pp. 560-562

Ahmet Furkan Özyakar

Law, society and corruption lessons from the Central Asian context pp. 562-563

Timur Dadabaev

The hidden caliphate: Sufi saints beyond the Oxus and Indus pp. 564-565

Murid Shah Nadiri

Soft power in Central Asia: the politics of influence and seduction pp. 566-567

Aigerim Bakhtiyarova

Kratkaia istoriia kazakhov. Ot pervykh kochevnikov do nashikh dnei pp. 568-570

Zhaxylyk Sabitov

Volume 43, issue 3, 2024

Central Asian studies in the People’s Republic of China: a structural topic model pp. 307-326

Frank Maracchione and Bradley Jardine

Geopolitics of cryptocurrency mining in Kazakhstan pp. 327-345

Hugo Estecahandy

On language gifts: public discourses on Kazakh and Russian in Kazakhstan pp. 346-365

Alexander Ten

Responding to atheist state policy and practicing religion: the Ismailis of Soviet Badakhshan pp. 366-382

Sultonbek Aksakolov

Framing the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict: an analysis of the narratives of the state leaders of Azerbaijan, Armenia and Turkey, 2002–2022 pp. 383-399

Naira E. Sahakyan

Internationalization of higher education in Central Asia: a systematic review pp. 400-419

Munyaradzi Hwami, Saule Yeszhanova, Moldir Amanzhol, Chinedu Elizabeth Okafor and Merey Tursynbayeva

Between ‘info-killers’ and ‘spies’: three strategies for interviewing government officials across Central Asia pp. 420-428

Bakhytzhan Kurmanov

Strengthening academia: embracing an open dialogue on fieldwork in the authoritarian states of Central Asia pp. 429-436

Anna Jordanova

Foreign fighters and international peace: joining global jihad and marching back home pp. 437-438

Edward Lemon

Nation-branding in practice: the politics of promoting sports, cities and universities in Kazakhstan and Qatar pp. 438-440

Halil Kürşad Aslan

Slow anti-Americanism: social movements and symbolic politics in Central Asia pp. 441-443

Raushan Zhandayeva

Women’s dance traditions of Uzbekistan: legacy of the silk road pp. 443-445

Leora Eisenberg

Eurasian crossroads: a history of Xinjiang pp. 445-447

Vijaya Chamundeswari

Volume 43, issue 2, 2024

Russian imperial borderlands, Georgian Jews, and the struggle for ‘justice’ and ‘legality’: blood libel in Kutaisi, 1878–80 pp. 171-195

Stefan B. Kirmse

Was the prehistoric man an Azeri nationalist?: Mobilized prehistory and nation-building in Azerbaijan pp. 196-214

Uri Rosenberg

‘What have you done, brother Putin?’: Everyday geopolitics and Central Asian labour migration to Russia pp. 215-234

Sherzod Eraliev and Rustamjon Urinboyev

‘Listening State?’: exploring citizens’ perceptions of Open Government in Tokayev’s Kazakhstan pp. 235-256

Bakhytzhan Kurmanov, Urazgali Selteyev and Anuar Almaganbetov

Narrating the state in miniature: philatelic representations of Kazakhstan, 1992–2021 pp. 257-277

Kristopher D. White

‘As long as you’re not an asshole’: insider-outsider dynamics in queer research pp. 278-285

Elliot Napier

Navigating complex narratives: understanding challenges of Russian-related research in Kazakhstan pp. 286-294

Sanat Kushkumbayev and Aigerim Bakhtiyarova

The grass is always greener? Unpacking Uzbek migration to Japan pp. 295-297

Yang Zhao

Migration from Central Asia: stories and identity formation pp. 297-299

Mehmet Akif Okur

The European Union, China and Central Asia: global and regional cooperation in a new era pp. 299-301

Ryan Hitch

Istoriografiia Koreitsev Tsentral’noi Azii: osnovnye napravleniia i etapy razvitiia pp. 301-303

Mira Kuzhakhmetova

Qazaqstan. Kazakhstan. قازقستان: labirinty sovremennogo postkolonialnogo diskursa [Qazaqstan, Kazakhstan, قازقستان: labyrinths of a modern post-colonial discourse] pp. 304-306

Kamila Kovyazina

Volume 43, issue 1, 2024

Introduction: LGBTQ+ visibilities in the Caucasus and Central Asia pp. 1-11

Cai Wilkinson and Jasmin Dall’Agnola

‘Why wave the flag?’: (in)visible queer activism in authoritarian Kazakhstan and Russia pp. 12-32

Mariya Levitanus and Polina Kislitsyna

Transgender activism in Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan pp. 33-48

Yana Kirey-Sitnikova

Digital misrecognitions: the violence of visibility in postsocialist Kyrgyzstan pp. 49-64

Alexa Kurmanov and Sanjar Kurmanov

LGBTQ+ activism in Azerbaijan: shifting queer (in)visibility regime through power–knowledge technologies pp. 65-82

Khayyam Namazov

Methods of studying LGBT experiences in the situation of invisibility: from African countries to Uzbekistan pp. 83-100

Alexander Sasha Kondakov

Persuasion or polarization? LGBTQ+ attitudes among young social media users in Kazakhstan pp. 101-122

Marika Olijar and Junda Li

Smartphones and public support for LGBTQ+ in Central Asia pp. 123-142

Jasmin Dall’Agnola

Fieldwork within queer communities in Central Asia: a research note pp. 143-150

Ainagul Aitbayeva

Politicking of Islam and LGBTQ+ discourse in Uzbekistan pp. 151-157

Gena Cheburashka

Inside Afghanistan: Political networks, informal order, and state disruption pp. 158-159

Sayed Ziafatullah Saeedi

Afghan Napoleon: The life of Ahmad Shah Massoud pp. 160-162

A. Javeed Ahwar

Tracing the atom: Nuclear legacies in Russia and Central Asia pp. 162-164

Nikolaos Olma

Uyat and the culture of shame in Central Asia pp. 164-167

Aizhamal Muratalieva

The multiethnic Soviet Union and its demise pp. 167-169

Bendi Tso