Authoritarian Learning: Making Sense Of Kazakhstan’s Political Transition

July 9, 2020
Azamat Junisbai

(PONARS Eurasia Policy Memo) On March 19, 2019, President Nursultan Nazarbayev shocked the country he has dominated since before the collapse of the Soviet Union by announcing that he had reached…

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President Nazarbayev’s Resignation | Commentary by Jones, Junisbai, McGlinchey, Roberts, and Schatz

March 22, 2019
PONARS Eurasia

Kazakhstan’s president, Nursultan Nazarbayev, made a brief statement on March 19 announcing his resignation. PONARS Eurasia members provide context and viewpoints. Pauline Jones (University of Michigan) Although the exact timing was…

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What Makes “Ardent Democrats” in Kazakhstan and Kyrgyzstan?

October 24, 2017
Barbara Junisbai

(PONARS Policy Memo) If Kazakhstan is home to Eurasia’s longest serving ruler, neighboring Kyrgyzstan is among its most competitive polities. We wanted to know if, as a growing body of literature…

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