This book explores the various ramifications and consequences of the violent civil protests that affected Kazakhstan in January 2022. In this compelling study, the authors examine the underlying social and political tensions that have affected this biggest country of Central Asia, especially since its political transition of 2019 and how the state has managed to justify its actions that led to a return to peace. It also puts in perspective this event in the wider transition affecting Eurasia with the war in Ukraine and how this shift of world politics may impact Kazakhstan that required the support of Russia and the other members of the Collective Security Treaty Organization during these protests. This book will be of value for scholars, journalists and NGOs working on authoritarianism and on Central Asia.

Provides a case study of contemporary activism in authoritarian states Explains the Kazakh revolt of 2022 Gives insight into a changing Eurasia

Autorentext
Jean-François Caron is an Associate Professor at the Department of Political Science and International Relations at Nazarbayev University.

Inhalt

Chapter 1: An Unpredictable Revolt in the Steppe?.- Chapter 2: Will you Preserve my Political Legacy? Lessons from Kazakhstan and Other Authoritarian States.- Chapter 3: Between Threat, Alliance, and Multivectorism: Kazakh-Russian Relations in the Wake of the Russo-Ukrainian War.- Chapter 4: From Qandy Qantar to Tragic January: State Framing of the January Events.- Chapter 5 : Foreign terrorists and Kyrgyz jazzmen: framing the January 2022 unrest in Kazakhstan.