Erica Marat on the War against Ukraine and the Legacies of Russian Colonialism
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Security Tops the Agenda As Turkic States' Leaders Meet in Uzbekistan
Starting in 2009, four Turkic speaking countries began meeting regularly in hopes of forming a bloc connected by a shared history, to tackle challenges in the present. Now that group has transformed into the Organization of Turkic States, comprising Türkiye, Azerbaijan, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan and U…
How Moscow’s War In Ukraine Is Changing Russian-Central Asian Relations - February 26, 2023
It’s been one year since Russian President Vladimir Putin ordered a massive, full-scale invasion of Ukraine. The impact of that decision has been felt acutely in Central Asia, a region with a long history of Russian involvement. How has Moscow's war in Ukraine affected Russia’s ties with Central As…
How Colonialism Shapes Our Discussion About Central Asia
A recent article from the American Political Science Association (APSA) examined how the words used to describe Central Asia sometimes reinforce the region’s image as being part of Russia or the Soviet Union. Amid growing awareness of Central Asia’s colonial history, some argue it is time to move b…
Kyrgyz Authorities Tighten Their Grip On Power
Since late October 2022, when more than two dozen opposition politicians, activists, and journalists were detained, the Kyrgyz government has been going after perceived opponents and critics. Investigative journalist Bolot Temirov was deported in November; the government blocked RFE/RL’s Kyrgyz Ser…
Professor Erica Marat on Russia's Sphere of Influence
Season 6, Episode 4. For this season's theme, we'll be covering the litany of unintended consequences and strategic surprises emanating from Russia's invasion of Ukraine. From energy to technology to intelligence to geopolitical alignment, Russia's invasion marks a sea change in numerous areas of d…
Decolonizing Central Asia
Russia’s historical legacy in Central Asia has come under increased scrutiny in the region since Russia launched its full-scale war in Ukraine. Many Russians, including officials, claim -- in some cases insist -- that Russia’s colonization of Central Asia was beneficial to the region. A growing num…
E98: Which economies are winning from sanctions on Russia?
The ongoing invasion of Ukraine has been a catastrophic ordeal for the country and its citizens – as well as the financial consequences for all those impacted by the Western sanctions.
But, this has also presented a huge opportunity for nations and white-collar professionals willing to grease the …
Podcast | The Plight of the Sorcerers: Putler and the Chef, Zelensky and Fedorov; and
Putin’s Chef Problem: The Plight of the Sorcerer
So on the 26th of May 2023, I published a piece called Putin’s Chef Problem, the plight of the sorcerer. And I posed the question: how can Sorcerer Putin survive if he passes the reins to the Chef, the creature he trained and empowered? Yet how can S…
Episode 45: Is “post-Soviet” still relevant?
This week, we’re talking about the much-maligned but also much-overused concept of the “post-Soviet”. To unpack this term, we are joined by Erica Marat, a Washington DC-based academic, originally from Kyrgyzstan.
Her research focuses on organised crime, violence, mobilisation, and security institu…
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