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Global UGRAD Participant Bios (2009-10) August 4, 2010 International Education, Education	Edmund S. Muskie Graduate Fellowship (Muskie) Program Fellows August 4, 2010 International Education, Education
BOTA Foundation Factsheet August 2, 2010 Civil Society Strengthening, Higher Education Development, Education, Youth	2009 Edmund S. Muskie Graduate Fellowship (Muskie) Program Fellows December 31, 2009 International Education, Education
Can Islamic Institutions Promote Civil Liberties and Diminish Radicalism in the Muslim Central Asia? (Research Brief) November 1, 2009 Does Islam promote or hinder democracy in the Muslim world? In this project, I investigated the extent of impact of emerging Islamic institutions on developing civil society and rising... Education, Research Support	Nation-Building and Geopolitical Traditions in Post-independence Kazakhstan (Research Brief) October 9, 2009 This report offers a cursory introduction to the region-specific operation of elite strategies to instill a particular ―Kazakhstani‖ identity, while pointing to the differential interpretation... Education, Research Support
China's Support for Investment in Kazakhstan: Good Neighbor, Good Economics or Good Geopolitics? (Research Brief) October 1, 2009 Daniel Christopher O'Neill presents a theory of how Chinese foreign aid constrains Kazakh leaders from acting against the interests of Chinese firms and then use this framework to examine... Education, Research Support	Central Asia After the War on Terror (Research Brief) September 10, 2009 The rise of the Taliban and the subsequent decades of conflict in Afghanistan, and now Pakistan, have had serious, if underappreciated effects, on political stability and cooperation in Central... Education, Research Support
Post-Russian Culture: Youth, Music, and Globalization in Kazakhstan (Research Brief) August 31, 2009 My research on modern Kazakhstan has shed light on how a distinctive national identity evolves within the framework of an imperial system designed to break down local resistance and promote... Education, Research Support	Interethnic Relations Between Kazakhs and Russians and their Effect on Future Language Policy in Kazakhstan (Research Brief) August 31, 2009 My research conducted this summer in geographically different cities of Kazakhstan (Astana, Almaty, Kostanai, Oskemen and Shymkent) brought to light two overarching problems with respect to... Education, Research Support