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Mongolian-Kazakh Oralmandar: Repatriation, Citizenship, and National Belonging in Kazakhstan (Research Brief) May 30, 2008 My research examines the role of ethnic Kazakh returnees from Mongolia in shaping conceptions and practices of citizenship and national belonging in post-Soviet Kazakhstan. This report describes... Education, Research Support	Thinking Globally, Acting Locally? Understanding the Participation of Post-Soviet States in International Environmental Agreements (Research Brief) May 30, 2008 The governments of most post-Soviet states rapidly signed on to a range of environmental treaties upon gaining their independence from the Soviet Union in late 1991. Research has suggested,... Education, Research Support
The Executive and Foreign Economic Policy in Post-Soviet Russia, 1993-2006 (Research Brief) May 30, 2008 My dissertation research focuses on the impact of domestic institutional change on economic policy in post-Soviet Russia. Specifically, I examine the changing role of the executive branch in... Education, Research Support	2007 Edmund S. Muskie Graduate Fellowship (Muskie) Program Fellows December 31, 2007 International Education, Education
Legislatures and Civil Society in Kazakhstan: NGO Links to the National Majilis and District Maslikhats (Research Brief) July 30, 2007 This project was designed to assess the potential for developing strong and enduring linkages between non-governmental organizations (NGOs) and members of Kazakhstan’s legislatures. Education, Research Support	2007 Regional Symposium Grants: The Former Soviet Republics of Central Asia and the Contemporary Silk Road April 30, 2007 On April 26 -28, 2007, IREX, in collaboration with the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars (WWC), hosted the Seventh Annual Regional Policy Symposium at the Historic District... Higher Education Development, Education, Research Support
2006 Edmund S. Muskie Graduate Fellowship (Muskie) Program Fellows December 30, 2006 International Education, Education	Domestic Violence in Kazakhstan and Central Asia: Building the Bridges Between Organizations in Central Asia, FSU, and the US (Research Brief) September 29, 2006 This research addressed the problem of domestic violence in Kazakhstan, the Central Asian Islamic country where economic and social turmoil of the last decade affected the issue of women’s... Education, Research Support
Idenity Through History: The Kenesary Kasymov Revolt and the Evolution of Kazakh National Identity (Research Brief) August 24, 2006 This is a unique case study of the use of history and institutional memory, the use of history, to create a common interpretation of a collective past. Education, Research Support	2005 Edmund S. Muskie Graduate Fellowship (Muskie) Program Fellows December 30, 2005 International Education, Education