CHAIR
Nargis Kassenova
(Harvard U, US)
PAPERS
Alexis Lerner
(Columbia U, US)
alexis.lerner@mail.utoronto.ca
The Calculus of Dissent Management in Post-Soviet Authoritarian States
Lawrence Markowitz
(Rowan U, US)
Rethinking State Repression:
Deterrence and Diversion in Central Asia’s Autocracies
Matthew Thomas
(CUNY Graduate Center, US)
State of Exile:
Coercive and Bureaucratic Power in the Formation of Tibetan National Identity
Colleen Wood
(Columbia U, US)
Who Belongs in “Our Common Home”:
Public Education and National v. Ethnic Identification in Kyrgyzstan
Sarah Dorr
(U of Leeds, UK)
The Elite-Level Demonstration Effect of the Arab Spring in Kazakhstan:
2005-2015
DISCUSSANT
Martha B. Olcott
(James Madison College, US)