Contributors

CONTRIBUTORS

Eleonora Tafuro Ambrosetti

Eleonora Tafuro Ambrosetti is a senior research fellow at the Russia, Caucasus and Central Asia Centre at ISPI. Prior to that, she was a Marie Curie fellow based at the Middle East Technical University (METU) in Ankara, Turkey, where she has also pursued her PhD.

Aijan Sharshenova

Dr Aijan Sharshenova is the executive director at Crossroads Central Asia and a research fellow at the Foreign Policy Centre in London. She holds a PhD in Politics awarded at the University of Leeds and two Master’s degrees in International Studies and EU Studies.

Shairbek Dzhuraev

Shairbek Dzhuraev is co-founder and president at Crossroads Central Asia and a visiting lecturer at the OSCE Academy in Bishkek. Shairbek received his PhD in International Relations from University of St Andrews (UK)...

Eric McGlinchey

Eric McGlinchey is Associate Professor of Politics and Government in George Mason University’s Schar School of Policy and Government. McGlinchey received his PhD from Princeton University...

Catherine Owen

Catherine Owen is British Academy Postdoctoral Fellow in the Department of Politics at the University of Exeter. Prior to her award, she was Lecturer in Central Asian Studies in Shaanxi Normal University, Xi’an, China...

Nurseit Niyazbekov

Nurseit Niyazbekov is Assistant Professor in the Department of International Relations at KIMEP University in Kazakhstan. He does research and consulting for various international media...

Emil Dzhuraev

Emil Dzhuraev is a political scientist and regular commentator on political trends in Kyrgyzstan and Central Asia. Emil holds PhD in Politics from the University of Maryland at College Park...

Emir Kulov

Emir Kulov, PhD, is Chair and Associate Professor in the Department of International and Comparative Politics at the American University of Central Asia...

Farkhod Tolipov

Farkhod Tolipov, PhD, is a director at Bilim Karvoni (“Caravan of Knowledge”), a non-governmental research institution in Tashkent. Dr Tolipov graduated from Tashkent State University...

Jakhongir Kakhkharov

Jakhongir Kakhkharov, PhD, is a Lecturer in Finance at the College of Business, Government and Law, Flinders University in Adelaide, Australia...

Karolina Kluczewska

Karolina Kluczewska is currently a post-doctoral research fellow at the research centre CERAL, University of Paris 13; and a research associate at the Tajik National University...

Muslimbek Buriev

Muslimbek Buriev is affiliated with CABAR.Asia, a Central Asian analytical platform launched by the Institute for War and Peace Reporting...

Yulia Nikitina

Yulia Nikitina is Associate Professor of World Politics and Leading Research Fellow at the Center for the Post-Soviet Studies at the MGIMO...

Vito Acosta

Vito Acosta is a fellow at Crossroads Central Asia. He earned his Master of Arts in East Asian Languages & Civilizations at the University of Pennsylvania...