In 2019, Kazakhstan’s new President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev pledged large-scale political and economic reforms to open up political space, enhance dialogue between state and society, and initiate a series of substantial social and fiscal reforms. Now, eighteen months into the Tokayev presidency, progress is slower than expected. As the COVID-19 pandemic has strained an already exhausted system, the government’s capacity to carry out necessary political, social, and economic reforms is being called into question. What push and pull factors can we discern? With parliamentary and local elections on the horizon, will the country seize the opportunity for more systemic reform?
Join us for a discussion on the complexity of political and socio-economic processes unfolding in today’s Kazakhstan.
Cosponsored by Harvard University’s Davis Center for Russian and Eurasian Studies and the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace. For questions, please contact Carnegie Russia and Eurasia Program at russiaeurasiaprogram@ceip.org.
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SPEAKERS
Vyacheslav Abramov is a Kazakhstani journalist and editor and the founder of Vlast.kz, an independent, analytical online magazine covering politics, economy, and social issues.
Almas Chukin is managing partner of Visor Kazakhstan, one of the largest private equity investment companies in Central Asia.
Meruert Makhmutova is the director and founder of the Public Policy Research Center (PPRC) and co-founder of the Association of Economists of Kazakhstan.
MODERATORS
Nargis Kassenova is a senior fellow at the Davis Center for Russian and Eurasian Studies, Harvard University. She holds a PhD in International Cooperation Studies from Nagoya University (Japan).
Paul Stronski is a senior fellow in Carnegie’s Russia and Eurasia Program, where his research focuses on the relationship between Russia and neighboring countries in Central Asia and the South Caucasus.
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