Chris Rickleton

Kazakhstan’s Constitutional Overhaul: Reform or Reconfiguration?

On March 15, Kazakhstan passed a new constitution, with preliminary results showing more than 87% of voters cast in favor of the new basic law. A previous constitutional referendum held in 2022 marked the end of a devastatingly mismanaged transition between the Central Asian country’s first and second independence-era leaders. […]

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Central Asia Moves Away from Niqab While Hijab Conflicts Stir Muslim Backlash

As the summer burns hot and the tourism season in Kazakhstan nears its apogee, visitors are flocking to high-altitude areas near Kazakhstan’s largest city, Almaty. At the top of 3,200 meter-high Shymbulak Mountain Resort, just 25 kilometers from Almaty, the sight of fully-covered women strolling through nature with their families

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