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Snap Elections and Kazakhstani Democracy
Kazakhstan will hold snap parliamentary elections on January 15, 2012. Anthony Bowyer, IFES program manager for the Caucasus and Central Asia, tells us how this will affect the parties running in the election and what it really means for democracy in the country.
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Interview/Speech/Testimony
Kazakhstan's April Election: Another Means to Make Nazarbayev President for Life
In January, Kazakhstan's Constitutional Court ruled against a bid backed by the country's parliament to bypass next year's presidential election and hold a referendum to extend President Nursultan Nazarbayev's term until 2020.
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Kazakh Leader Comes Closer to becoming 'President for Life'
Fresh off completing its year as Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE)'s 'Chair-In-Office,' Kazakhstan’s two-chamber parliament recently approved a referendum for a general vote on changing the constitution to allow President Nazarbayev to serve another nine years.
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Report/Paper
Islamic Movements and Democracy in Central Asia: Integration or Isolation?
This paper, presented at the Center for the Study of Islam and Democracy’s 9th Annual Conference in Washington, DC, addresses the present state of Islamic political movements in the Central Asian states of Kazakhstan, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan, Tajikistan, and Kyrgyzstan, with focus on state and non-state actors.
June 11, 2008
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Guinea-Bissau Presidential Run-off 2005
Ballot used for the second round of the Guinea-Bissau Presidential election held on 24 July 2005. The main candidates in the second round of the election were Kouma YALA and Joao Bernardo VIEIRA-NINO.
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Report/Paper
Evaluation of IFES Civic Education Programs in Kazakhstan, Kyrgyz Republic and Tajikistan
IFES has an active civic education program in the Central Asian republics of Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, and Tajikistan. The program consists of seven activities--almost all of them directed at high school students--with four of the activities operational in all three countries.
May 31, 2003
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Report/Paper
IFES Civic Education Project, Democracy in Kazakhstan, 2002-2003
This report summarizes the IFES Civic Education Project in Kazakhstan from 2002-2003. The report includes diagrams from the Civic Education Course, Civics tournament, Student groups and summer camps.
March 31, 2003
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Annex to IFES, Republic of Kazakhstan, Final Project Report July 1, 1997 - December 31, 2001, Civic Education Textbook, Civic Education: Basic Course 1st Edition (1999)
November 30, 2002