Vol. 24 No. 3 (2026): Journal of Central Asian Studies

Original articles

• From Reform Convergence to Delivery: Water Governance as a Test of Regional Cooperation in Central Asia

  Iskandar Abdullaev (Author)

  4-26

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• From Pilot to Procurement: Institutional Conditions for Scaling Public-Sector AI in Kazakhstan with Comparisons to Azerbaijan and South Korea

  Elliott Ahn (Author)

  27-57

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• Low-Level Progress, High-Level Fragility: The Sustainability Gap in Anti-Corruption Reform in Kyrgyzstan

  Aşkım Beste Özdoğan (Author)

  58-78

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• Media-Constructed Morality: Comparing Kazakhstan and France in Repatriation Debates

  Aidana Talgatkyzy, Aliya Zhumagali, Islam Supyaldiyarov (Author)

  79-95

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• Extending Omnidirectional Hedging Through the Social Dimension of Shelter Theory: Small-State Strategy in Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan

  Giedrius Kviklys, Sanat Kushkumbayev (Author)

  96-111

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• Shanghai Cooperation as a Mechanism for Regional Integration in Central Asia

  Akbar Bitleuov, Aimen Kurmangali, Zara Shaimordanova, Catherine Poujol (Author)

  112-133

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