BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 METHOD:PUBLISH PRODID:-//Telerik Inc.//Sitefinity CMS 15.1//EN BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:Eastern Standard Time BEGIN:STANDARD DTSTART:20251102T020000 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYDAY=1SU;BYHOUR=2;BYMINUTE=0;BYMONTH=11 TZNAME:Eastern Standard Time TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT DTSTART:20250301T020000 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYDAY=2SU;BYHOUR=2;BYMINUTE=0;BYMONTH=3 TZNAME:Eastern Daylight Time TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 END:DAYLIGHT END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT DESCRIPTION:The Moynihan Institute's \;Central Asia and the Caucasus In itiative will host a panel discussion with Darzhan Kazbekova\, social scie nce Ph.D. candidate\, and \;Saidakbar Askarov\, social science Ph.D. s tudent\, both from Syracuse University. \;Mirjakhon Turdiev\, program manager for global engagement will moderate.Central Asia’s two states Uzbe kistan and Kazakhstan have been referred to as “New” Uzbekistan and “New” Kazakhstan in domestic and international media platforms by politicians\, media and government administrators. There are varying opinions and argume nts around the prefix new before the country names among the general popul ation\, political analysts and current government officials.The panelists\ , as the emerging social science researchers from Kazakhstan and Uzbekista n\, will discuss the chronological background\, political context\, and si tuated meanings of “New” Kazakhstan and “New” Uzbekistan. The discussants will delve into the symbolic aspects\, political essence and social signif icance of “rebranding” these two states.Panelists:Darzhan Kazbekova is a P h.D. candidate in the social science doctoral program in Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs. Darzhan has experience working in civil s ervice in regional and city courts and in the Ministry of Justice. Her mos t recent work position was as a director of the Institute for Applied Rese arch\, Academy of Public Administration under the president of the Republi c of Kazakhstan. Darzhan's research interests are focused on environmental policy formation\, stakeholder analysis\, and theoretical frameworks of p olicy analysis in the case of Kazakhstan. She has an M.A. degree in intern ational relations and a Ph.D. in international relations.Saidakbar Askarov is a Ph.D. student in the social science doctoral program in Maxwell Scho ol of Citizenship and Public Affairs. He has more than 10 years of experie nce working in civil service. His expertise includes topics on science and technology policy\, research and development\, and human resource develop ment in civil service. In the past\, Saidakbar was the head of the human r esource development for the public sector department in the “Istedod” and “El-Yurt Umidi” Foundations and served for about eight years in different departments of the Science and Technology Committee\, and Ministry of Inno vation of Uzbekistan. He is currently researching the influence of environ mental changes on the decision-making processes of vulnerable populations regarding migration\, as well as the role that public policies play in thi s complex dynamic. DTEND:20231127T183000Z DTSTAMP:20260512T135029Z DTSTART:20231127T173000Z LOCATION:NY\,United States SEQUENCE:0 SUMMARY:Central Asia’s “new” states: Emergence of New Uzbekistan and New Ka zakhstan UID:RFCALITEM639141762296046104 X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

The Moynihan Institute's \;Central Asia and the Caucasus Initiative will host a panel discussion with Darzhan Kazbekova\, social science Ph.D. candidate\, and \;Saidakbar Askarov\, social science Ph.D. student\, both from Sy racuse University. \;Mirjakhon Turdiev\, program manager for gl obal engagement will moderate.

Central Asia’s two states Uzbekistan and Kazakhstan have been referred to as “New” Uzbekistan and “New” Kazakhstan in domestic and inte rnational media platforms by politicians\, media and government administra tors. There are varying opinions and arguments around the prefix new < /em>before the country names among the general population\, political anal ysts and current government officials.

The panelists\, as the emerging social science researchers from Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan\, will discuss the chronological background\, p olitical context\, and situated meanings of “New” Kazakhstan and “New” Uzb ekistan. The discussants will delve into the symbolic aspects\, political essence and social significance of “rebranding” these two states.

Panelists:

Darzhan Kazbekova is a Ph.D. candidate in the social science doctoral program in Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affai rs. Darzhan has experience working in civil service in regional and city c ourts and in the Ministry of Justice. Her most recent work position was as a director of the Institute for Applied Research\, Academy of Public Admi nistration under the president of the Republic of Kazakhstan. Darzhan's re search interests are focused on environmental policy formation\, stakehold er analysis\, and theoretical frameworks of policy analysis in the case of Kazakhstan. She has an M.A. degree in international relations and a Ph.D. in international relations.

Saidakbar Askarov is a Ph.D. student in the social science do ctoral program in Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs. He has more than 10 years of experience working in civil service. His expertise includes topics on science and technology policy\, research and developmen t\, and human resource development in civil service. In the past\, Saidakb ar was the head of the human resource development for the public sector de partment in the “Istedod” and “El-Yurt Umidi” Foundations and served for a bout eight years in different departments of the Science and Technology Co mmittee\, and Ministry of Innovation of Uzbekistan. He is currently resear ching the influence of environmental changes on the decision-making proces ses of vulnerable populations regarding migration\, as well as the role th at public policies play in this complex dynamic.

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