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The decline of democracy in the world disadvantages the protests in Kazakhstan
Despite the fact that Kazakhstan has been known as one of the few stable countries in Central Asia, it is not entirely unexpected that protests have taken place in recent weeks. According to the New York Times, 70 percent of all authoritarian regime changes lead to the collapse of the incumbent government. Even though Kazakhstan is not in […]
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Poverty, corruption and large economic income gaps - it is not just the shock rise in petrol prices in Kazakhstan that has triggered the protests in the country. And even though this type of uprising can be a starting shot for democratization, the weakened democracy in the world can also be an obstacle to the starting shot, says Ashok Swain, professor of peace and conflict at Uppsala University.![]()
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