nationbuilding

“A Central Asian regional identity might have been a very feasible identity project: shared language, religion, and Soviet experience—all of this could have been mobilized to build a shared identity. But, as we all know, this did not happen,” explains Helge Blakkisrud, Senior Research Fellow at Norwegian Institute of International Affairs (NUPI) in an interview to CABAR.asia analytical platform.

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«Although the definitions of “traditional” and “tolerant” do not quite correctly apply to religion and its various movements, for the past two decades, they have often appeared in official political rhetoric and informational space», notes an expert on religion, Rustam Azizi in his original article for the analytical platform CABAR.asia.
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