Date of Award
Spring 5-6-2023
Document Type
Thesis
Degree Name
Bachelor of Arts
Department
International Studies
First Advisor
Joseph Klesner
Second Advisor
Aybike Seyma Tezel
Third Advisor
Shannan Mattiace
Abstract
In 1992, one year after independence, Tajikistan descended into a civil war. In 2005, Kyrgyzstan experienced the Tulip Revolution, which ended with the fall of an authoritarian leader. Both of these countries were born out of the dissolution of the USSR, and both of these events emerged out of anti-government protests. But why did these two states have such different outcomes? This paper analyzes the causes of these events, how they impacted the further development of political society in those states, and how those events impacted the development of state-society relations in the greater Central Asian region.
Recommended Citation
Bechtol, Christopher, "Making Your Voices Heard? The Tajik Civil War, the Kyrgyz Revolutions, and the Development of State-Society Relations in Post-Soviet Central Asia" (2023). Honors Theses. 631.
https://digital.kenyon.edu/honorstheses/631
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