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Marlène Laruelle
(1972) is a historian and political scientist at the Centre d’études des mondes russe, caucasien et centre européen (CERCEC), Paris; and visiting scholar at the Central Asia and Caucasus Institute at the Paul H. Nitze School of Advanced International Studies (SAIS), Johns Hopkins University, Washington D.C.
Eurozine Articles
Renaissance by decree
Nation building in Central Asia
Unlike the European post-Soviet states, where popular movements struggled for national independence, nation building in Central Asia came from above. In order to glorify their own nation and to legitimize the regime's rule, those in power are neglecting the problems of the recent past. [more]
15.10.2007