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Casey Michel
Casey Michel has worked as a journalist in both Eurasia and the United States, and is currently a graduate student at Columbia University’s Harriman Institute.
Casey Michel has worked as a journalist in both Eurasia and the United States, and recently received a Master’s degree from Columbia University’s Harriman Institute, where he focused on political, security, and social developments in Eurasia. His writing on the region has appeared in Foreign Policy, The Atlantic, The New Republic Al Jazeera, Slate, The Moscow Times, and RFE/RL, among others. He has also worked with International Crisis Group’s Central Asia office, and served as a Peace Corps Volunteer in northern Kazakhstan.
You can follow Casey on Twitter: @cjcmichel
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October 24, 2016
Nazarbayev and the Rise of the Kleptocrats
By Casey Michel
A new report details, in part, how Kazakhstan’s president has helped define the new authoritarian normal.
October 20, 2016
Trump's Ties to Transnational Corruption
By Casey Michel
A bit more light on the manner in which post-Soviet elites access American property markets, and presidential nominees.
October 13, 2016
Beyond Trump and Putin: The American Alt-Right's Love of the Kremlin’s Policies
By Casey Michel
The Kremlin has various links with leading far-right figures undergirding Trump’s candidacy.
October 07, 2016
Good Riddance? Tony Blair Parts Ways With Kazakstan
By Casey Michel
Blair’s 5-year tenure with Kazakhstan led the former PM to become Astana’s most outspoken defender in the West.
September 16, 2016
Tule Lake: Memories of Japanese Internment
By Casey Michel
As discussion of internment rises in America, the most fortified city in the Americas during WWII risks being forgotten.
September 15, 2016
Black Wind, White Snow: Imagining Eurasia
By Casey Michel
“Eurasia was a ‘dog whistle,’ a cipher, a deniable but clear goal: to remake the Russian Empire in all but name.”
September 15, 2016
Constitutional Changes Pave Way for Turkmen President-for-Life
By Casey Michel
Not that it was really in much doubt.
September 08, 2016
Uzbekistan and the Eurasian Economic Union
By Casey Michel
More possible post-Karimov, but still an unlikely direction for Tashkent.
September 07, 2016
Kazakhstan Details Foiled Terrorist Plots
By Casey Michel
The Kazakh security service says it disrupted eight separate Islamist groups in 2016 alone.
September 03, 2016
Uzbekistan's Karimov Leaves Behind a Legacy of Repression, Slavery, and Kleptocracy
By Casey Michel
Uzbekistan's founding president has plenty of atrocities to his name.
September 02, 2016
What Happens to Uzbek Opposition to CASA-1000 if Karimov Is Dead?
By Casey Michel
Given the potential successors, continuity looks like the most likely option.
August 23, 2016
Can Russia and Turkmenistan Save CASA-1000?
By Casey Michel
The added contributors may help assuage supply fears, if the reported deals work out.