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Gaziz Abishev is a Kazakhstani political scientist, Visiting Fellow at the University of Oxford and member of the National Qurultay.
Biography
Gaziz Abishev is a Kazakhstani political scientist and commentator specialising in Kazakhstan’s domestic politics and international relations. He is a Visiting Fellow at the Oxford Nizami Ganjavi Centre, University of Oxford, and a member of the National Qurultay under the President of Kazakhstan and of the Public Chamber of the Mazhilis. His research focuses on deliberative democracy and parliamentary reform in Kazakhstan, with publications in Post-Soviet Affairs and Kazakhstan-Spectrum. He is a PhD candidate in Political Science at L.N. Gumilyov Eurasian National University. He previously spent over a decade in political and economic journalism, including as deputy chief editor of Kursiv.
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Topics: Kazakhstan’s domestic politics, political and parliamentary reform, elections and parties, Kazakhstan’s relations with Russia, China and the West, Central Asia.
Email: gazizabishev@gmail.com
