Securitization and Democracy in Eurasia

lt;b>Anja Mihr is DAAD Associate Professor at the OSCE Academy in Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan. She is a professor of Human Rights, Governance, Public Policy, and Transitional Justice. She is the Founder and Program Director of the HUMBOLDT-VIADRINA Center on Governance through Human Rights in Berlin in Germany.; and previously held professorships at the Willy-Brandt School of Public Policy, Erfurt University, Germany, and at the Netherlands Institute of Human Rights (SIM), University of Utrecht, Netherlands.

Paolo Sorbello is a researcher on Central Asian matters living in Almaty, Kazakhstan. He is a freelance journalist and editor for various online publications. He holds a PhD from the University of Glasgow (UK), where he studied labor relations in Kazakhstan's oil sector.

Brigitte Weiffen is a political scientist and Senior Lecturer at the Department of Politics and International Studies (POLIS), The Open University, United Kingdom, with research interests in comparative democratization and regional conflict and crisis management. She is also currently the Chair of Research Committee 34 "Quality of Democracy" of the International Political Science Association (IPSA). She has held visiting professorships at the University of São Paulo (USP), Brazil, and academic positions at the University of Konstanz and the University of Tübingen, both in Germany.

Part I: Security Architecture in Eurasia: Speaking together: Regular Interaction and State Cooperation with OSCE Bodies.- The Impact of Development Aid on Democratic Progress, Economic Development and Corruption in the OSCE Area.- Placing the OSCE within the Eurasian Regional Integration Trends.- Population-based Study of the Eurasian Integration: Assessing the Anti-Eurasian Sentiment in Kazakhstan.- Development Aid in Central Asia: A 'Chessboard' for Great Powers?.- The Afghan Crisis: A Chance to Strengthen Russia's Security Influence in Central Asia.- Main Securitizing and De-securitizing Actors of the OSCE Debate in the Western Balkan Region.- The Russian Policy in the Western Balkans.- Social Security of the States with Limited Recognition: The Case Study of the Republic of Kosovo.- New Opportunities for Peace and Cooperation in the South Caucasus.- Women's Transformative Power in the Nagorno-Karabakh Conflict.- Legislating Gender Equality in Kyrgyzstan: Women's Rights, Neo-Traditionalism and the OSCE.- Ending Gender-Based Violence in Kyrgyzstan: reflections on the Spotlight Initiative.- From Social Media To Social Change Online Platforms' Impact On Kazakhstan's Feminist And Civil Activisms.- The political impact of teahouse culture in Central Asia.- Part II: Special Section - China's Belt and Road Initiative: A Curse or a Blessing for Democracy in Eurasia?: China's Belt and Road Initiative: Curse or Blessing for Democracy in Eurasia?.- An Overview of China's Belt and Road Initiative and its Development since 2013.-  Official Visions of Democracy in Xi Jinping's China.- Varieties of Authoritarianism in Eurasia.- The Belt and Road Initiative and Sustainable Urban Development in Central Asia.- A Sceptical Neighbor: Perceptions of Chinese Investments in Kyrgyzstan.- Opportunities and Risks of the Belt and Road Initiative in Ukraine.-  Chinese Linkage and Democracy in Pakistan.- Democracy and Human Rights in the Context of the Belt and Road Initiative.- The Belt and Road Initiative and Autocracy Promotion as Elements of China's Grand Strategy.- Glocal Governance and Anocratic States along the BRI.- Part III: Future Research and Debates: Fracturing Technological Governance across the OSCE Domain and its Political Implications.- Heritage Diplomacy, the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) and the Balkans: A Soft Practice for Frozen Hardships.