Dr. Kemel Toktomushev is a senior research fellow at University of Central Asia’s Institute of Public Policy and Administration, as well as an assistant professor of political science at UCA’s School of Arts and Sciences.[1] Kemel is one of the youngest people in Kyrgyzstan to have received a PhD.[2]
Research interests edit
Toktomushev is the author of Kyrgyzstan – Regime Security and Foreign Policy, published by Routledge, United Kingdom.[3] He is also a co-editor of the book The Impact of Mining Lifecycles in Mongolia and Kyrgyzstan: Political, Social, Environmental and Cultural Contexts.[4]
Toktomushev was one of the scholars who studied the political and economic arrangements required to sustain the Manas Air Base in Kyrgyzstan, which was used by the US military to supply their forces in Afghanistan.[5]
Toktomushev has frequently provided political analysis, and his commentaries have been featured in BBC,[6] The Diplomat,[7] SCMP,[8] and China US Focus.[9]
Toktomushev is currently studying the impacts of COVID-19 on communities in Mongolia and Kyrgyzstan as part of a joint project with the University of Oxford.[10]
Education edit
Toktomushev holds a PhD in Politics from the University of Exeter, a Master of Science in International Relations from the London School of Economics, and is also an alumnus of the Harvard Kennedy School’s Executive Education program.[11]
References edit
- ^ "Kemel Toktomushev". ucentralasia.org. Retrieved 2023-08-11.
- ^ "Кыргызстанец Кемель Токтомушев сотрудничает с Оксфордским университетом и выпускает книгу, которая будет продаваться на Amazon". limon.kg. Retrieved 2023-08-11.
- ^ "Kyrgyzstan - Regime Security and Foreign Policy". Routledge & CRC Press. Retrieved 2023-08-11.
- ^ "The Impact of Mining Lifecycles in Mongolia and Kyrgyzstan: Political, Social, Environmental and Cultural Contexts". Routledge & CRC Press. Retrieved 2023-08-11.
- ^ "Авиабаза «Манас». Кто заработал на поставках авиакеросина?". Радио Азаттык (Кыргызская служба Радио Свободная Европа/Радио Свобода) (in Russian). 2018-09-03. Retrieved 2023-08-11.
- ^ "К. Токтомушев: Өзбекстандын кийинки лидери жалпы чөлкөмгө таасир этет". BBC News Кыргыз Кызматы (in Kyrgyz). 2016-09-02. Retrieved 2023-08-11.
- ^ "China's Military Base in Afghanistan". thediplomat.com. Retrieved 2023-08-11.
- ^ Kalinga Seneviratne (2019) "China’s belt and road extends to Kyrgyzstan, but are new transport links worth all that debt?" https://www.scmp.com/week-asia/geopolitics/article/3007918/chinas-belt-and-road-extends-kyrgyzstan-are-new-transport
- ^ "Kemel Toktomushev". China-US Focus. Retrieved 2023-08-11.
- ^ "Team". POST-PANDEMIC SOCIETIES IN INNER ASIA. Retrieved 2023-08-11.
- ^ "Kemel Toktomushev". ucentralasia.org. Retrieved 2023-08-11.