A Revolt in the Steppe - Understanding Kazakhstan's January Events of 2022
A Revolt in the Steppe - Understanding Kazakhstan's January Events of 2022
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草原起义——了解哈萨克斯坦2022年1月大事
DOI:
10.1007/978-981-99-0783-0_5
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2023
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Thibault H
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Thibault H
This chapter looks at the reasons why the Kazakhstani state authorities blamed the January 2022 violence on foreign-trained terrorists. We argue that the authorities shifted the blame to foreign elements for three reasons related to both internal and external legitimation purposes. First, we demonstrate that invoking the Islamic rhetoric represents a typical tactic used by the Kazakhstani government to delegitimize opposition movements. Second, shifting away the blame from the population allows the authorities to minimize and to some extent write off the profound underlying popular discontent. Third, we argue that invoking the presence of “foreign agents” in the unrest was a necessary condition for the involvement of the Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO) forces.