Zarinam Turdieva - Institute for Security and Development Policy

Dr. Zarinam Turdieva holds a Ph.D. in Political Problems of International Relations, Global and Regional Development from Kyrgyz-Russian Slavic University in Kyrgyzstan. Her dissertation Cooperation Russian Federation with States of the Central Asia in the International Security was defended in 2011 in Bishkek. Dr. Turdieva has written several articles focusing on international security in the Central Asia region and has been published in the scientific journal Vestnik Kyrgyz-Russia Slavic University. Her research interest includes cooperation on issues of international and regional security in Central Asia. Dr. Turdieva is currently going through the closing phases for obtaining a Master’s Degree in Political science from Stockholm University . She also holds Master Degree with a specialization in the Baltic Sea Region from Södertörn’s University College in Stockholm.

Blog Posts

August 24 2016 by Zarinam Turdieva and Maria Hellborg

August 24 2016 by Zarinam Turdieva and Maria Hellborg
Losing Out: Barriers to Girls’ Education in Tajikistan

Barriers of poverty and a revival of conservative social norms in Tajikistan mean that girls are increasingly losing out in access to education, explain Zarinam Turdieva and Maria Hellborg. The quality of education in Tajikistan has been in decline since independence and the country’s ensuing civil war (1992-1997), which saw an estimated one-fifth of schools […]
June 17 2016 by Zarinam Turdieva

June 17 2016 by Zarinam Turdieva
The Danger of “Islamophobia” in Kyrgyzstan

Zarinam Turdieva cautions against automatically equating the growing prominence of Islam in Kyrgyzstan with extremism. Rather it is Islamophobia which has greater potential to incite the very radicalization that politicians and other observers fear. Islam has played an increasingly significant role in Kyrgyzstan since independence with a surge of interest among the Kyrgyz population in […]