Youtubers, influencers and creative activists are the new vanguard in Central Asia
Youtubers, influencers and creative activists are the new vanguard in Central Asia
Author(s): Barbara Von Ow-FreytagSubject(s): Media studies, Civil Society, Government/Political systems, Politics and society, ICT Information and Communications Technologies
Published by: Kolegium Europy Wschodniej im. Jana Nowaka-Jeziorańskiego we Wrocławiu
Keywords: Youtubers; creative activists; Central Asia; social and political change; Media;
Summary/Abstract: Over the past decade, the European Union has ceded ground in Central Asia, not only to Russia and a newly assertive China, but also to the Gulf states and Turkey, and experts forecast its influence is set to further decline. As EU Special Representative Peter Burian once quipped, “China is coming with an offer nobody can refuse, while the EU is coming with an offer nobody can understand.”
Journal: New Eastern Europe
- Issue Year: 2020
- Issue No: 03 (41)
- Page Range: 44-49
- Page Count: 6
- Language: English
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