Charles J. Sullivan is an Assistant Professor of Political Science & International Relations in the School of Humanities and Social Sciences at Nazarbayev University. Dr. Sullivan earned his PhD in Political Science from The George Washington University (2014) in Washington DC. Prior to joining Nazarbayev University, he worked as an instructor at George Mason University in Fairfax, VA.
Dr. Sullivan is a comparativist and specializes in the politics of the countries of the former Soviet Union and Central Asia/Afghanistan. Dr. Sullivan’s research interests include Central Asian security issues, state failure and state building, energy politics, insurgency and war, Russian politics and foreign affairs, and U.S. foreign policy in Central Asia since independence.
Dr. Sullivan teaches courses on Comparative Politics, Central Asian Politics, Comparative Democratization, Research Methods, Russian Politics, and Political Violence at Nazarbayev University.
Sidestepping a Quagmire: Russia, Syria, and the Lessons of the Soviet-Afghan WarSullivan, C.,
2018 In : Asian Affairs. 49, 1, p. 48-55
America’s Options in Afghanistan and Why Kazakhstan Should CareSullivan, C.,
2017The Astana Times,
State-building in the steppe: Challenges to Kazakhstan’s modernizing aspirationsSullivan, C.,
2017 In : Strategic Analysis. 41, 3, p. 273-284
Tranquility or Turbulence in Tashkent? Uzbekistan in the Post-Karimov EraSullivan, C.,
2016 In : OSCE Academy in Bishkek. 43,
The Stakes in the Steppe: Contemporary Challenges in KazakhstanSullivan, C.,
2016 Sourcebook of the International Scientific-Practical Conference “25th Anniversary of Independence of Kazakhstan: Prosperous Country, Successful State”.
State-Building: America’s Foreign Policy ChallengeSullivan, C.,
2016 In : US Army War College Quarterly - Parameters. 46, 1, p. 51
Reply: On ‘"State-Building: America’s Foreign Policy Challenge"Sullivan, C.,
2016 In : US Army War College Quarterly - Parameters. 47, 1, p. 103
Halk, Watan, Berdymukhammedov! Political Transition and Regime Continuity in TurkmenistanSullivan, C.,
2016 In : REGION: Regional Studies of Russia, Eastern Europe, and Central Asia . 5, 1, p. 35
Civil society in chains: The dynamics of sociopolitical relations in TurkmenistanSullivan, C.,
2015 Civil Society and Politics in Central Asia. University Press of Kentucky, p. 249-275
The Coming Fall of KabulSullivan, C.,
2015PONARS Eurasia,
Conceptualizing the Collapse: Stalin, Gorbachev, and the Downfall of the USSRSullivan, C.,
2015 In : East European Quarterly. 43, 4, p. 243
“Искусственные" праздники России (Russia’s "Artificial" Holidays)Sullivan, C.,
2014 Историческая разметка пространства и времени. p. 140
Breakdownistan: U.S. Concerns in Central Asia and Afghanistan Going ForwardSullivan, C.,
2014Small Wars Journal,
Breaking Down the Man of Steel: Stalin in Russia TodaySullivan, C.,
2013 In : Canadian Slavonic Papers. 55, 3-4, p. 449
Pipeline Politics in the Post-Soviet Space: The View from AshgabatSullivan, C.,
2008 In : The Journal of Energy and Development. 34, 1, p. 121
