The Caspian Sea with the Status of “Lake with Marine Elements”: Suitable for which Country?
The Caspian Sea is the world’s largest inland body of water with an area of approximately 398 thousand square kilometers. Along with its large hydrocarbon reserves, the Caspian Sea is home to 90% of the world’s sturgeon stocks. More than 20 animals and about 20 plant species grow in the Caspian Sea listed in the Red Book. Until 1991, international relations regarding the Caspian Sea were regulated by only two documents. These are the 1921 Treaty between the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic and Iran and the 1940 Trade and Navigation Treaty between the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics and Iran.
Zhandos Kudaibergenov
Junior Research fellow
Zhandos Kudaibergenov is a researcher at the Eurasian Institute at the Khoja Akhmet Yassawi International Kazakh-Turkish University. In 2009, he received his bachelor's degree in International Relations from the Gumilyov Eurasian National University. In 2011-2013, he studied at Hacettepe University and got Master’s degree in International Relations. His area of interest and topic of master's thesis is "Integration processes in Southeast Asia". In 2018, he entered PhD program in Management at the Khoja Akhmet Yassawi International Kazakh-Turkish University.