Various environmental problems have emerged in the territory of Kazakhstan, causing different tensions in the regions during recent years. One of them is the Aral Sea problem, which has emerged as a result of anthropogenic activities. It is well known that the drying up of the Aral Sea has turned the region into a major environmental disaster zone. The Aral Sea problem has been directly related to the over-use of the Syrdarya and Amudarya rivers for irrigated agriculture since the 1960s. By the 1990s, seawater resources had decreased by 60% and the depth of the water decreased by 16.6 meters.
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.