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November 7, 2023

The Flip Side of Urbanization: Challenges of the Urban Climate in Cities of Kazakhstan

In light of the prevailing urbanization trends observed not only in Kazakhstan but most parts of the world, it becomes increasingly important to prioritize the study and incorporation of urban climate considerations within regional policies and urban planning strategies. The primary focus of urban climate assessment lies in its ability […]

March 30, 2023

The Ethnic Profile of Urbanization in Kazakhstan: The Intercensal Change between 2009 and 2021

According to the preliminary results of the census-2021, the population of Kazakhstan has reached 19.186.015 people. This is a 20% (3.2 million people) increase since the previous census of 2009, which is a significant change for a 12-year intercensal period. Besides the change in the total population size, the preliminary […]

January 9, 2023

University Towns in Kazakhstan: The case of Turkistan

The city of Turkistan has seen tremendous transformations over the past several years. From a small modest provincial city in southern Kazakhstan, it became a developing regional center home to over 200 thousand people. Over the past ten years, its population has increased by nearly 50%, which made it one […]

November 9, 2022

Urbanization and spatial demographic trends in Kazakhstan

Like most of the other nations in the world, Kazakhstan is believed to be an urbanizing country. Relocation of people from rural areas to cities has long become a major global trend in most parts of the world and Kazakhstan is not an exception. According to United Nations estimates, nearly […]

October 30, 2022

Green Parties and Environmental Political Participation in Central Asia

From a small movement of environmentalists with sparsely distributed supporters across Europe in the 1960s and 1970s, the Greens nowadays have evolved into influential political parties and are currently an essential part of the political landscape in many countries around the world. Today green parties in Europe and other parts […]

July 9, 2022

A New Phase in Cooperation between Tajikistan and Iran

On May 30, 2022, The President of Tajikistan Emomali Rahmon arrived in Tehran on an official visit. President Rahmon was accompanied by a large delegation that included advisers for foreign relations, prosecutor-general, ministers of foreign affairs, energy and water resources, economic development and trade, transport, and finance, heads of the […]

June 21, 2022

Side effects of the Russo-Ukrainian War

According to the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute, world military expenditure in 2021 exceeded $2 trillion for the first time. In total, the world has spent $2.113 trillion on defense in 2021, which is a 0.7% real increase compared to 2020. Thus, 2021 has become the seventh consecutive year when […]

May 30, 2022

The Roots of the Humanitarian Crisis in Afghanistan

Since the Taliban took control of Afghanistan in August 2021, Afghanistan has been plunged into the worst humanitarian crisis it has ever suffered in the 21st century. According to a recent statement by Dr. Ramiz Alakbarov, UN Deputy Special Representative for the Secretary-General and Resident Coordinator, the number of people […]

May 2, 2022

Moldova in the Light of Russo-Ukrainian War

The ongoing large-scale Russo-Ukrainian military conflict has already initiated far-reaching geopolitical shifts in Ukraine and its immediate surroundings. As soon as the conflict broke out, it became clear that the conflict was a major risk that jeopardizes Moldova and its choice of European and Euroatlantic integration. During the early hours […]

April 28, 2022

A Brief Review of Elderly Welfare in Central Asia

Ending poverty in all its forms everywhere is part of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, which is generally taken for a benchmark by all UN member-states [UN DESA, 2015]. Recognizing and addressing old-age income insecurity and fighting poverty among the elderly is viewed as one of the goals to […]