Zhuldyz Kanapiyanova

Zhuldyz Kanapiyanova

Junior Research fellow

Kanapiyanova Zhuldyz was born on 26th of December, 1986. She graduated from high school in 2004 and the same year she admitted to International Relations faculty of Abay Kazakh National Pedagogical University. In the same year she admitted to Ege University (Turkey, Izmir) to make a master degree. She graduated from International Relations Department with knowledge of a foreign language in 2012. Her dissertation theme is “Globalization and International Nuclear Politics”. Now she was a research fellow in the Eurasian Research Institute at Khoca Akhmet Yassawi Kazakh-Turkish International Unive

Staff's Publications


March 9, 2024

Plan for Joint Implementation of the TAPI of the Gas Pipeline

Pakistan and Turkmenistan signed a joint plan to implement the project for the construction of the Turkmenistan-Afghanistan-Pakistan-India (TAPI) transnational gas pipeline on June 8, 2023. This decision is aimed at accelerating the completion of the feasibility study of the project and moving it towards the construction phase.  The ceremony of […]
January 9, 2024

Outcomes of the 16th Summit of the Organization for Economic Cooperation

The 16th Summit of the Economic Cooperation Organization (ECO) was held in Tashkent, Uzbekistan, on 8-9 November 2023. The ECO Summit, hosted by President of Uzbekistan Shavkat Mirziyoyev, was attended by President of Türkiye Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, President of Iran Ibrahim Reisi, Interim Government Prime Minister of Pakistan Anwaar-ul Haq […]
November 6, 2023

Place and Importance of Kazakhstan in Central Asian Geopolitics

Geopolitics considers space from the point of view of the state. Geopolitics is a science that studies a complex of geographical, historical, political and other factors that interact with each other and have a great impact on the strategic potential of the state. Kazakhstan’s role and place in the modern […]
April 1, 2023

“Sustainable Energy Connectivity in Central Asia” in the context of the European Union’s Energy Cooperation with Central Asia

The countries of Central Asia (CA) are rich in diverse energy resources such as oil, natural gas and coal, as well as rich in untapped renewable sources such as solar, wind and hydropower. The region has a great energy potential that can be explored and used. Yet access to basic […]
January 16, 2023

The EU Energy Crisis: Savings Measures and Suggestions

Since February 25, 2022, when Russia’s attacks on Ukraine be-gan, Western countries, especially the European Union (EU), have implemented the ninth sanctions package against Russia. Each sanction package aimed to stop Russia’s attacks by targeting different sectors and individuals each time. But instead of back-ing down, Putin intensified the attack, […]
November 9, 2022

Iran Nuclear Deal Crisis: Demands and Reasons

The Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA) was signed by Iran with five permanent members of the UN Security Council or P5 (China, France, Russia, the United Kingdom (UK) and the United States of America (USA), and Germany in 2015. It was about lifting sanctions on Iran in exchange for […]
July 30, 2022

India as a Country with Increasing Energy Demand

According to the latest developments, GAIL, India’s largest gas supplier, announced that it is open to buy Russian oil and gas assets avoided by Western companies after Moscow’s invasion of Ukraine. While European countries and the United States of America (USA) have imposed heavy sanctions on Russia since Moscow sent […]
July 25, 2022

China as Russia’s First Alternative Route in Natural Gas Exports

After the European sanctions and the decision to give up Russian natural gas in response to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine in the past days, Moscow has started to look for alternative markets instead of the European market. Considering that Russia did not cut off gas flow to Europe even during […]
May 12, 2022

Russia-Ukraine Crisis and European Union Energy Concern

After Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, the sanctions against the Kremlin, led by Western countries, are increasing day by day. On February 25th 2022, one day after Russian troops attacked Ukraine at the behest of Vladimir Putin, the US, EU, UK and Canada and some of their allies announced a series […]
April 18, 2022

The Effect of Sanctions on Iranian Economy

An agreement on the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA) was signed be-tween Iran and P5 + 1 countries (the five permanent members of the UN Security Council: China, France, Russia, USA, UK and Germany) in 2015, in which Tehran’s nuclear activities were regulated and controlled in exchange for the […]