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January 29, 2018

Current Developments in Kazakhstan’s Oil and Gas Sector

Nowadays, Kazakhstan is among the world’s fastest-growing primary energy source producers and exporters. The energy industry of Kazakhstan includes oil, gas and coal production, and electricity generation. Being at the heart of Kazakhstan’s energy industry, the oil and gas sector traditionally generates a large percentage of the country’s GDP. For instance, […]

January 22, 2018

The Structure of Kazakhstan’s Budget System and Recent Changes in Budget Revenues

The state budget is a key element of the national economy and entire financial system of any state. Since independence, Kazakhstan has been making intensive efforts to in-crease efficiency of the budget expenditures and budget process by implementing a number of the budget legislation reforms. The enactment of the Concept […]

January 15, 2018

Libraries of the Digital Age: Examples from Kazakhstan

In the age of digital technologies, when information becomes more available on the Internet and traditional libraries lose popularity, many people have doubts about their ability to withstand competition with new information carriers. Surveys of students show that many of them consider paper books archaic, less environmentally friendly than e-books, […]

January 8, 2018

Uzbekistan and NATO: Uneasy Partnership

Uzbekistan has been developing bilateral relations with the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) since 1992 through the North Atlantic Cooperation Council established in December 1991 and renamed as the Euro-Atlantic Partner-ship Council in 1997. In July 1994, Uzbekistan signed a framework document of NATO’s Partnership for Peace (PfP) program, and […]

January 8, 2018

One Year of the Mirziyoyev Presidency: What has changed in Uzbekistan?

It has been more than a year since Shavkat Mirziyoyev came to power in Uzbekistan following the death of its long-standing leader Islam Karimov who ruled the country for nearly 25 years. Mirziyoyev was initially appointed as an interim president, and then, on December 4, 2016, he was elected as […]

December 30, 2017

The Impact of Social Media on Education

Social media is a series of websites and applications designed to allow people to share content in real time. Despite the prevalence of social media in everyday life, schools and universities have long hesitated to adopt social networks as an education tool. Until recently, many educational institutions prohibited access to […]

December 21, 2017

Economic Integration Process of Syrian Refugees in Turkey: Labor Aspects

The ongoing civil war in Syria has so far forced more than 13 million people to leave their homes looking for safe zones within the country and abroad. Among them, 8 million were relocated within the country, whereas 5.5 million search refuge abroad meaning that almost one-third of Syria’s population […]

December 15, 2017

Green Economy in Kazakhstan: Opportunities and Challenges

There is no single commonly accepted definition of Green Economy in politics, media or academic literature. The United Nations Environment Program (UNEP) defines the green economy as one that leads to the improvement of the economic well-being and social equality, while significantly reducing environmental risks and pressure on the environment. […]

December 8, 2017

Recent Developments in the U.S.-Chinese Relations

Since the United States and China are the world’s largest economic powers, in the current international landscape the great importance is attached to their bilateral relations. From this point of view, it could be said that the U.S.-China relations are not limited to bilateral relationship, as they also significantly affect […]

November 21, 2017

KAZAKHSTAN AND NATO’S PARTNERSHIP FOR PEACE PROGRAM

Kazakhstan has been engaged in bilateral relations with the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) since 1992, when the country joined the North Atlantic Cooperation Council (NACC) established by the alliance in December 1991 as a forum to discuss and coordinate security issues with its new partners. Kazakhstan’s practical security cooperation […]