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Main Outcomes of Kazakhstan’s UNSC Presidency
January 31, 2018, marked the end of Kazakhstan’s month-long presidency at the United Nations Security Council (UNSC). Kazakhstan’s presidency in the world’s most important political body for the month of January was a culmination of its non-permanent UNSC membership and a significant milestone in its strategy of building a positive […]
Tags: Economy, International Relations, Kazakhstan
February 12, 2018
Developments in China’s Railway Diplomacy
In recent years, China’s overseas high-speed rail (HSR) projects have been of great importance for shaping the country’s new diplomatic strategy, namely, railway diplomacy, which has become a new form of Beijing’s foreign policy along with ping-pong diplomacy, panda diplomacy, and energy diplomacy. The high-speed rail projects, which are carried […]
Tags: China
February 5, 2018
What has Caused Unrest in Iran from Economic Perspective?
Despite the fact that the protests in Iran is not a rare phenomenon[1], the protest that began on December 28, 2017, in Mashhad unexpectedly sparked waves of unrest all across the country. Over two weeks, thousands of Iranians in more than 80 cities took to the streets to denounce high […]
ZIPF’s Law and Economics of the Cities in Kazakhstan
During the Soviet era, the urban and regional development in Kazakhstan was strictly regulated and often based on means other than economic. With the collapse of this system, Kazakhstan, just like the rest of the Soviet Union, was fully exposed to all kinds forces that shaped current urban and regional […]
Tags: Economy, Kazakhstan
New U.S. National Security Strategy and Central Asia
On December 18, 2017, U.S. President Donald Trump presented in detail his administration’s National Security Strategy (NSS). The document that each president has to produce gives the U.S. Congress a guide of the main foreign policy priorities of the administration in charge. Apart from the U.S. Congress, Trump’s NSS was […]
Tags: Central Asia, International Relations, Security, USA
New Chapter in Kazakhstan-U.S. Relations*
Kazakhstan and the United States have agreed to elevate their relationship to the level of enhanced strategic partnership through engaging in closer political and economic cooperation to the benefit of both nations. This has become a major outcome of President Nursultan Nazarbayev’s January 16-18, 2018 official visit to the United […]
Tags: International Relations, Kazakhstan, Politics, USA
Current State of Border Issues in Central Asia
It is widely accepted that national borders are a fundamental factor in determining the degree of tension or cooperation in relations between states and within a region as a whole (Moraczewka, 2010). At present, Central Asia faces significant border issues because, unlike its external borders, the process of demarcation of […]
Tags: Central Asia, Foreign Policy, Security
February 2, 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, […]
Tags: Energy, Kazakhstan
January 29, 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 […]
Tags: Economy, Kazakhstan
January 22, 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, […]
Tags: Kazakhstan, Technology
January 15, 2018
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