Experts

political analyst, sinologist. He graduated from the Abai Kazak National Teachers University, department of history, major: Oriental Studies, Chinese department in 2004. He has over 25 articles and publications on development issues of China and Kazakstan-China relations.

freelancer, freelance political analyst, political expert. Freelance member of Central Asia Association (Sweden), member of the expert council of the Institute for national policy studies at the Academy of Public Administration at the President of the Kyrgyz Republic. Author of over 80 publications on social-political and social-economic issues, migration, religion motivated extremism and terrorism, party-political system of Kazakstan and other Central Asian countries; co-author of a series of research collections.

candidate of political sciences. He has graduated from the department of journalism of the Al Farabi KazNU. He has worked with the Ministry of Information and Public Consent of the Republic of Kazakstan, Presidential Administration of the Republic of Kazakstan, Foreign Policy and Analysis Centre, Kazakstan Institute for Strategic Studies at the President of the Republic of Kazakstan. In 2006, he studied at the Marshall European Centre for Security Studies (Garmisch-Partenkirchen), and College of security issues and international relations studies (Washington). In 2010, he defended his PhD thesis “The role of the media in ensuring national security of the Republic of Kazakstan.”

doctor of juridical science, professor of the Caspian Public University. He graduated from the Kirov Kazak State University (1990), major: lawyer, and postgraduate school of the Al Farabi Kazak National University (1993). Since 2008, he is a member of Scientific-Advisory Board at the Supreme Court of the Republic of Kazakstan. Member of Advisory Board of OSCE/ODIHR Expert Group on the freedom of religion and opinion affairs (2000-2010). Deputy Director of Research Institute for Financial and Tax Law (2007-2014). Author of over 100 publications issued in Kazakstan, Austria, UK, Russia, USA, Japan, Uzbekistan, Ukraine.

political figure of Kazakstan, deputy chairman of Azat, political analyst and publicist. He has graduated from Almaty University of Energy and Communication, candidate of engineering science. Author of books “The fate of Kazakstan as a state. First steps away from the razor’s edge” (1994, co-author) and “The price of monopoly” (1995).

religious scholar, member of the Council on relations with religious associations of Karaganda regional akimat, expert of Department for religious affairs of Karaganda region of the Board for religious affairs at the Ministry of Culture of the Republic of Kazakstan (Karaganda), professor of Karaganda University Bolashak.

he has earned master’s degree in public policy at KDI School of Public Policy and Management (South Korea). From 2011 to 2016, he worked at Kazakstan Institute for Strategic Studies at the President of the Republic of Kazakstan, starting from research officer and ending with head of economic studies department. Research interests: transportation corridors, Kazakstan-China economic cooperation, economic development issues.

director of Centre for Topical Studies “Alternativa”. He graduated from the Al Farabi Kazak National University in 1998, department of political science. Candidate of political sciences. Author (co-author, issuer) of 38 books and over 1000 articles in Kazakstan and foreign periodicals and scientific publications and collections. He has been awarded with the 1^st award of the Journalists of the 21^st century held by Soros Foundation-Kazakstan (1997) and 3^rd award of the contest of journalistic works “Proud of the past, creating the future” held by Kaztransoil national company and Komsomolskaya Pravda v Kazakstane newspaper (2005).

he has graduated from Al Farabi KazNU. In 2000, he earned master’s degree from the department of geography, KazGNU. He works in the field of environmental protection, subsoil management, risk assessment. Publicist and political analyst. Analyst of the Cross-Border Cooperation Association (Russia).

doctor of historical sciences, professor. Chief Researcher of the Kazakstan Institute for Strategic Studies at the President of the Republic of Kazakstan. In 1990, she graduated from the department of history of the Kirov Kazak State University. In 1993, she graduated from the postgraduate school at the Department of New and Contemporary History of European and American countries of the Kazak State University. She has been a scholar of many research scholarships from various funds and programmes. She has over 80 publications in the fields of theory and methodology of security studies and international relations, military-political security in Central Asian countries.