The program of International Relations and Regional Studies is designed to produce graduates capable of taking on leadership roles in the challenging arena of world affairs, including positions within the diplomatic corps, multinational corporations, education and non-governmental organizations. It gives students excellent skills and competencies to be competitive in labour market for high paid and interesting jobs. Graduates of our program have been continuing their research projects and further degree efforts in most challenging and simply the best universities of the world like Harvard, Australian National, Oxford and London School of Economics.
After completion of the program, students are expected to be familiar with all aspects of international, comparative politics, development challenges, emerging powers and markets and diplomacy.
Faculty
The faculty team is comprised of experienced international educators with terminal degrees from the leading universities of Canada, Japan, Turkey, the United States of America, and Kazakhstan.
International accreditation
The program has received full European accreditation by the Foundation for Business Administration accreditation (FIBAA), Germany.
Bachelor of International Relations (BIR) Curriculum
The BIR Program offers an integrated multidisciplinary curriculum program that compares favorably in standards and quality to comparable programs in Western universities.
To earn a Bachelor of International Relations a student must complete 146 credits/ 240 ECTS
Credits | ECTS | |
General Education Requirements | 36 | 58 |
Program Foundation Requirements | 68 | 112 |
Program Required Courses | 36 | 58 |
Final Attestation | 6 | 12 |
Total Required for Graduation | 146 | 240 |
General Education Requirements (36 credits)
Students should take the General Education required courses.
The General Education Requirements are explained in Undergraduate General Education section of this Catalog.
Physical Education Requirements (8 credits)
Students should take the Physical Education required courses.
The Physical Education Requirements are explained in Undergraduate General Education section of this Catalog.
Course Code | Course Title | Credits | ECTS | Prerequisites
*All IR majors are required to take GEN/POL 2701.2 and IRL 2512 prior to admission to other program –foundation and program major classes except ** |
GEN 1100 | Academic Speaking | 3 | 5 | |
GEN 1121 | Academic Reading and Writing II | 3 | 5 | |
IRL2512 | Fundamentals of International Relations | 3 | 5 | GEN1100 and GEN1120 |
KAZ/RUS21021.2 | Prof Kazakh (Russian) Language | 2 | 3 | None |
IRL3544 | Diplomatic and Consular Service | 3 | 5 | |
IRL 3521 | Theories of International Relations | 3 | 5 | |
IRL3539 | History of Diplomacy 1648 to 1815 | 3 | 5 | |
IRL3540 | History of Diplomacy 1815 to 1945 | 3 | 5 | |
GEN/PAD | Fundamentals of Sociology | 2 | 3 | |
GEN/POL 2701.3 |
Fundamentals of Political Science | 2 | 3 | GEN1100 and GEN1120 |
GEN1704.2 /ECN1101.2 |
Introduction to Economics | 2 | 3 | GEN1100 and GEN1120 |
IRL4596 | Academic Internship in International Relations for BIR | 3 | 5 | |
Total | 32 | 52 |
Program Foundation: Elective Courses – in order to know program requirements please consult with CSS Program Coordinator at css_coordinator@kimep.kz.
Majors and minors
The Department of International Relations and Regional Studies offers the following specializations to students:
– Major in Global Security and International Affairs
– Major in Regional Studies and Energy Politics
– Major in European Studies
Minor in International Relations (12 credits)
Students may choose any four 3-credit courses with IRL code.
- Regional Studies and Energy Policy
- European Studies
- Global Security and International Affairs
- History
Careers
- Diplomatic corps
- International companies
- Multinational corporations
- Governmental, non-governmental and private sectors
BIR alumni work for the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE), Counterpart International, the World Bank, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, United Nations, Embassies, and other prestigious Kazakhstani and international organizations.
Internships are available in the Kazakhstani Parliament (Senate and Majilis), the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, akimats, and international development agencies.
ENG1110 Academic Listening and Note Taking (3 credits)
Prerequisites: ENG1100 Academic Speaking
Common European Framework: B2 to C1 low upon completion
The Academic Listening and Note-taking course develops students’ abilities in these two essential academic skills, while at the same time ensuring that listening is not a passive activity. Students improve their understanding of academic discourse in a variety of contexts, including lectures and less formal situations. They are exposed to a variety of dialects of English and levels of formality. They refine their note-taking skills and then use these notes as the basis for questions, responses and requests for clarification. In addition, their notes will be useful for revision and for developing essays, presentations and debates. Mere noting of facts will not be the primary goal. Rather, students will use their notes to write responses and develop their own critical thinking. As far as possible, authentic audio and video materials will be used in preference to the artificial materials specially prepared for such courses.
ENG1121 Academic Reading and Writing 2 (3 credits)
Prerequisites: ENG1120 Academic Reading and Writing I
Common European Framework: B2 to C1 low upon completion
This is an advanced-level academic reading and writing course, in which students undertake a major research project on an academic topic of their own choice. Building on the research and writing skills developed in previous courses, students select a project of substantial scope within an area of interest to them. They offer a sound defence of their choice of topic, using criteria appropriate to an academic context, and then prepare to undertake research. In preparing their research essays, students make extensive use of library and online resources, as well as field research such as interviews and off-campus research, depending on the nature of their topic. Reading tasks include finding, analyzing and evaluating a variety of sources. A process-approach to writing is adopted, with specific attention to planning, outlining, surveying the literature, drafting, rewriting, reviewing and using feedback constructively. Attention is paid to both peer and instructor feedback. At the final stage, editing, citations and bibliographical components are the focus of attention.
IRL2512 Fundamentals of International Relations
Prerequisites: None
This is an introductory course designed to acquaint students with the various theories and concepts used in the field. This course will examine and analyze the emergence and evolution of the modern world-system, its nature and characteristics as well as the emerging issues and challenges faced by the world today. The focus will be also roles and functions of states, non-state actors and institutions. The course is not only designed and developed for students in Political Science and IR but it will also fulfill the needs and interests of students from other disciplines.
POL3512 Comparative Politics
Prerequisites: POL2511/GEN2701 and IRL2512
This is an introductory course in the field of Comparative Politics. The course will acquaint students with various paradigms in the field, while also offering practical case studies to illustrate different political orientations of nation states and regions.
IRL3517 International Institutions and Law
Prerequisites: POL2511/ GEN2701 and IRL2512
This course is designed to introduce students to basic concepts of international organization and international law. It will focus on the history, administration, and politics of key international institutions and the machinery of international law. We will discuss and analyze how institutions and legal frameworks function in the areas of international peace and security, human rights and humanitarian relief, and environment and sustainable development.
IRL3521 Theories of International Relations
Prerequisites: POL2511/ GEN2701 and IRL2512
This a basic course on theories of international relations. The purpose of this course is to acquaint students with the historical evolution of the theories of IR and to focus on various theories, concepts, approaches and methodologies used in the field. Instead of focusing on any particular group of theories, this course will critically review and analyze all theories: old and new, traditional and modern. Recent theories like feminist theories, post-modernist theories, globalist theories, ecological theories will also be discussed here.
IRL3523 International Political Economy
Prerequisites: POL2511/ GEN2701 and IRL2512
The main objective of this course is to introduce students to the field of International Political Economy and to discuss the scope boundary and methodologies used in the study of IPE. Students will critically examine and analyze major international economic processes and institutions, such as international monetary and financial organization, globalization of production and distribution, international trade and investment, development, dependency and foreign aid.
IRL3539 History of Diplomacy from 1648 to 1815
Prerequisites: POL2511/ GEN2701 and IRL2512
This is an advanced survey course on the development of modern international relations in Europe from the inception of the Westphalia System to the rise and fall of Napoleon. Special emphasis will be placed upon the role of history in shaping the modern international system.
IRL3540 History of Diplomacy from 1815 to 1945
Prerequisites: POL2511/ GEN2701 and IRL2512
This course task is to give to the students the history of European affairs beginning from 1815 from the point of Europe international relations. Among the main problems of the course are: the XIX century history could be explained by “congress system”, middle class discontent that caused revolutions of 1848: Napoleon III “overthrew’ the Second Republic and his regaining the Russian friendship by the Reinsurance Treaty; Bismarck unification of Germany and Polish policy of Russia in 1863, Crimean War and causes of it; Anglo-Japanese alliance of 1902 and a decade of anarchy existed in international affairs before the Would War I and the settlement of 1919 that “balkanized” Central and Eastern Europe. The new “Versailles-Washington” system established in 1919-20-s led to paradoxical results – intensification of the tensions between defeated and victorious countries which finally broke a peace and led to World War II.
IRL3541 Contemporary World History: 1945 to Present
Prerequisites: None
This course presents the major historical events from 1945 to the present. It starts with the end of the Second World War and covers the years of the Cold War and Decolonization up to the fall of the Soviet Union. It then considers the end of the second millennium with the fragmentation of states and the beginning of the third millennium with the emergence of new threats such as international terrorism, challenges such as environmental problems, opportunities such as technological developments, and the new distribution of power.
IRL3544 Diplomatic and Consular Service
Prerequisites: POL2511/ GEN2701 and IRL2512
This course covers theoretical and practical problems and issues of diplomacy, organization and functioning of diplomatic and consular services in Kazakhstan. This course will also discuss and debate the process and mechanisms of foreign policy decision-making in Kazakhstan and the forms and methods of their realizations.
IRL3545 Diplomatic Protocol and Documents
Prerequisites: POL2511/ GEN2701 and IRL2512
This course instructs students in diplomatic protocol in the context of preparing them for diplomatic service. Diplomatic privileges and immunities, the presentation of the credentials of diplomatic representatives, the protocol of diplomatic correspondence, diplomatic receptions, personal visits and conversations, international courtesy, the structure of staff protocol and the personal activity of diplomatic representation abroad will be covered. Various kinds of diplomatic documents will also be examined.
IRL3547 Security Studies
Prerequisites: POL2511/ GEN2701 and IRL2512
This course is designed as a foundational course for students majoring in International Relations aimed to complement their general knowledge of international issues with an understanding of the challenges of globalizing world. The course will address conceptual problems of defining the ‘threat’, as a key notion in Security Studies. Threats could range from the survival of individual to groups, nations, and the whole world. By investigating definitions of security as state provision of defence in realist and neorealist conceptions we will set up an analytical departure point. Then we will move towards exploring the notion of threat by ‘broadening’ and ‘deepening’ its definitions. Expanded definitions enable us to engage with the constructivist, structuralist and post-modern analytical frameworks within Security Studies.
IRL3562 Professional Foreign Language: Strategic Communications in International Affairs
Prerequisites: POL2511/G GEN2701 and IRL2512
The course focuses on international relations and effective communications with a special attention to international treaties, memorandums and speeches of key decision makers in international relations. In particular we will study the theoretical frameworks behind the communications in International Relations and how to employ them in order to reach the targeted audience and goals.
IRL4526 Comparative Foreign Policy
Prerequisites: POL2511/ GEN2701 and IRL2512
This course centers on the foreign policies of states, and more specifically, on the various factors that produce these policies. It is not an easy task to analyze policy “outputs”. The complexity of the matrix makes clear that we cannot attribute the adoption of one foreign policy rather than another to any single factor. Clearly, the interactions between and among all the various sources of “input” makes any such analysis that much more difficult. Nevertheless, it is possible to discern patterns in policy process and the broad outlines of policy goals, and this is what will be accomplished in this course. In this task we will be aided by the use of “case studies” and foreign policy profiles of selected countries.
IRL4527 Ethics in International Affairs
Prerequisites: POL2511/ GEN2701 and IRL2512
The course presents students a normative approach centered on ethics for studying international affairs. The main purpose of this course is to acquaint students with the moral dilemmas that political leaders, activists and citizens have to face in a globalized world. The theoretical approach is combined with case studies in fields such as just war theory, conflict and reconciliation, humanitarian intervention and the responsibility to protect, sovereignty and social justice, and environmental and technological challenges in the international arena.
POL3534 Social and Political Theory
Prerequisites: POL2511/GEN2701 and IRL2512
This course provides a historical background to the development of social and political thought in European and Asian civilizations from antiquity to the present day. Readings from primary sources, such as Plato, Aristotle, Confucius, the Dhammapada, Augustine, al Farabi, ibnKhaldoun, Aquinas, Machiavelli, as well as modern thinkers from Hobbes to the post-moderns will help students to comprehend the theoretical underpinnings of research on political systems, political economy, social hierarchy and comparative civilizations.
Program Foundation Elective Courses
Course Code | Course Title | Credits |
---|---|---|
IRL/POL 4534 | Politics of the European Union | 3 |
IRL4519 | Globalization: Current Issues | 3 |
IRL3550 | United Nations: Structure and Practices | 3 |
GEN/POL
2600 |
History of Civilizations 1 | 3 |
GEN/POL 2601 | History of Civilizations 2 | 3 |
IRL3550 United Nations: Structure and Practices
Prerequisites: POL2511/GEN2701 and IRL2512
This course provides an overview of the major contemporary international institution. The course will have three parts. First, it presents a review of the structure and functions of the UN in general and of specific agencies (for example, the UNHCR and UNICEF) in particular. Second, it offers a normative theoretical knowledge for interpreting the institution. Third, it reviews case studies with the help of experts involved in the field.
IRL4519 Globalization: Current Issues
Prerequisites: POL2511/GEN2701 and IRL2512
The term “globalization” has quickly become one of the hottest buzzwords in the field of international relations and in the academic debate. This course will cover a wide range of distinct contemporary political, economic, and cultural trends, like liberalization, global civil society, global crisis, and the value of information technology.
IRL/POL4534 Politics of the European Union
Prerequisites: POL2511/GEN2701 and IRL2512
European politics has never been so topical and exciting. With the end of the Cold War division of Europe into East and West, Europe is uniting under the umbrella of the European Union and is moving ahead with a unique experiment whereby European law supersedes national law and a single European currency is used. The purpose of this course is to offer students an informed and accessible overview of European government and politics as well as of the structure and policies of the European Union.
GEN/POL2600 History of Civilizations 1
Prerequisites: None
The course provides a comparative analysis and overview of the cultural and political development of human society from the earlier civilization until Renaissance, providing background for the analysis and understanding of the political, legal, ideological, cultural and religious achievements of the world civilization.
GEN/POL2601 History of Civilizations 2
Prerequisites: None
The course provides a historical analysis and overview of the cultural and political development of human societies from the Renaissance to the end of World War II. It aims to provide a general knowledge of major events in different areas of the world.
Common Major Required Courses
Course Code | Course Title | Credits |
---|---|---|
IRL 3520 | Foreign Policy of Kazakhstan | 3 |
IRL4590 | Undergraduate Seminar in International Relations | 3 |
IRL4512 | Multivector Diplomacy: Central Asia in Global Politics | 3 |
IRLXXX | Any Major Elective of the BIR Program | 3 |
IRLXXX | Any Major Elective of the BIR Program | 3 |
See table below for the codes | Internship | 3+3 (see table below) |
IRL4599.4 | Thesis | 4 |
IRL4599.1 | State Examination | 1 |
IRL3520: Foreign Policy of Kazakhstan
Prerequisites: POL2511/GEN2701 and IRL2512
This is an advanced survey course on Kazakhstan’s foreign policy making since 1991. Special emphasis will be given to the impact of the Soviet legacy on Kazakhstan’s foreign policy and the present relationships between Kazakhstan and the West. Other topics include the Kazakhstan’s present role in the War on Terror and regional security.
IRL4512 Multivector diplomacy: Central Asia in Global Politics
Prerequisites: POL2511/GEN2701 and IRL2512
The course analyzes multivector diplomacy, using elements borrowed from political realism and constructivism, as a tool for foreign policy. After studying the theory of multivector diplomacy and some historical examples, the course will focus on post-independence Central Asia in order to understand how multivector diplomacy is used in this region.
IRL4590 Undergraduate Seminar in International Relations
Prerequisites: POL2511/GEN2701 and IRL2512
This seminar course is designed to offer students an opportunity to apply their theoretical knowledge to a specific issue in international relations. Students will participate in ongoing research projects headed by individual faculty members. Topics will vary every time the course is offered, and may include issues in bilateral relations, international security, international political economy and the international legal order.
IRL4598 Thesis
Students will write a thesis on a topic of their choice, in line with the international relations bachelor program, under the supervision of a qualified faculty member. For further details see the CSS Undergraduate Thesis Guidelines on the L-Drive.
IRL4599 State Examination
Students will take an exit test that evaluates their competencies in the filed of international relations.
CSS3001.1
AND CSS3001.2 |
Introductory Internship (Kazakhstan Parliament) Foundation Course (3 credits)
AND Introductory Internship (Kazakhstan Parliament) (3 credits) |
CSS3002.1
AND CSS3002.2 |
Introductory Internship (Ministry of Economics) Foundation Course (3 credits)
AND Introductory Internship (Ministry of Economics) (3 credits) |
IRL4596
AND IRL4597 |
Academic Internship (3 credits)
AND Professional Internship in International Relations (3 credits) |
CSS 3001.1 Introductory Internship (Kazakhstan Parliament)
The purpose of this course is to provide quality preparation for an internship at the Kazakhstan Parliament. The course covers material related to the structure and processes of the Parliament and introduces the essential foundations of representative politics.
CSS3001.2 Introductory Internship (Kazakhstan Parliament)
The internship is designed to provide the student with an experiential learning opportunity by placing the individual in the Parliament of Kazakhstan.
CSS 3002.1 Introductory Internship (Ministry of Economics)
The purpose of this course is to provide quality preparation for an internship and the Ministry of Economics. The course covers material related to the structure and processes of the Ministry and introduces the essential foundations of Economic policy.
CSS3002.2 Introductory Internship (Ministry of Economics)
The purpose of this course is to provide an internship in the Ministry of Economics. During their internship, students will have opportunity to work in one of the Ministry’s departments, so as to gain a better understanding of how economic analysis is undertaken and how economic policies are developed and implemented.
IRL4597 Professional Internship in International Relations
Students will engage in a supervised internship with a consulate, NGO, private company or other agency. A program of study and activities is collaboratively designed by the students’ advisor and the participating agency. In the past, departmental internships have been pursued at the Foreign Ministry, US and UK consulates, the UN, the OSCE, and the EurAsEC. Students may either extend their original internship to cover two semesters, or they may select two distinct professional internships covering one semester each.
POL4597 Professional Internship in Comparative Politics
Students will engage in a supervised internship with a consulate, NGO, private company or other agency. A program of study and activities is collaboratively designed by the students’ advisor and the participating agency. In the past, departmental internships have been pursued at the OSCE, and the EurAsEC. Students may either extend their original internship to cover two semesters, or they may select two distinct professional internships covering one semester each.
Major in Global Security and International Affairs Elective Courses
Course Code | Course Title | Credits |
---|---|---|
GROUP A | ||
IRL3526 | Domestic Politics and Foreign Policy of the USA | 3 |
IRL3527 | Domestic Politics and Foreign Policy of the Russian Federation | 3 |
IRL3528 | Domestic Politics and Foreign Policy of the People’s Republic of China | 3 |
GROUP B | ||
IRL 4525 | Asian Security: Theory and Practice | 3 |
IRL3524 | Global Security and International Conflict Resolution | 3 |
IRL 3516 | Terrorism and Security | 3 |
GROUP C | ||
IRL4550 | Emerging Powers | 3 |
IRL 3546 | Selected Topics in International Relations | 3 |
IRL3516 Terrorism and Security
Prerequisites: POL2511/GEN2701 and IRL2512
This course studies the origins and nature of contemporary terrorism, terrorist groups: tactics and trends on the world-wide scale starting from the ancient times to the present. It examines threats and challenges posed by the terrorist groups to state security and to the security of the international system.
IR3524 Global Security and International Conflict Resolution
Prerequisites: POL2511/GEN2701 and IRL2512
Since the end of the Cold War, multiple conflicts, both global and regional in nature, have seriously undermined and threatened world security. This course will study and analyze the roots and causes of modern conflicts and their effects and implications for international peace and security in Central Asia.
IRL3526 Domestic Politics and Foreign Policy of the USA
Prerequisites: POL2511/GEN2701 and IRL2512
This is an advanced course on American domestic politics and foreign policy since the birth of the Republic to the modern era. This course will focus on American government and foreign policy as a whole, but will also give special attention to present-day American foreign policy, and American-Kazakhstan relations in particular.
IRL3527 Domestic Politics and Foreign Policy of the Russian Federation
Prerequisites: POL2511/GEN2701 and IRL2512
This is an advanced course on the formation and development of Russian government and foreign policy from Ancient Russia to the modern era. This course will focus on Russian foreign policy as a whole, but will put special emphasis on present-day Russian foreign policy-making, and Russia-Kazakhstan relations in particular.
IRL3528 Domestic Politics and Foreign Policy of the People’s Republic of China
Prerequisites: POL2511/GEN2701 and IRL2512
This is an advanced course on government and foreign policy making in China since the formation of the Chinese State to the modern era. This course will focus on Chinese foreign policy as a whole, but will also give special attention to present-day Chinese foreign relations, and in particular China-Kazakhstan relations.
IRL3546 Selected Topics in International Relations
Prerequisites: POL2511/GEN2701 and IRL2512
This course examines various topics of international relations. Topics vary according to the interests of students and instructors.
IRL4525 Asian Security: Theory and Practice
Prerequisites: POL2511/GEN2701 and IRL2512
The main goals of the course are to give a brief introduction to the field of security studies and its current debates and to apply this theoretical knowledge to the study of Asian security at different levels of analysis: national, regional and global. The discussion of key issues in each region (Northeast Asia, Southeast Asia, South Asia and Central Asia) will be combined with the in-depth consideration of various aspects of security: military (including nuclear), political, economic, environmental and societal security.
IRL4550 Emerging Powers
Prerequisites: POL2511/GEN2701 and IRL2512
This course focuses on the domestic structure and the foreign policy of selected emerging powers, and their new influence in their regional systems and in the global arena. In particular, the course will review the factors that contributed to the growth of these countries and foreign policy strategies that they are adopting in order to assert their role in international affairs.
Major in Regional Studies and Energy Politics Elective Courses
Course Code | Course Title | Credits |
---|---|---|
GROUP A | ||
IRL4531 | Domestic Politics and Foreign Policy of Central Asia and the Caucasus | 3 |
IRL/POL 4530 | Middle East Politics | 3 |
POL 4537 | Society and Culture of Central Asia | 3 |
GROUP B | ||
IRL4531 | Political Economy of Central Asia | 3 |
IRL 4521 | Petropolitics | 3 |
IRL 4540 | Geopolitics and Political Economy of Natural Resources | 3 |
GROUP C | ||
IRL 4528 | Central Asia-Russia Relations | 3 |
POL 3546 | Selected Topics in Regional Studies | 3 |
IRL4521 Petro Politics
Prerequisites: POL2511/GEN2701 and IRL2512
This course examines the geopolitics of energy in the Caspian Sea region. The subject is a broad, complex one that is constantly shifting and evolving even as policymakers try to manage and influence affairs from day to day. The emergence of independent states in the Caspian Sea region has created a new environment of great importance to the world. The region’s geopolitical position between Europe, the Persian Gulf, and Asia, and its unresolved ethnic conflicts have made it both a magnet and potential flashpoint for its neighbors, including Russia, Turkey and Iran. Also, the Caspian Sea is the energy world’s latest frontier. The development of Caspian energy resources and their transportation to international markets is one of the most controversial and pressing issues in the post-Cold War era.
IRL4528 Central Asia-Russia Relations
Prerequisites: POL2511/GEN2701 and IRL2512
This is an advanced course on the development of relations between Russia and Central Asia from the 18th century to the present. Special emphasis will be given to the development of Central Asia-Russia relations since the collapse of the Soviet Union.
IRL4531 Political Economy of Central Asia
Prerequisites: POL2511/GEN2701 and IRL2512
The course analyzes the economic development of Central Asian states starting from the Soviet legacy and going through the years of independence until possible future developments. In particular, the course will try to understand how the common past has been starting point for new and different forms of political economy adopted by different countries. Differences in natural resources, infrastructure and political decisions of different economic paths of developments will be considered in order to understand how to shape future decisions.
IRL/POL 4540 Geopolitics and Political Economy of Natural Resources
Prerequisites: POL2511/GEN2701 and IRL2512
This course is devoted to geopolitical and economic aspects of countries endowed with different types of natural resources. Natural resources shape the economy and economy shapes political choices. However processes of discovery and use of natural resources have to be analysed in geographical and institutional context.
IRL/POL4530 Middle East Politics
Prerequisites: POL2511/GEN2701 and IRL2512
A survey of the twentieth and twenty –first century political history of the Middle east and its regional issues, such as the Palestinian-Israeli conflict, ethnic and religious nationalism, the geopolitics of oil, the two Western wars in Iraq, and both Western and Islamic alliances. This course will also compare the governments and political ideologies of the Middle East region, focusing on social and institutional structures and development issues. Concepts and ideologies like Arabism, Islam, modernization, and the nature of states and political systems will be studied.
IRL4531 Domestic Politics and Foreign Policy in Central Asia and the Caucasus
Prerequisites: POL2511/GEN2701 and IRL2512
This course focuses on the domestic politics and foreign policies of post-communist states. In particular, it will examine the transition that has taken place in the former USSR during the last two decades. Students will be required to analyze the myriad of challenges facing the post-communist sphere in the political, cultural, social and economic spheres. Special emphasis will be placed upon the international relations between the new states of Central Asia and the Caucasus and the rest of the world.
POL4537 Society and Culture of Central Asia
Prerequisites: POL2511/GEN2701 and IRL2512
The course offers a theoretical background for understanding issues in the general field of political sociology and then moves on to review the similarities and differences between the social, political and cultural aspects of Central Asian states.
POL3546 Selected Topics in Regional Studies
Prerequisites: POL2511/GEN2701 and IRL2512
This course examines various topics in comparative politics and regional studies. Topics vary according to the interests of students and instructors.
There are many merit-based scholarship opportunities for Kazakhstani and international students.
While studying at KIMEP University, students may also apply for part-time positions available on the University campus.
If you would like to apply for a scholarship, contact the Office of Financial Aid. .
Tuition & Fees
Study abroad opportunities
One- or two-semester exchange programs with many international partner universities offer students the opportunity to discover the world. Credits earned abroad count towards KIMEP degrees.
Innovations
We are proud to announce a new course “Model UN” in collaboration with UN Kazakhstan starting from Spring 2017 semester.
Future perspective careers
- Diplomatic corps
- International companies
- Multinational corporations
- Governmental, non-governmental and private sectors
BIR alumni work for the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE), Counterpart International, the World Bank, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, United Nations, Embassies, and other prestigious Kazakhstani and international organizations.
Internships are available in the Kazakhstani Parliament (Senate and Majilis), the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, akimats, and international development agencies.
Extracurricular activities
- Diplomatic Day Club
- Political Film Series
- Research Talks offered at the International Relations and Regional Studies Department
- Central Asia Studies Center (www.casc.kz)
- Various projects in collaboration with foreign embassies

Ulzhan Kazybekova
PhD, Assistant Professor Department of International Relations and Regional Studies
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Education:
PhD in Sociology, The Nottingham University, United Kingdom, 2017
MA in Public Administration, The Nottingham University, United Kingdom, 2009
Bachelor of Public Administration, KIMEP, Kazakhstan, 2008
Courses Taught at KIMEP
Introduction to Social Science; Nutrition in Modern World
Courses Taught Elsewhere
Sociology, Political Science, Cultural Studies, Research Design in Social Policy, The Management Support of Youth Policy, Psychology Management
Research interests:
Gender Inequality, Leadership, Motivation, Education policy
Publications:
- Bugytayeva, S. and Kazybekova, U. (2022). The South Korean component in the doctrines of the United States Presidents (1945-2022). Public Administration and Civil Service journal. Academy of Public Administration under the President of the Republic of Kazakhstan. No 3 (82).
- Polozhentseva, Y., Kazybekova, U., Subalova, M., and Ghosh, A. (2022). We or I? Survival and Success Challenges Jokeasses. Emerald Emerging Markets Case Studies, Vol. 12 No.1.
- Kazybekova U. (2014). Presented the paper on “Working mothers’ understanding of the shift from state to non-state pension provision” (Conference Stream: Negotiating Access to Research Participants) at the 7th Enquire Conference “4D Research: Early experiences of Designing, Debating, Doing and Disseminating Social Research”, The University of Nottingham, School of Sociology and Social Policy, 14th November 2014.
- Kazybekova U. (2013). Presented the paper on “Understanding of working mothers of the shift from state to private pension provision” at the 6th Enquire Conference “Normality in an Uncertain World”, The University of Nottingham, School of Sociology and Social Policy, 10th-11th September 2013.
- Kazybekova U. (2012). New model of educator’s personality in the educational system. Collection of materials of Republican Scientific Conference. “Spiritual and moral component in the triad of education-science-innovation”, Almaty, May 18, 2012, Kazakh Ablai Khan University of International Relations and World Languages.
Contact information:
Office: # 231 Valikhanov building
E-mail: u.kazybekova@kimep.kz

David Porter
David Porter is an Assistant Professor at the Economics Department….
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David Porter is an Assistant Professor at the Economics Department. He has obtained his PhD degree in Economics from the University of Georgia, USA.
In January 2021, he joined Florida Gulf Coast University (FGCU ) in Fort Myers, Florida and taught numerous sections of ECO 2023 Microeconomics, both in-person and online, to more than 600 students as a Visiting Instructor. Since 1999, Dr. Porter has been employed in the energy sector as electricity load forecaster, tariff rate forecaster (Enron Energy Services), real-time electricity trader (Enron and Nextera), financial trader (Nextera) and proprietary speculative trader for numerous firms. He has an extensive background in Financial Economics and Monetary Economics dealing with foreign exchange, option pricing, swaps, collars and derivatives.
Dr. Porter joined KIMEP University from the Spring 2023 semester, he is currently teaching “Monetary Economics”, “Money and Banking” and “Financial Management Institutions” courses.
Scholarly Research Papers Published in Peer-reviewed Journals
The Demand for residential, industrial and total electricity, 1973-1998. Kamerchen, D.R. and Porter, D.V., Energy Economics, 26 (1), p.87-100, Jan 2004
- Peer reviewed journal article I co-authored has been used in MIT Graduate Energy Economics course since 2007.
- https://ocw.mit.edu/courses/economics/14-44-energy-economics-spring-2007/readings/
- 266 citations according to Google Scholar.
Market Structure in the US Electricity industry: A long-term perspective. Kamerschen, D.R., Klein, P.G. and Porter, D.V., Energy Economics, 27 (5), p.731-751, Sep 2005
Contact information: d.porter@kimep.kz

Alen Askar
Alen Askar is a Ph.D. candidate in Eurasian Studies at…
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Alen Askar is a Ph.D. candidate in Eurasian Studies at Nazarbayev University. He is finishing his dissertation on the history of Tselinograd during the 1950s and 1960s in the context of building an ideal socialist city. His research interests revolve around the history of the Muslim population in the early twentieth-century Russian Empire, memory studies, and historical politics.
In addition to his research pursuits, Alen Askar offers courses on the History of Kazakhstan. Recently, he joined the KIMEP team in Spring 2023 as a senior lecturer. If you would like to contact him, you can do so via email at a.askar@kimep.kz

Aslan Tanekenov
(Kazakh) Әлеуметтік ғылымдар факультетінің мемлекеттік басқару кафедрасының ассистент-профессоры
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Assistant Professor, Department of Public Administration, College of Social Sciences
Dr. Tanekenov obtained his PhD degree from Heriot-Watt University, UK and MPhil degree from University of Glasgow, UK. His research interests are International civil society organizations; social enterprise, empowerment of socially vulnerable people; cross-sector partnership; volunteering, philanthropy, NGO management.

Dennis Soltys, Ph. D. in Political Science
Adjunct Professor,
Department of Public Administration/College of Social Sciences
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Professor Dennis Soltys obtained his PhD from the Department of Political Science, University of Toronto.
He has served on many KIMEP committees, especially concerning accreditations and quality assurance, and is currently the chair of the Department of Public Administration and International Development.
In his 15 years at KIMEP Dr. Soltys has taught a wide variety of courses, including graduate courses in research methods and thesis-writing, public policy of Kazakhstan, comparative education policy, and organization theory. He has publications in top international journals such as Journal of Central Asia, Comparative Education, International Journal (Canada) and Foreign Policy (USA), complemented by numerous conference papers published in Kazakhstan.
His main research interests include the cultural foundations and systemic design of public education in developed and transitional countries, development of civil society in transitional countries, and the public policy of Kazakhstan.
Email: dsoltys@kimep.kz
Tel. (727) 270-4303
Research and Publications:
Soltys, D. (2017). Social transformation with conflict avoidance in Ukraine between the maidans of 2004 and 2014. Post-Soviet Affairs, USA, (submitted, September, 2017).
Soltys, D. (2017). The central role of humanities and social sciences education in powering economic innovation. Vcheni zapysky (Scientific Notes), Kyiv, (forthcoming, July 2017).

Milen Nikolaev Filipov
Assistant Professor, Department of Media and Communication/College of Social Sciences
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Research and Publications:
Filipov. M. et. al. (2017). Do Bulgarian Schools Effectively Communicate with Their School Communities? Journal of School Public Relations, 37(2):163-202.
Filipov. M. (2016). Media Release – A Basic Genre in Public Relations. Journal of Contemporary Humanitaristics, 2016(1): 7-18. (co-authorship with Galya Hristozova).

Bahtiyar Kurambayev (on leave for Fall 2023)
Assistant Professor, Department of Media and Communication/College of Social Sciences, Ph.D. Mass Communications
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Research and Publications:
- Kurambayev, B., & Issenov, S. (2020). Aspiring Journalists Share Practical Obstacles in Journalism Professionalism. Journalism Practice. Available at https://www.tandfonline.com/eprint/2FWXRWHEZHXNQVXX5UEF/full?target=10.1080/17512786.2020.1864224
- Kurambayev, B., & Freedman, E. (2020). Publish or Perish? The Steep, Steep Path for Central Asia Journalism and Mass Communication Faculty. Journalism & Mass Communication Educator, Available at https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1177/1077695820947259
- Kurambayev, B., & Freedman, E. (2020). Ethics and Journalism in Central Asia: A Comparative Study of Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, and Uzbekistan. Journal of Media Ethics, 35(1), 31-44.
- Kurambayev, B. (2020). “The Causes and Consequences of Plagiarism by Journalists in Central Asia” Asian Studies Review, 44(4), 691-708
- Kurambayev, B.; Sheffer, M.; & Stepaniuc, E. (2019).”An Investigation of Job Satisfaction of Journalists in Central Asian Kyrgyz Republic.” Central Asian Affairs, 6(1), 47-67.
- Kurambayev, B., & Chen, G. M. (2017). Offline Political Engagement Leads to Online Political Voice among Kyrgyzstan Bloggers. Media Asia, 44(3-4), 161-174.

Aigerim Kalybay, Ph. D.
Professor, Department of Economics/College of Social Sciences
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Aigerim Kalybay is an Associate Professor at the Department of Economics. After graduating from L.N. Gumilyov Eurasian National University in 1998 she received a research fellow position at the Institute of Mathematics of the Academy of Sciences of the Republic of Kazakhstan. She worked at the Institute of Mathematics for six years, during which in 2002 she attained the degree of Candidate in Physical and Mathematical Sciences. In 2004 she received a grant from the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences for a two-year postgraduate study at the Luleå University of Technology, where she defended her PhD Thesis in 2006. In the same year she joined KIMEP.
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Courses taught: Mathematics for Business and Economics, Introduction to Statistics, Calculus, Quantitative methods for Economics, Quantitative Data Analysis, Statistical methods.
Selected Publications:
- A. Kalybay, “One-dimensional differential Hardy inequality”, Journal of Inequalities and Applications, 2017, 2017:21; http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s13660-017-1293-3 (Published: January 2017).
- A. Kalybay, D. Karatayeva, R. Oinarov, A. Temirkhanova, “Oscillation of a second order half-linear difference equation and the discrete Hardy inequality”, Electronic Journal of Qualitative Theory of Differential Equations, # 43, 2017, 1-16; doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.14232/ejqtde.2017.1.43 (Published: May 2017).
- A. Kalybay, S. Shalginbayeva, “Additive estimates for discrete Hardy-type operators”, Eurasian Mathematical Journal, Vol. 9, #2, 2018, 44-53 (Published: June 2018).
- A. Kalybay, R. Oinarov, “Kernel operators and their boundedness from weighted Sobolev space to weighted Lebesgue space”, Turkish Journal of Mathematics, Vol. 43, 2019, 301-315; http://dx.doi.10.3906/mat-1807-187 (Published: January 2019).
- A. Kalybay, R. Oinarov, A. Temirkhanova, “Integral operators with two variable integration limits on the cone of monotone functions”, Journal of Mathematical Inequalities, Vol. 13, #1, 2019, 1-16; http://dx.doi.10.7153/jmi-2019-13-01 (Published: March 2019).
- A. Kalybay, R. Oinarov, “Estimates of a class of quasilinear integral operators on the set of nonnegative and nonnegative-monotone functions”, Izvestiya: Mathematics, Vol. 83:2, 2019, 61–82; http://dx.doi.org/10.4213/im8613 (Published: March-April 2019).
- A. Kalybay, “Weighted estimates for a class of quasilinear integral operators”, Siberian Mathematical Journal, Vol. 60, # 2, 2019, 291–303; http://dx.doi.org/10.1134/S0037446619020095 (Published: March-April 2019).

Kanat Kudaibergenov, Doctor of Science
Adjunct Professor, Department of Economics/College of Social Sciences
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Research and Publications:
Kudaibergenov, K., (2016). On model-theoretic properties in the sense of Peretyat’kin, o-minimality, and mutually interpretable theories. Siberian Advances in Mathematics. ISSN: 1055-1344, vol. 26, No. 3, 190 – 195.
Kudaibergenov, K. (2017). The small index property and the cofinality of the automorphism group. Siberian Advances in Mathematics. ISSN: 1055-1344, vol. 27, No. 1, 1 – 15.

Kristopher White, Ph.D. Geography
Associate Professor, Department of Public Administration/College of Social Sciences
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Faculty Profile
- Kristopher D. White
- Associate Professor
- D. Geography, (2002) University of Connecticut
MA Geography, (1996) University of Connecticut
BA Geography, (1992) Clark University
- Teaching Experience: Has been at KIMEP since 2004
Stephen F. Austin State University (Nacogoches, Texas) (2001-2004)
University of Connecticut (Storrs, Connecticut) (1998-2001)
- Classes taught at KIMEP:
Globalization and Diversity
Population and Environment
Human Geography
The Aral Sea Crisis: A Geographical Perspective
Political Geography
Ecology and Sustainable Development
Oil Geopolitics (Graduate seminar)
Oil and Gas Policy
Introduction to Environmental Studies
Digital Photography
Photojournalism
Natural Resource Management and Economics
Research Reading and Writing
- Research Interests:
Geography of Central Asia, Kazakhstan. Regional economy, Aral Sea region, Aral Sea crisis and contemporary socio-economic development in Aral Sea region. .
- Selected Recent Publications
White, K.D. and Micklin, P. 2021. Ecological restoration and economic recovery in Kazakhstan’s Northern Aral Sea region. Focus on Geography 64: doi: 10.21690/foge/2021.64.4f.
White, K.D. 2021. Population, Development, and Environment in Kazakhstan. In: McNicol, B. ed. Sustainable Planet: Issues and Solutions for Our Environment’s Future. Santa Barbara, CA: ABC-CLIO, pp. 29-37.
Micklin, P., Aladin, N.V., Chida, T., Boroffka, N., Plotnikov, I.S., Krivonogov, S., and White, K. 2020. The Aral Sea: A story of devastation and partial recovery of a large lake. In: Mischke, S. ed. Large Asian Lakes in a Changing World: Natural State and Human Impact. Switzerland AG: Springer Nature, pp. 109-141.
White, K.D. 2019. Environmental Issues in Kazakhstan. In: Farazmand, A. ed. Global Encyclopedia of Public Administration, Public Policy, and Governance (Switzerland: Springer Nature).
White, K.D. 2019. Visualizing the languages of nature, society, power and politics in contemporary Kazakhstan. In: Brunn, S.D and Kehrein, R. eds. Handbook of the Changing World Language Map (New York: Springer Nature).
White, K.D. 2018. The snow leopard and cultural landscape in contemporary Kazakhstan. Society and Animals 26: 1-23.
Koch, N. and White, K. 2016. Cowboys, gangsters, and rural bumpkins: Constructing the ‘other’ in Kazakhstan’s ‘Texas.’ In: Laruelle, M. ed. Kazakhstan in the Making: Legitimacy, Symbols, and Social Changes. Lanham: Lexington Books, pp. 181-207.
White, K.D. 2016. Kazakhstan’s Northern Aral Sea today: Partial ecosystem restoration and economic recovery. In: Freedman, E. and Neuzil, M. eds. Environmental Crises in Central Asia: From steppes to seas, from deserts to glaciers. London and New York: Routledge, pp. 129-140.
White, K.D. 2014. Nature and Economy in the Aral Sea Basin. In: Micklin, P., Aladin, N., and Plotnikov, I. eds. The Aral Sea: The devastation and partial rehabilitation of a great lake. Berlin Heidelberg: Springer-Verlag, pp. 301-335.
White, K.D. 2013. A geographical perspective on the Aral Sea crisis: Three interpretations of an image. Bulletin of Geography Socio-economic Series 21: 125-132.
White, K.D. 2013. Nature-Society Linkages in the Aral Sea Region. Journal of Eurasian Studies 4(1): 18-33.

Aliya Nurtaeva, Ph. D. in Chemistry
Adjunct Professor, Department of Public Administration/College of Social Sciences
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Dr. Nurtaeva holds an Honors Diploma (1974) and Candidate of Science degrees in Chemistry from Moscow State University (1979 and a Ph.D. in Chemistry from Oklahoma State University (1999). She has more than 30 years of teaching experience including at Al-Farabi Kazakh National University, Oklahoma State University, New Hamphire Technical College, Southern New Hampshire University. She has done research in Chemistry, Technology and Radiation Dosimetry at KazGU, Moscow State University, Oklahoma State University and the Armed Forces Radiobiology Research Institute at National Naval Medical Center in Bethesda (USA) and registered 17 patents.

Nurseit Niyazbekov, Ph. D. Politics
Assistant Professor, Department of International Relations and Regional Studies/College of Social Sciences
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Dr Nurseit Niyazbekov is an assistant professor in the Department of International Relations in KIMEP University in Almaty, Kazakhstan. He is researching and consulting various international media and think tanks in the areas of post-communist transitions, democratization, Central Asian state building and protest mobilization. He was a visiting research fellow at the University of Michigan and SciencePO. He obtained his PhD and MSc degrees in Politics and Sociology from the University of Oxford.

Nadeem Naqvi, Ph. D.
Professor, Department of Economics/College of Social Sciences, College of Social Sciences
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Research and Publications:
Naqvi, N., & Egbert, H. (2015). Market-Dependent Domestic Production Set. Journal of Economics and Finance Education, 14 (1), 31-40
Naqvi, N. (2017). Production Possibility Frontier: New Concepts for Post-Crisis Economics Textbooks in Ploehn, Juergen and George Chobanov (Eds.), Sustainability and Welfare Policy in European Market Economies, Peter Lang, pp 11-12.

Gerald Pech, Doctorate of Economics
Associate Professor, Department of Economics/College of Social Sciences
Dean, College of Social Sciences
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Gerald Pech held teaching and research positions at the Graduate School Bochum and Dortmund, the University of St Andrews, National University of Ireland in Galway, American University in Bulgaria and Johannes-Gutenberg University Mainz. His fields of specialization are game theory, public economics and the economic analysis of institutions.

Francis Amagoh, Ph. D. in Public Policy and Administration
Professor, Department of Public Administration/College of Social Sciences
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Research and Publications:
Amagoh, F. (2017). Healthcare in Kazakhstan in The Future of Healthcare in Developing Countries in Asia( Eds. C. Aspalter and K. Pribadi). London: Routledge/Taylor & Francis.
Amagoh, F., & Rahman, T. (2016). Tapping into the Potential of Academic Diaspora for Homeland Development: The Case of Nigeria. Journal of International Migration and Integration .Vol. 17 No. 1, 35-53.

Nygmet Ibadildin, Ph. D. in Political Science and International Relations
Chair of the Department of International Relations and Regional Studies, Department of International Relations and Regional Studies/College of Social Sciences
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Nygmet Ibadildin graduated in 1995 from Kazakh State University with major in Philosophy. He made his Master of Arts in International relations in California State University at Fresno. He defended his PhD dissertation in 2011 in University of Tampere, School of Management. Title of dissertation is Role Of New And Old Institutional Framework In Combating The Resource Curse In Kazakhstan”. Dissertation grade is Magna cum laude approbatur.
He was editor and journalist in the Energy of Kazakhstan magazine and in the newspaper Vremya Po form 1999-2002.
Worked in different schools in Kazakhstan and abroad.
Research interests are political economy of natural resources, institutional development, Post-Soviet institutions and discourse analysis.
Currently teaching in KIMEP University, Almaty, Kazakhstan.
Research and Publications:
Ibadildin, N. (2012). Role of institutions in Kazakhstan in combating the resource curse: Transition from the Soviet legacy to something else. London: Lambert Academic Publishing.
Ibadildin, N. (2009). Oil and Authoritarianism in Kazakhstan, in Ostrov, B. (Ed.) From Silk Road to Oil Slick: Kazakhstan Reemergence to Modernity. Norwalk: EastBridge.
List of Publications
Charles McGrath, Nygmet Ibadildin. Kazakh Famine 1928-1932. Publication date.2018/5. Journal Ukrainian Policymaker, Volume 2, 2018: 12-19 DOI: 10.29202/up/2/2
Ken Harvey and Nygmet Ibadildin. Handbook of Research on Human Social Interaction in the Age of Mobile Devices, scheduled for publication in 2016 by IGI Global, Chapter Mobile Impacting All Phases of Business IGI Global 2016
Ken Harvey and Nygmet Ibadildin. Business and mobile: Rapid restructure required June 2016 DOI: 10.4018/978-1-5225-0469-6.ch014
Нефть и политика. Мировой опыт и Казахстан. Казакпарат: Алматы 2015 in Russian
Role Of New And Old Institutional Framework In Combating The Resource Curse In Kazakhstan. Acta Universitatis Tamperensis 1600, Tampere 2011
Role of institutions in Kazakhstan in combating the resource curse
Transition from the Soviet legacy to something else
2011
LAP Lambert Academic Publishing
292 p
Oil and Authoritarianism in Kazakhstan, Chapter for the book From Silk Road to Oil Slick: Kazakhstan Reemergence to Modernity, Edited by Ben Ostrov. Norwalk: EastBridge 2009
Resource Curse avoidance policies in Kazakhstan: issues, debates, difficulties in implementation in The Exploitation Of The Landscape Of Central And Inner Asia: Past, Present And Future Edited by Michael Gervers, Uradyn E. Bulag, Gillian Long, Toronto Studies in Central and Inner Asia, No. 9 Asian Institute, University of Toronto
Toronto, 2008
Kazakhstan. Article for the Routledge Encyclopedia of adolescence, 2007
“Concepts of Political Development and Modernization”, Poisk, Research journal of the Ministry of education and science 2003, 4 (Part II)
“Concepts of Political Development and Modernization”, Poisk, Research journal of the Ministry of education and science 2003, 4 (Part I)
“Historical and Country Lessons in Oil Development”, Poisk , Research journal of the Ministry of education and science 2002 , 4
“Interdependence Of Oil And Politics In Kazakhstan”, Poisk , Research journal of the Ministry of education and science 2002 , 3
“The Great Game. History and today”, Vestnik Vishei Shkoly Kazakhstana, 2002, 1, Almaty
“World Best Practice for Petroleum Fund and Kazakhstan’s Variant”, Poisk , Research journal of the Ministry of education and science 1,2002, p.152-156
“Some Positive and Negative Aspects of Oil Development in Kazakhstan”, Poisk , Research Journal of the Ministry of Education and Science №6, 2001, p.215-218
“International aspects of oil production in Kazakhstan”, Kazakhstan and World Community: Collection of the Articles, edited by M. Zholdasbekov Almaty: Dyke-press, 2000. p.134-143
“What are the Price Determinants for Oil Markets” Materials of the International Conference held by Diplomatic Academy, Astana, January 18-19, 2001 TACIS, FINEK.
“Some Implications of the Recent Constitutional Changes in Kazakhstan”, Working Papers. Symposium: Politics, Economics and Ideology in Kazakhstan, Research Center Almaty, Kazakhstan, KIMEP, 1999, pp. 130-134
“Philosophy and Idealism” Poisk , Research Journal of the Ministry of Education and Science 1999, 1, p.194-199, Almaty,
“Realist, Interdependent and World Systems theories as Explanatory Models of International Relations” Higher Education in Kazakhstan. 1999, 1, pp.119-124, Almaty
“The Economic Miracle and Its Rational Explanations” Poisk, Research Journal of the Ministry of Education and Science. 1998, 3, pp.198-201, Almaty,
“Philosophy as an Apophatic Phenomenon of the Consciousness” Mysl, Republican journal on social and political issues 1998, 6, pp.18-23, Almaty,
“Liberalization in Kazakhstan. Part 1.”, Vestnik Vishei Shkoly Kazakhstana ,1998, 4, pp.135-141, Almaty
“Liberalization in Kazakhstan. Part 2.”, Vestnik Vishei Shkoly Kazakhstana 1998, 5, pp.94-106, Almaty
“Truth. Beauty and Common Good”, Mysl, Republican journal on social and political issues
1998, 6, pp.36-38, Almaty,
“Some Peculiarities of Philosophical Discourse”, Poisk , Research Journal of the Ministry of Education and Science 1998, 3, pp.191-192, Almaty,
“Relationship between Political and Military Elites in Russia”, Vestnik Vishei shkoly Kazakhstana, 1996, 4, pp. 65-70, Almaty
“Kataphatic Definition of Philosophy”, Methodical Recommendations Almaty, “Kazakh Universiteti”, 1997 pp.3-17
“Economic and Political relations of Kazakhstan with Russia, China and United States”, Vestnik Vishei Shkoly Kazakhstana , 1997, 4, pp.75-82, Almaty
“Sino-American Relations” Materials of the First International Scientific Conference on the Role of Sociology, October 23-24 1996, pp.158-167, Almaty, 1997
“Kataphatic Definition of Philosophy” Vestnik Vishei Shkoly Kazakhstana , 1996, 5, pp.114-124, Almaty
“Apophatic Definition of Philosophy”, Vestnik Vishei Shkoly Kazakhstana 1996, 4, pp. 71-81, Almaty
Patents
US Patent PCT/US 2013/049188 Bentonite collars for wellbore casings Craig Benson, Ivan Kornienko, Nygmet Ibadildin – US Patent App. 13/542,390, 2012 WO 2014008325 A1 United States Patent US009080419B2 (12) (10) Patent No.: US 9,080,419 Date of Patent: Jul. 14, 2015
Номер патента: 30703. Узел обсадной трубы и способ изоляции зазора между обсадной трубой и стенкой ствола скважины.. Опубликовано: 15.12.2015. Авторы: Бэнсон Крэг Х., Ибадильдин Ныгмет Амангельдинович, Корниенко Иван Викторович
МПК: E21B 43/10, C09K 3/18, E21B 17/01
Kazakhstan Patent No16322, Е21В 33/14, 14.10.2005 Сушко Сергей Михайлович, Бегун Анатолий Данилович, Ибадильдин Ныгмет Амангендинович, Корниенко Иван Викторович. Способ заканчивания технологических скважин и конструкция герметизирующего стакана
Kazakhstan Patent No15117, 15.12.2004 Цирельсон Людмила Екимовна, Ибадильдин Ныгмет Амангендинович Способ лечения диарейных заболеваний
Kazakhstan Patent No 14313, 05.05.2004 Цирельсон Людмила Екимовна, Ибадильдин Ныгмет Амангендинович Способ получения адсорбирующего средства из коллоидных глин
Kazakhstan Patent No 13071, 15.05.2003 Бухман Михаил Александрович, Ибадильдин Ныгмет Амангендинович Распылительная сушилка

Sholpan Kozhamkulova, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor and Chair, Department of Media and Communications/College of Social Sciences
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Currently, Sholpan is on leave to study towards her PhD in Journalism Studies at the University of Maryland. Sholpan Kozhamkulova graduated from Kazakh National University with a BA in Journalism in 2000. She earned an MA in Translation Theory from Abylay Khan Kazakh State University in 2002, an MA in Journalism and Public Affairs from the American University in Washington DC in 2004 and a PhD in Political Communications from KazNU in 2008. Her career includes work as an editor at “Aykos” and teaching positions at Abylay Khan University and KazNU.

Saltanat Kazhimuratova, M.A. in International Journalism
Senior Lecturer, Department of Media and Communications, College of Social Sciences
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Professional journalist, experienced instructor, has been working at KIMEP University since 2003. Graduated from the Advanced training program for faculty of the University of Michigan (USA) and Lund University (Sweden). Member of the Thomson Foundation Editors’ Program, Cardiff, UK. Speaker at international conferences in Germany, Hungary, Turkey, Malaysia, and Spain. Member of the European Communication Research and Education Association (ECREA). Presented at the UNESCO session on journalism education as an expert. Shared her positive experience of teaching journalism at KIMEP University and spoke about the processes of globalization of journalism education in Kazakhstan. Completed an internship for journalists in the USA, got acquainted with the work of the ABC News, The Washington Post, Discovery TV channel and other US media.
Lectures on journalism and mass communications, supervises students’ internships, and coordinates department’s communications with professional communities. Has developed new courses, for example, Fashion and Lifestyle Journalism. Created a practical laboratory for students, where practicing journalists, PR specialists and other media specialists regularly conduct trainings and master classes.
Awarded with the Y. Altynsarin breastplate from the Ministry of Education and Science of the Republic of Kazakhstan. Author of one of the chapters of the first in Kazakhstan textbook on media literacy for university faculty. “The best faculty for 2016-2017” award.
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/saltanat.kazhimuratova/
Portfolio: https://newreporter.org/author/saltanat/
E-mail: saltanat@kimep.kz
Phone.: +7 (727) 270-42-96

Alma Kudebayeva, Ph. D.
PhD, Professor, Department of Economics/College of Social Sciences
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Faculty profile
- Faculty name: Alma Kudebayeva
- Position at KIMEP: Assistant professor, Research Director of CSS
- Education: PhD in Development Economics from the University of Manchester (UK); PhD in Mathematics from KazNU named Al-Farabi (Kazakhstan),
- Experience (teaching / professional)
2020- current Research director of College of Social Sciences, KIMEP University
2004 – current Assistant Professor, KIMEP University.
2015 Teaching assistant at the Institute of Development Policy and Management, the University of
2010- 2011 Research Fellow at the German Institute for Economic Research (DIW) by the Erasmus Mundus Program
2003 –2004 Research Fellow of the Fulbright Program, Indiana University
2001 – 2003 Associate Dean of the college of Economics and Business, Kazakh State National University (KazNU), Kazakhstan
2001-2003 Associate Professor (part-time), International Academy of Business (Almaty)
1995- 2001 Senior Lecturer, KazNU
1992-1995 Lecturer, KazNU
- Classes taught
Principles of microeconomics, principles of macroeconomics, econometric methods, advanced econometrics, financial econometrics, quantitative methods in economics, managerial economics, mathematical economics, economy of Kazakhstan, internship for undergraduate students and graduate students, Research seminar, special topic in economics, thesis seminar, research methods and methodology.
- Research interest: Poverty, inequality, well-being, labour economics, BRI, Central Asia.
- Recent/top publications (with active links)
Reza Arabsheibani, Alma Kudebayeva, Altay Mussurov (2021) “Note on Bride Kidnapping and Labour Supply of Kyrgyz Women”. Economic Systems. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecosys.2021.100885
Kudebayeva, A., Sharipova, A., & Sharipova, D. (2021). Social Capital and Subjective Well-Being in Central Asia. Europe-Asia Studies, 1–24. https://doi.org/10.1080/09668136.2021.1973965
Primiano, C. B., & Kudebayeva, A. (2020). What is democracy and who supports it? Findings from a university survey in Kazakhstan. Central Asian Survey, 39(4), 463–479. https://doi.org/10.1080/02634937.2020.1823318
Barrientos, A., and Kudebayeva, A., (2018) “Social Transfers and Women’s Labour Supply in Kyrgyzstan” IZA Institute of Labor Economics, GLM|LIC Working Paper No. 41. https://conference.iza.org/conference_files/GLMLIC_Nepal2019_Conference/kudebayeva_a8594.pdf
Kudebayeva, A., & Barrientos, A. (2017). A Decade of Poverty Reduction in Kazakhstan 2001–2009: Growth and/or Redistribution? Journal of International Development, 29(8), 1166–1186. https://doi.org/https://doi.org/10.1002/jid.3278
Brück, T., Esenaliev, D., Kroeger, A., Kudebayeva, A., Mirkasimov, B., & Steiner, S. (2014). Household Survey Data for Research on Well-being and Behavior in Central Asia. Journal of Comparative Economics, 42(3), 819–835. https://doi.org/http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jce.2013.02.003

Eldar Madumarov, Doctorate in Economics
Chair, Department of Economics/College of Social Sciences
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Research and Publications:
Alimbekov, A., Madumarov, E., & Pech, G. (2017). Sequencing in Customs Union Formation: Theory and Application to the Eurasian Economic Union. Journal of Economic Integration 32.
Madumarov, E. (2008) External Factors of Economic Growth: Transition Economies of the Baltics and Central Asia. VDM Verlag, Saarbrücken, August 2008. (Book).

Aliya Kabdiyeva, MPhil
Adjunct Assistant Professor, Department of Public Administration/College of Social Sciences
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Research and Publications:
Kabdiyeva, A. (2015). Development of NGOs in Kazakhstan. European Journal of Business and Social Sciences 4 (2), pp. 159-169.
Dixon, J., Kabdiyeva A. (2014). Collaboration between the State and NGOs in Kazakhstan. International Journal of Community and Cooperative Studies 1(1), pp. 27-41.

Saule Emrich-Bakenova (on leave for Fall 2023)
Associate Professor, Department of Public Administration/College of Social Sciences, Ph.D. in Public Policy
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Education:
• Doctor of Philosophy, Public Policy, Carleton University, Ottawa, Canada
• Master of Study in Law, Faculty of Law, University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada
• Master of Public Administration, Rockefeller College of Public Affairs and Policy, University at Albany, SUNY, New York, U.S.A.
Selected Publications:
– Janus-Faced Dysfunctional Law: Case of Kazakhstan’s Socioeconomic Support to Refugee Community. Central Asia and Caucus: Journal of Social and Political Studies March: 125-135. 2015
– Mapping the Legislation, Policies and Programmes on Child Labour and Youth Employment in Kazakhstan. ILO-IPEC. 2012.
– Study on Self-Reliance Opportunities for Urban Refugees in Kazakhstan. UNHCR. 2011.
– Sex-workers in Kazakhstan Seek Legalization and Regulation of Their Trade, A EurasiaNet commentary, 2016. http://www.eurasianet.org/node/80201
– Kazakhstan: New Labor Code Squeezes Older Workers, A EurasiaNet commentary (with Frederick Emrich). 2016. http://www.eurasianet.org/node/80201

Azhar Baisakalova, Ph. D.
DBA, Adjunct
Assistant Professor, Department of Public Administration/College of Social Sciences
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Research and Publications:
Baisakalova A.B. (2015). Grounded Action Research: Systems Thinking Approach to Promoting CSR in Kazakhstan. Abstracts of the Papers Presented at the ISSS2015 International Conference “Governing the Anthropocene: The greatest challenge for systems thinking in practice?” pp.131-132. Humboldt University, Berlin, Germany, 2-7 August, 2015, ISBN: 978-1-906740-13-9.
Baisakalova A.B. (2016). Responsible Business and Social Entrepreneurship in Kazakhstan. Chapter in the book: The World Guide to Sustainable Enterprise (ed. Wayne Visser), v. 2, 78-83. Greenleaf Publishing. ISBN-13: 978-1-78353-462-3.

Gulnara Dadabayeva
Professor, Department of International Relations and Regional Studies
Phone: 270-42-79, 270-42-88 ext. 3077
Office:129 /ac
E-Mail: dgulnara@kimep.kz
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Professor
Education:
D.Sc. (Historical Sciences), Kazakh National University named after Al-Farabi, Kazakhstan
Work experience:
2005 – present, Assistant Professor, Department of Political Science and International Relations, KIMEP, Kazakhstan
1987 – 2005, Lecturer, Department of History,in Kazakh National University named after al-Farabi, Kazakhstan
Primary teaching areas and teaching experience:
History of Kazakhstan, “Nation-state building in Asian Republics of Soviet Union” ”Government and Politics in Central Asia”, ”Central Asian – Russian Relations”, “History of Diplomacy from 1648 to 1815”, “History of Diplomacy from 1815 to 1945”
Research interests:
Nationalism and nation-state building processes in modern Central Asia.
Selected publications:
Articles
Post-Soviet Kazakhstan: Nationalism and Language Issues. The Soviet and Post-Soviet Review, vol. 37 no. 2 2010, Brill The Netherland, ISSN 1075-1262, e-ISSN 1876-3324 (co-author A. Adibayeva)
Kazakh Nationalism in Eurasian Context. History Research, vol.2, Number 7, July 2012. USA, David Publishing Company, ISSN 2159-550X, ISSN 2159-5518.
El Nasionalismo Kazajo en el Contexto Eurasia Tico, Eurasiatica Revista Online Sobre Asia Central, 2011, 2
Post-Crisis World: The Chinese Factor in The Transformation of Kazakhstan” , co-author A. Adibayeva (submitted for publication by Journal of South Asian and Middle Eastern Studies (USA)
Problems of Refugees from Central Asia as Consequences of Stalin’s Modernization [Проблема Беженцев из Центральной Азии, как Последствия Сталинской Модернизации], Vestnik KazNU, Seriya Istoricheskaya, 2009, 2 (31): С. 11-18
Nationalism in Modern Kazakhstan Language Policy, Otan Tarihy, 2009, 2: 54-63
The Peculiarities of “Russification Processes” in SovietRepublics and Kazakh Language Problems [Особенности Процесса «Русификации» в Советских Республиках и Проблемы Казахского Языка], Аlash, 2009, 1 (22): 104 – 111
Kazakhstan – Russian relations in 2000-s geopolitical context (p. 21-27)// Kazakh civilization, # 3, 2012.
“Great Powers Politics in Central Asia in 2000-s: The New “Great Game”? // KazNU Herald [Вест. КазНУ, сер ист.] – 2013 – №3 (70).- с. 96-103.
Book chapters
“Mackinder’s legacy today: new challenges for Kazakhstan and Central Asia” in Central Asia in International Relations, ed. by Nick Megoran & Sevara Sharapova, Hirst and Co, London, 2013. (co–author A. Adibayeva)
Государственная языковая политика в независимом Казахстане: внешне- и внутриполитические факторы.(с. 270-282) –/ Центральная Азия. Традиции и современность. Под ред. А.О. Чубарьяна. Институт всеобщей истории РАН РК.- Москва, 2011.- 330 с. ISBN 978-5-94067-326-2.
Нациестроительство в Центральной Азии: от советских наций к постсоветским нациям-государствам.(с. 295-317) /Центральная Азия. Традиции и современность. Под ред. А.О. Чубарьяна. Институт всеобщей истории РАН РК.- Москва, 2011.- 330 с. ISBN 978-5-94067-326-2.
Kazakhstan during civil war [Казахстан в годы гражданской войны] //History of Kazakhstan since ancient times to nowadays [История Казахстана с древнейших времен до наших дней (курс лекций)]. – Алматы: Уш Киян, 2003. – С. 360-382.
Textbooks
- The Modern History of the World [Новейшая История Мира (Учебник для 9 классов 12-летних Школ)], (with G. Kokebayeva, M.Baisymakova), Mektep, Almaty, 2011
- The Modern History of the World (Reading Materials Collection), [Новейшая История Мира] (Хрестоматия для 12-летних Школ), (with G. Kokebayeva, M.Baisymakova), Mektep, Almaty, 2011
Conference presentations
- Russia and Kazakhstan: Searching for a New Partnership in 2000s, The Dragon and the Bear: Strategic Choices of China and Russia, 11th Aleksanteri Conference, Helsinki, Finland, November 2011
- Kazakh Nationalism in Eurasian Context, CESS XII Annual Conference, Ohio State University, USA, September 2011
- Nationalism Issues in Language Policy of Modern Kazakhstan, ICCEES XIII World Congress, Stockholm, Sweden, 2010
- The Issues of Nationalism in Kazakhstan Language Policy, Osnovnite Problemi na Sovremenna Nauka, International Conference, Sofia, Bulgaria, 2009: 29-34
- The Establishment of State Nationalism in Independent Kazakhstan, Strategiczne Pytania Awiatowej Nauki, International Conference, Przemysl, Poland, 2009: 72-78
Involvement in academic and professional associations:
Member of “Kazakhstan Historians” Association.
Member of Central Eurasian Studies Society (USA).
Contact info:
Phone: 270 42 79/88, ext 3077
Office: 129 Valikhanov bld.
E-Mail: dgulnara@kimep.kz

Aigul Adibayeva
Associate Dean, College of Social Sciences
Candidate of Science
Phone: 270-42-79, 270-42-88 ext. 3275
Office: 130/ac
E-Mail: aigula@kimep.kz
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Assistant Professor/Associate Dean/College of Social Sciences
Education:
Candidate of Science in Political Science, Almaty State University named of Abay, Kazakhstan, 2009
Primary teaching areas and teaching experience:
Areas: Political Science, International Relations
Teaching experience: 12 years
Courses taught at KIMEP:
-Fundamentals of Political Science
-Foreign Policy of Kazakhstan
-Russia-Central Asia Relations
-Ethics in International Affairs.
– Management of International Organizations
Research interests:
Research experience involves the following areas: Central Asian integration, issues in foreign policy of Kazakhstan, political and economic situation in Turkmenistan, Caspian region.
Joint Research and Curriculum Development Project “Excellence in Teaching on Global Business and International Relations” with Agder University (Norway), with support from the Norwegian Centre for Cooperation in Education (SIU) in May 2012-2014; curricular development and teaching the course of “Ethics in IA”.
Selected publications:
- A. Adibayeva, D. Saari, A. Tleuzhanova (2016). To the Question of Legal Regulations of International Trade in the Context of Multi-dimensional Diplomacy. International Economic Law, issue 1, Moscow, November, 2016.
- J. Melich, A. Adibayeva. Nation-building and Cultural Policy in Kazakhstan. European Scientific Journal, ISSN: 1857 – 7431, December 2013, special edition, vol. 2, pp.265-279.
- G. Dadabayeva, A. Adibayeva: A Post-Crisis World: The Chinese Factor in the Transformation of Kazakhstan. Journal of South Asian and Middle Eastern Studies, Villanova University, Villanova PA, issue XXXVII no. 2, 2013.
- “Kazakhstani-Turkmenistan Relations at Modern Stage”, chapter in the edited book Historical Dictionary of Kazakhstan. Scarecrow Press Inc. Lanham, Toronto, 2012.
- A. Adibayeva (co-authored with G. Dadabayeva). “H. Mackinder’s Legacy Today: New Challenges for Kazakhstan and Central Asia”, – a chapter in the edited book: H. Mackinder and the International Relations in Central Asia (Editor: Nick Megoran)//Published by: C Hurst & Co Publishers Ltd., London, ISBN-13: 978-1849042437/ December 2012.
- A. Adibayeva, (co-authored with G. Dadabayeva) “Post-Soviet Kazakhstan: Nationalism and Language Issues”, published in peer-reviewed journal The Soviet and Post-Soviet Review, volume 37, No.2, 2010, p. 127-141. – BRILL, the Netherland.
Contact info:
Phone +7(727) 270-43-12 (ext. 3189)
Office: 205 A Valikhanov bld.
E-Mail: aigula@kimep.kz

Vladimir Ryzhkov
Professor of Research, Department of International Relations and Regional Studies
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PhD degree in History, North-Western Institute of Management – a branch of the Russian Academy of National Economy and Public Administration under the President of the Russian Federation.
The dissertation title of his doctorate is “Political regime and institutions of Russia in the 1990s.” The dissertation was published as a book “The Fourth Republic” (2000).
Dr. Ryzhkov’s been participating in social and political activities in the democratic movement in Russia since 1987. He worked as a Vice-Governor of the Altai Region in the new democratic administration.
In 1994 – 2007 was a Deputy of the State Duma of Russia 1-4 convocations.
Since the spring of 2000 Dr. Ryzhkov was in opposition to the policies of Vladimir Putin. He worked closely together with Boris Nemtsov, Mikhail Kasyanov, Garry Kasparov and others.
Since 2007 Dr. Ryzhkov’s been a columnist and host of several programs at the independent radio Ekho Moskvy, “The Moscow Times” daily newspaper.
Since 2007 – Professor at the National Research University Higher School of Economics (HSE) teaching courses on the history and theory of European integration and the study of the Euro-Atlantic region.
Author of several books including “The Fourth Republic” (2000), “Gift of Democracy” (2006), 6 books on the history of World War II and two big volumes about Altai.
Contact information: office # 127 Valikhanov building

Assylzat Karabayeva
Assistant Professor, Department of International Relations and Regional Studies
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PhD in International Relations from the International University of Japan, Japan
Master of International Law and Economics, World Trade Institute, University of Bern, Switzerland
Bachelor of International Relations, Suleiman Demirel University, Kazakhstan
Visiting scholar at George Washington University’s Institute for European, Russian and Eurasian Studies
Courses taught at KIMEP: “Ethics in International Affairs”; “Theories of International Relations” and “Comparative Foreign Policy”
Research interest: Role of norms (ideas, identity, and culture) in both constraining and strengthening region-building processes in Eurasia.
Contact information: office # 117 Valikhanov building

Scott Burgess
Assistant Professor, Department of Media and Communications
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Mr. Scott Burgess, new Assistant Professor at the Department of Media and Communications, CSS, joined KIMEP in Fall 2023. Currently he is teaching courses: Advanced Media Writing; Editing and Communication Research.
Education:
PhD candidate at Wayne State University, USA
MA, Wayne State University, Detroit, USA
Bachelor degree from UCLA, USA
Research interests: perceptual biases in mass media including Hostile Media Effect and Third Person Effect and how the media can exacerbate these effects. He’s also interested in examining problems new journalists encounter when beginning their careers
Scott Burgess is a former journalist with more than three decades of experience. He has worked at small and large newspapers as a reporter and editor. He was the Middle East Bureau Chief for Stars & Stripes covering conflicts in Bosnia, Kosovo, Iraq, and Afghanistan. He was the Auto Critic at The Detroit News and the Detroit Editor at Motor Trend.
Contact information: office # 511 Valikhanov building