Nation Building and State Building in Post Soviet Azerbaijan: History, Concepts, and Tensions.
The Sino-Indian relations: unresolved border issue and its impact on the bilateral cooperation
The territorial dispute between China and India plays а significant role not only because of the large land in dispute but also because of the current...
Reconstruction of Language Value in Socioeconomic Transformation
In this presentation, I attempt to stretch the discourse surrounding the evolution of the Kazakh language from a political to a socioeconomic perspect...
A relationship between science, innovation and technology and their role in the development of the USSR as a superpower
The status of the superpower of the USSR after WWII became a reality due to its scientific and technological achievements.
The Impact of Neoliberalism on Income Distribution Inequality. Countries Case. Overview
It is becoming increasingly difficult to ignore the growing income distribution inequality as an acute and chronic disease widespread not only in midd...
Competition for energy resources of the Caspian region: the New Great Game or the New Silk Road?
The paper reviews the experiences of the three Newly Independent Caspian (NIC) states, namely Azerbaijan, Kazakhstan and Turkmenistan in developing th...
The Impact of Local Content Policy on Firms' Performance in Kazakhstan: Firm-level Evidence from the BEEPS Survey
The president of Kazakhstan in his annual address to the nation in 2009 raised objective to increase local content (LC) in Kazakhstan. LC policy is de...
The Kazkhstani 2011 'e-learning' policy: help or hinderance?
Over the past one decade, the significance given to ICT and Internet's use within the context of the developing countries' educational system through ...
The role of using professional software programmes in higher education for future finance professionals in Kazakhstan
The higher education system in Kazakhstan has changed dramatically over the last years. However, transformation of higher education with implementatio...
Soviet' in teachers' memories and professional beliefs in Kazakhstan: points for reflection for reformers, international consultants and practitioners
This paper is a part of a three-year study, 'Internationalisation and reform of secondary schooling in Kazakhstan', jointly conducted by an internatio...