Turkistan Special Economic Zone: Achievements and Opportunities
The main purpose of Kazakhstan’s economic policy is to promote sustainable development of the country’s well-being. For this purpose, several large-scale projects have been implemented throughout the country and of particular importance is the activity of special economic and industrial zones in the regions.
A Conceptual Discussion on “Descendant” And “Relative Communities” in Turkish Foreign Policy
Turkey, with historical roots dating back to Asia’s vast steppe, is the successor of the Ottoman Empire extended across the Balkans, Middle East, and Africa. Today, Turkey remains associated in the context of cultural and social relations and citizenship bonds with almost all nations and communities that were part of […]
Common Turkic History is a Shared Heritage of the Turkıc World
The Turkic people sharing common ancestry began to achieve concrete results in the way of progress towards unity. This is evidenced by the fact that a new course called Common Turkic History began to be taught at schools of the member countries of the Cooperation Council of Turkic Speaking States […]
Turkey’s Public Diplomacy Activities in Kazakhstan
Nowadays, along with hard power, countries actively use soft power in their foreign policy. As it is known, hard power is based on the use of military, economic or political force. The concept of soft power, which was first introduced by Joseph Nye in 2004, is used as an alternative […]
The Iranıan Nuclear Deal: Recent Developments
In early January 2020, following a U.S. airstrike that killed Iranian Major General Qasem Soleimani, the head of the Islamic Revolutionary Corps’ expeditionary Quds Force, the confrontation between Washington and Tehran seriously escalated bringing the world to the brink of war.
The U.S.-China Trade Agreement: Temporary or Permanent?
On January 15, 2020, U.S. President Donald Trump and Chinese Vice Premier Liu He signed the U.S.-China Trade Agreement in Washington. The 96-page agreement consists in total of eight chapters and covers is-sues such as intellectual property rights, technology transfer, trade in food and agricultural products, financial services, macro-economic policies, […]
Analysis of Trends in Turkey’s Export Structure in Recent Years
As of 2018, the global trade volume reached $19.67 trillion where 10 major economies amounts to 53.3% of the total trade, and the share of developing countries are equal to 44%.
Achievements and Shortcomings in Translating Kazakh Literature into Foreign Languages
Literature is a great tool that shows rich culture and spirituality of the people to the world com-munity. However, since the independence of Kazakhstan, the issue of translation and printing of literary works in the Kazakh language has not received much attention. On the one hand, it was caused by […]
New Education Models: Cooperative Universities
Education, being a key industry in ensuring the development of society, remains an area of the constant search for alternative models and new technologies, some-times moving away from classical versions for the sake of a dramatic increase in its efficiency in achieving results.
The Global Terrorism Index and Central Asia
Terrorism nowadays remains one of the major global threats representing a security risk to every single country. Since 2000, the Institute for Economics and Peace has been publishing the Global Terrorism Index (GTI) report, which analyzes the data from 1970 to the present to assess the impact of terrorism and […]