Book Review Editor, Central Asian Survey
Assistant Professor, Graduate School of Public Policy, Nazarbayev University, Kazakhstan
Research interests:
Central Asian geopolitics; Kazakhstan’s foreign policy; EU-Central Asia relations; international identity, image and perception studies; legitimacy and (de)legitimation of international organizations
About
Zhanibek Arynov is a Book Review Editor for Central Asian Survey and an Assistant Professor at the Graduate School of Public Policy (GSPP) at Nazarbayev University, Kazakhstan. He first joined the School as a Postdoctoral Scholar in July 2019. Dr Arynov obtained a PhD degree in International Relations from the University of St. Andrews, UK. His research interests include Central Asian geopolitics, Kazakhstan’s foreign policy, EU-Central Asia relations, and international identity, image and perception studies. He is currently working on a project related to legitimacy and (de)legitimation of international organizations with a specific focus on the Eurasian Economic Union.
Prior to joining the GSPP, Zhanibek Arynov served as a Senior Expert of the Program of Eurasian Studies, Institute of World Economics and Politics (IWEP), a think-tank based in Astana, Kazakhstan.
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