Kazakhstan Institute for Strategic Studies under the President of the Republic of Kazakhstan

The Address to the People of Kazakhstan by President

of the Republic of Kazakhstan Kassym-Jomart Tokayev

Unity of the people and systemic reforms are a solid foundation for the nation’s prosperity

Our course is immutable, the goal is clear. We know what must be done to achieve it

Secretary for Academic and Research Affairs, Candidate of Historical Sciences

PERSONAL INFORMATION: Kazakh, was born in 31st of January, 1978

EDUCATION: Kazakh State University of International Relations and World Languages, Faculty of International Relations (1999), Al-Farabi Kazakh National University, Postgraduate Studies, Faculty of International Relations (2005), Kazakh Humanitarian Law University, Faculty of Law (2005)

ACADEMIC DEGREE: Candidate’s degree in Historical sciences (history of international relations and foreign policy)

  • Topic of the candidate's dissertation: "The formation of diplomacy of the European Union in the process of developing political cooperation and foreign policy integration (the second half of the XX - the first decade of the XXI century)"

PROFESSIONAL CAREER:

  • 2000-2001 – Military Service in the Armed Forces of the Republic of Kazakhstan
  • 2001-2003 – LLP "Kazbaspasoz" under the Ministry of Information, Culture and Social Consent of the Republic of Kazakhstan
  • 2003-2006 – European Information Centre under the Аl-Farabi Kazakh National University
  • 2006-2008 – Kazakhstan Institute for Strategic Studies under the President of the Republic of Kazakhstan, Research Fellow of the Department for Foreign Policy Studies
  • 2008-2012 – Kazakhstan Institute for Strategic Studies under the President of the Republic of Kazakhstan, Adviser to the Director
  • 2012-2013 – Kazakhstan Institute for Strategic Studies under the President of the Republic of Kazakhstan, Secretary for Academic and Research Affairs
  • 2014 – Kazakhstan Institute for Strategic Studies under the President of the Republic of Kazakhstan, Deputy Director
  • Since August 2014 – Kazakhstan Institute for Strategic Studies under the President of the Republic of Kazakhstan, Secretary for Academic and Research Affairs

RESEARCH AND TRAINING:

  • 2008 – “Comprehensive Crisis Management Course”, Asia-Pacific Center for Security Studies (USА, Honolulu)
  • 2009 – Fellowship, “Saferworld” Scientific Centre (UK, London)
  • 2011 – “Leaders Program in Advanced Security Studies”, George C. Marshall European Center for Security Studies (Germany, Garmisch-Partenkirchen)
  • 2013 – Fellowship, George C. Marshall European Center for Security Studies (Germany, Garmisch-Partenkirchen)

STATE AWARDS:

  • Certificate of honor of the Republic of Kazakhstan (2015)
  • Letter of gratitude from the Ministry of Education and Science of the Republic of Kazakhstan (Nur-Sultan, 2020);

ANNIVERSARY MEDALS:

  • Jubilee medal "10 years of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization" (2012)
  • Jubilee medal "25 years of Independence of the Republic of Kazakhstan" (2016)
  • Jubilee medal «20 Years of Astana» (2018)
  • «Қазақстан Республикасының Тәуелсіздігіне 30 жыл» (2021)

DEPARTMENTAL AWARDS:

  • Certificate of Honor of the Trade Union of Workers of Public Institutions of the Republic of Kazakhstan (2012)
  • Certificate of Honor of the Ministry of Education and Science of the Republic of Kazakhstan (2015)
  • Certificate of Honor of the Assembly of People of Kazakhstan (2015)
  • Certificate of Honor of the KazISS under the President of the Republic of Kazakhstan (2008, 2009, 2011, 2013, 2018)
  • Anniversary Medal "25th Anniversary of KazISS under the President of the Republic of Kazakhstan" (2018)
  • Letter of thanks from the First Deputy Head of the Presidential Administration of the Republic of Kazakhstan (2021)
  • Certificate of honor of the Industrial Trade Union of Workers of State, Banking Institutions and Public Services «Қызмет» (2021)

PUBLICATIONS:

More than twenty-five articles on problems of international relations, published in scientific journals and collective monographs. The compiler of three books on foreign policy activities of the President of the Republic of Kazakhstan.