Sorbonne – Kazakhstan Institute

The teachers of the Department of International Relations of the Sorbonne-Kazakhstan Institute take an active part in research work. The research topic "Current problems of the foreign policy of the Republic of Kazakhstan in the context of globalization" has been registered in JSC NCSTE. The departmental topic was also approved jointly with French colleagues: "Monitoring the prevention of conflict situations in Central Asia". This topic meets the modern political challenges that exist in the Central Asian region. French colleagues, represented by the Vice-President of the Sorbonne University, Mr. Julien Vercueil, showed great interest in the development of this topic.

This joint Kazakh-French project has great prospects for its development. In the future, professors from leading universities in France will be involved in this project.

Research work at the department is carried out on two main topics:

1. "Kazakhstan in the system of international relations";

2. "Foreign policy of Kazakhstan at the present stage".

On the basis of the Department of International Relations with the participation of the Representative Office of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Kazakhstan in Almaty, a "diplomats' club" operates, which is designed to establish contacts between the Sorbonne-Kazakhstan Institute and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Online meetings of the diplomats' club were held with the participation of the faculty of the ISC and the management of the Representative Office of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Kazakhstan in Almaty. The honorary chairman of the diplomatic club is Honored Worker of the Diplomatic Service of the Republic of Kazakhstan Isagaliev K.I., deputy chairmen are Nurmaganbetov M.A., deputy head of the association of Kazakhstani diplomats, Honored Worker of the Diplomatic Service of the Republic of Kazakhstan and head of the Department of International Relations Zhamansarin N.Sh.

The department publishes a quarterly scientific journal, Bulletin of the International Life and Politics Series, the editor-in-chief being Zhamansaryn Nurlan Shukatovich, candidate of historical sciences, associate professor, specialist in international relations, where foreign and Kazakhstani teachers, as well as students, master's students, and doctoral students majoring in International Relations with their scientific supervisors and faculty of the department are published.