POGORELSKAYA A.M., TROITSKIY E.F., MUSSINA G.S. Kazakhstan’s Policy Towards Cooperation in Higher Education with China, the US and Turkey
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.15688/jvolsu4.2025.1.19
Anastasia M. Pogorelskaya,
Candidate of Sciences (History), Associate Professor, Department of World Politics, National Research Tomsk State University, Prosp. Lenina, 36, 634050 Tomsk, Russian Federation,
https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3003-4757
Evgeny F. Troitskiy,
Doctor of Sciences (History), Associate Professor, Professor, Department of World Politics, National Research Tomsk State University, Prosp. Lenina, 36, 634050 Tomsk, Russian Federation, eft655565@yahoo.com,
https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6489-7193
Gulmira S. Mussina,
PhD Сandidate, Department of Area Studies, L.N. Gumilyov Eurasian National University, Satpayeva St, 2, 010008 Astana, Republic of Kazakhstan,
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2140-2960
Abstract. Introduction. Since 2022 Kazakhstan has noticeably intensified cooperation with China, Turkey, and the US in higher education, providing their universities with favorable conditions for opening branches and implementing scholarship programs to recruit Kazakhstani applicants. The research novelty is the assessment of current Kazakhstani educational cooperation as a tool for balancing Russian influence in Kazakhstan and Central Asia in general. The choice of partner countries is justified by a noticeable recent expansion of their presence in Kazakhstan’s higher education. Methods and materials. The research is based on the analysis of Kazakhstani official documents; speeches and statements by the officials of Kazakhstan, China, Turkey, and the US; the activities of foreign universities in Kazakhstan, reflected primarily in the functioning of foreign branches and interuniversity contacts; and statistical data characterizing the situation in Kazakhstan’s higher education system. The research theoretical basis is provided by the concept of soft balancing and higher education internationalization. Analysis. The authors established the rationales behind intensifying Kazakhstan’s cooperation in higher education with particular foreign partners, namely China, Turkey, and the US; determined the scale and formats of such educational cooperation; and indicated intermediate results of this policy. Results. A forecast for the development of higher education in Kazakhstan was developed and recommendations were formulated for Russia on educational cooperation with Kazakhstan. Authors’ contribution. E.F. Troitskiy provided the concept of the article, theoretical and literature review. A.M. Pogorelskaya analyzed the educational cooperation between Kazakhstan and its foreign partners. G.S. Mussina compiled a forecast for higher education development in Kazakhstan and elaborated the recommendations. Funding. The research was supported by a grant from the Russian Science Foundation, Project № 23-78-10036 “Transformation of higher education systems in Central Asia: new opportunities and challenges for Russian educational export”, https://rscf.ru/en/project/23-78-10036/.
Key words: soft balancing, internationalization, higher education, Kazakhstan, China, Turkey, US.
Citation. Pogorelskaya A.M., Troitskiy E.F., Mussina G.S. Kazakhstan’s Policy Towards Cooperation in Higher Education with China, the US and Turkey. Vestnik Volgogradskogo gosudarstvennogo universiteta. Seriya 4. Istoriya. Regionovedenie. Mezhdunarodnye otnosheniya [Science Journal of Volgograd State University. History. Area Studies. International Relations], 2025, vol. 30, no. 1, pp. 227-240. (in Russian). DOI: https://doi.org/10.15688/jvolsu4.2025.1.19.
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