Biography

Khidirbekughli Doulatbek

Date and Place of Birth

December 27, 1967; City of Almaty

Education

2005 – Kazakh National Pedagogical University – Doctor of Political Science

2000 – Salzburg Seminar – Fellow of American Studies Center

1997-1998 – Columbia University/New York – Fulbright Post-Doctoral Fellow

1996 – Kazakh National State University – Ph.D., Political Science

1994 – Foreign Service Institute/New Delhi – Professional Course for Foreign Diplomats

1993 – Foreign Service Institute of US Department of State in Almaty – Diplomatic Training Program

1985-1991 – Kazakh State University – double major in History and English

Carrier 

2011 – present – Professor, Political Science, International Information Technologies University

2008–2011 – Professor, Political Science and Sociology, International Academy of Business

2007–2008 – Professor, Political Science and Philosophy, Suleyman Demirel University

2007 – Dean, History and International Relations Department, University of Qainar

2006–2007 – Coordinator, American Councils for International Education ACCELS

2005–2006 – Vice President, Analysis and Prognosis Institute “Kazakhstan-USA”

2004–2005 – JFDP Fellow of American Studies Center, University of Kansas, Lawrence, KS, the United States of America

2003–2004 – Lecturer & Assistant Professor, International Relations Department, Kazakh University of International Relations and World Languages

2002 – Lecturer & Researcher, Social Studies Department, Ruhr University in Bochum, Northern Rhine-Westfalia, Germany

1998–2002 – Lecturer & Assistant Professor, Political Science and International Relations, Kazakh-American University

1995–1998 – Chief Researcher, Foreign Policy Department, Kazakhstan Institute for Strategic Studies 

1992–1995 – Attache, International Economic Relations Department, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Republic of Kazakhstan

1992 – Senior Consultant, Foreign Economic Relations Department, Chamber of Commerce and Industry, Republic of Kazakhstan

1991–1992 – Translator, Foreign Scientific Relations Department, Kazakh Agricultural Sciences Academy

Field of Research Interests:

Political analytics, theory and practice of international relations, political history, political geography, geopolitics, national and international security, military history and policy. Additional research interests are statistics, informatics, e-government, religious studies, philosophy, sociology, cultural studies as well as mass media and democracy issues.  

Languages

Fluent in Kazakh, Russian and English; proficient in Turkish and Persian; elementary knowledge of German and Arabic.

Publications: 

1. More than 100 research and analytical articles in journals and research books
2. More than 50 publicist and research popular articles in newspapers as well as interviews and comments   
3. Five monographs: “The United States and Kazakhstan: Geography as a Factor of Intimacy» (1998), “The Geopolitics and Democracy” (1998), “The Role of the United States in World Policy: Affecting Kazakhstan” (1999), “US Geostrategy in Kazakhstan: From Global to Small Dimensions” (2003), “The Alashians of Jetysu: Isa Tergeusizov” (2013)
4. The text-book “Political Science. Course of Lectures” (2012)

Honors:

1. International Information Technologies University, December 2013
2. US Department of State/American Councils, May 2007
3. American Councils/ACTR-ACCELS, October 2006
4. Junior Faculty Development Program (JFDP), September 2004
5. Deutsche Akademischer Austauschdienst (DAAD), October 2002
6. Salzburg Seminar, October 2000
7. Kazakh-American University, December 1999
8. William Fulbright Foreign Scholar, September 1997
9. Indian Institute for Management, Bangalore (IIMB), November 1994
10. Foreign Service Institute, US Department of State, October 1993
11. Kazakh State University, April 1987

Membership:

1. International Informatization Academy (since 2013)
2. Association of Kazakhstan University Teachers (since 2007)
3. Fulbright Association of Kazakhstan (since 2001)
4. Central Eurasian Studies Society, Harvard University (since 2000)
5. Fulbright Association, Washington, D.C. (since 1999)
6. Association for Study of Nationalities, Columbia University (since 1998)
7. Kazakhstan Journalists Union (since 1994)