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:
- More than 100 research and analytical articles in journals and research books
- More than 50 publicist and research popular articles in newspapers as well as interviews and comments
- 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)
- The text-book “Political Science. Course of Lectures” (2012)
Honors:
- International Information Technologies University, December 2013
- US Department of State/American Councils, May 2007
- American Councils/ACTR-ACCELS, October 2006
- Junior Faculty Development Program (JFDP), September 2004
- Deutsche Akademischer Austauschdienst (DAAD), October 2002
- Salzburg Seminar, October 2000
- Kazakh-American University, December 1999
- William Fulbright Foreign Scholar, September 1997
- Indian Institute for Management, Bangalore (IIMB), November 1994
- Foreign Service Institute, US Department of State, October 1993
- Kazakh State University, April 1987
Membership:
- International Informatization Academy (since 2013)
- Association of Kazakhstan University Teachers (since 2007)
- Fulbright Association of Kazakhstan (since 2001)
- Central Eurasian Studies Society, Harvard University (since 2000)
- Fulbright Association, Washington, D.C. (since 1999)
- Association for Study of Nationalities, Columbia University (since 1998)
- Kazakhstan Journalists Union (since 1994)