KAZAKHSTANS POLICY TOWARDS COOPERATION IN HIGHER EDUCATION WITH CHINA, THE US AND TURKEY
ПОЛИТИКА КАЗАХСТАНА В ОТНОШЕНИИ РАЗВИТИЯ СОТРУДНИЧЕСТВА С КНР, США И ТУРЦИЕЙ В СФЕРЕ ВЫСШЕГО ОБРАЗОВАНИЯ
Pogorelskaya A.M. Troitskiy E.F. Mussina G.S.
2025Volgograd State University
Vestnik Volgogradskogo Gosudarstvennogo Universiteta, Seriia 4: Istoriia, Regionovedenie, Mezhdunarodnye Otnosheniia
2025#30Issue 1227 - 240 pp.
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 Kazakhstans 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 inter-university contacts; and statistical data characterizing the situation in Kazakhstans 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 Kazakhstans 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. Authorscontribution. 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/.
China , higher education , internationalization , Kazakhstan , soft balancing , Turkey , US
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Department of World Politics, National Research Tomsk State University, Prosp. Lenina, 36, Tomsk, 634050, Russian Federation
Department of Area Studies, L.N. Gumilyov Eurasian National University, Satpayeva St, 2, Astana, 010008, Kazakhstan
Department of World Politics
Department of Area Studies
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