Zhanibek Arynov

Ph.D., International Relations, 2019, University of St Andrews, UK
MA, International Relations, 2014, Al-Farabi Kazakh National University, Kazakhstan

Zhanibek Arynov has joined the Graduate School of Public Policy as a Postdoctoral Scholar in July 2019. Dr Arynov received his doctoral degree in International Relations from the University of St. Andrews, UK. His research interests include Central Asian geopolitics and security, EU-Central Asia relations, international identity, image and perception studies. Prior to joining the GSPP, Zhanibek Arynov served as a Senior Expert of the Program of Eurasian Studies, Institute of World Economics and Politics (IWEP), a think-tank based in Nur-Sultan (Astana), Kazakhstan.

Arynov (forthcoming), ‘Global Giant, Regional Dwarf? Perceptions of EU Actorness in Kazakhstan and Kyrgyzstan’ in eds. D. Nascimento and L.Simao The EU’s global actorness in a world of contested leadership: policies, instruments and perceptions. Arynov (2018), ‘Changing Perceptions of the European Union in Central Asia’, L’Europe en Formation, Issue 385, pp. 61-73. Arynov (2018), ‘Doomed to destruction? The perception of the European Union in Central Asia’ (in German), Zentralasien-Analysen, Issue 217-218, pp. 9-12 (issued by Centre for East European and International Studies (Berlin)).