At the al-Farabi Kazakh National University, Mubarak Ateeq Sultan Alafreet Alkuwaiti will defend his dissertation for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) on the topic: «Transformation of Iran’s Geopolitical Strategies in regional and bilateral negotiations on the status of the Caspian Sea» 6D020900 - Oriental Studies.
The dissertation was performed at the Department of Middle East and South Asia of the Faculty of Oriental Studies of the Al-Farabi Kazakh National University.
Form of defense - dissertation work
Language of defense - English
Official reviewers:
1. Amirbek Aidarbek Anuarbekuly – PhD, Associate Professor, Khoja Akhmet Yasawi International Kazakh-Turkish University. Specialty: 23.00.00 - political science, (Turkestan, Kazakhstan);
2. Nurdavletova Saniya Moryakovna – Candidate of Historical Sciences, Associate professor, Eurasian National University named after L.N. Gumilyov. Specialty: 07.00.15 - History of International Relations and Foreign Policy, (Astana, Kazakhstan).
Scientific supervisors:
1. Zhengis Zhomart Zhengisuly – candidate of historical sciences, Deputy Director for External Relations of the Institute of History and Ethnology named after Ch.Ch. Valikhanov of the Science Committee of the Ministry of Science and Higher Education of the Republic of Kazakhstan (Almaty, Kazakhstan);
2. Khaled Issa al-Edwan - PhD, Professor of the Yarmouk University (Irbid, Jordan).
Temporary members of the Dissertation Council:
1. Mehmet Akif Okur, PhD in International Relations, Professor at Yıldız Technical University, Turkey
2. Kozhirova Svetlana Basievna – Doctor of Political Sciences, Chief Researcher at the R. B. Suleimenov Institute of Oriental Studies, Professor
3. Simtikov Zhomart Kudaibergenovich - Doctor of Political Sciences, Professor of KazNPU named after Abai (Almaty, Kazakhstan).
The defense will take place in a mixed (online and offline) format on March 13, 2025, at 2:00 p.m. in the dissertation Council at the al-Farabi Kazakh National University for a group of specialties/educational programs "6D020900, 8D02209 - Oriental Studies" at the address: 050012, Almaty, Karasay Batyr street, 95, Faculty of Oriental Studies.
Connect to the Zoom Conference:
https://zoom.us/j/92037327928?pwd=UqtiZCXqYxP1Y8OUzw3QgALGdJLRbN.1
Conference ID: 920 3732 7928