CEU Electronic Theses and Dissertations, 2015
| Author | Aitiev, Ernest Satarovich |
|---|---|
| Title | Regime of Good-Neighborliness: Kazakh-Russian Relationship in the Wake of Ukrainian Crisis |
| Summary | The outbreak of Ukrainian Crisis and the Russian involvement in its development have seriously influenced foreign policy agenda all around the world. More important for Russia, it has created serious reverberations in the Near Abroad – geographical area, which was traditionally attributed to the Russian sphere of interests. Rejecting the traditional security and geopolitical approaches towards explaining Russian activity in the Southern neighborhood, this research is aimed at giving an Institutionalist interpretation of the relationship between Russia and its biggest post-Soviet partner - Kazakhstan. Upon examination of the progress made in Kazakh-Russian relationship from 2005 through the lenses of Regime theory, this research underlines the transformation taking place inside of their formal arrangements and the chances of Astana to find a better position in cooperating with Moscow. By contextualizing the events and the processes occurring on the bilateral and multilateral-integration level, as well as pointing out the key-interests and preferences of Nazarbayev leadership, this thesis accentuates the obligations and role performed by Russia as an imposer of the regime vis-à-vis Kazakh government. It characterizes the regime, its main principles and conditions required for its change, which are all present in the wake of Ukrainian Crisis. In addition, it provides the hints of the further development. |
| Supervisor | Fazendeiro, Bernardo Teles |
| Department | International Relations MA |
| Full text | https://www.etd.ceu.edu/2015/aitiev_ernest.pdf |
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