About the Institute
The Kazakhstan Institute for Strategic Studies under the President of the Republic of Kazakhstan (KazISS) is a state forecasting and analytical institution established in accordance with the Decree of the President of the Republic of Kazakhstan on June 16, 1993.
According to the World Think Tank Index-Rating 2020 (Global Go To Think Tank Index Report, University of Pennsylvania), KazISS leads the top three think tanks in the Caucasus, Central Asia, and South Asia (out of 58 centers), and is also among the top think tanks in the world in the category “Best Policy and Institutional Response to Covid-19. This nomination included 83 think tanks from around the world, among which KazISS was the only structure from Central Asia.
THE INSTITUTE’S MAIN FUNCTION is analytical, research and expert support of the activities of the President of the Republic of Kazakhstan in the strategic directions of domestic and foreign policy of the state.
YERKІN TUKUMOV
Director of KazISS
Candidate of Political Sciences
Education, specialty (qualification), licenses:
- Institute of International Relations, Warsaw University (Republic of Poland) (1992–1997), specialist in international relations.
- Harvard University School of Government (USA) (2015–2016), Master of Public Administration.
Scientific degree: Institute of Philosophy and Political Science of the Academy of Sciences of the Republic of Kazakhstan (2004), candidate of political sciences.
Diplomatic rank: Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary Envoy of II class of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Kazakhstan (2022)
Work experience:
- Senior Research Fellow, Head of the Foreign Policy Research Department of the Kazakhstan Institute for Strategic Studies under the President of the Republic of Kazakhstan (KISS) (1997–2005).
- Director General of the Central Asian Fund for the Development of Democracy (10.2005–10.2007).
- Head of the sector of strategic analysis of the Information and Analytical Center, head of the sector of the Center for Strategic Development and Analysis of the Administration of the President of the Republic of Kazakhstan (11.2007–05.2008).
- Deputy Director, Director of the Central Asia Department of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Kazakhstan (06.2008–01.2010).
- Head of the Analytical Department of the Security Council of the Republic of Kazakhstan (01.2010–01.2018).
- Consul General of the Republic of Kazakhstan in Kazan (01.2018 -04.2019).
- Minister Counselor of the Embassy of Kazakhstan in Russia (04.2019–01.2022).
- Since January 2022, Director of the Kazakhstan Institute for Strategic Studies under the President of the Republic of Kazakhstan.
Language skills: Kazakh, Russian, English, Polish.
State and international awards, prizes, honorary titles: Order “Kurmet” (2017), medal “Eren Yenbegi ushin” (2011), anniversary medal of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Kazakhstan “Kazakhstan Respublikasynyn tauelsizdigine 20 zhyl” (2011), letter of thanks from the President of Kazakhstan (2010) , letter of thanks from the Minister of Foreign Affairs (2008, 2019).
Functional units
Department of European and American research
Department of European and American research is a functional unit of «Kazakhstan institute for strategic studies under the President of the Republic of Kazakhstan» RSI.
The main directions of Department’s functions are:
1) Analysis of trends in the development of the states of the European space and the United States, as well as the current international situation.
2) Analysis of Kazakhstan’s bilateral relations with the EU countries, the eastern part of the European Space and the USA.
3) Interaction with foreign think tanks, higher educational institutions and research organizations.
Department of economic policy analysis is a functional unit of «Kazakhstan institute for strategic studies under the President of the Republic of Kazakhstan» RSI.
The main directions of Department’s functions are:
1) research of trends, problems, factors and patterns of the national economy’s development of the Republic of Kazakhstan;
2) development of forecasts and scenarios of socio-economic processes in the country;
3) study of world experience and best practices in the field of economic policy.
Department of global economy and stable development is a functional unit of «Kazakhstan institute for strategic studies under the President of the Republic of Kazakhstan» RSI.
The main directions of Department’s functions are:
1) research of trends, problems, phenomena and processes in the world economy and their potential impact on the Republic of Kazakhstan;
2) forecasting of risks and opportunities for the Republic of Kazakhstan as a result of changes in the dynamics of the external economic environment;
3) study of world experience and best practices to make the economy of the Republic of Kazakhstan sustainable.
