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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black">Yelena just sent me her information for tomorrow's talk, if you'd like to circulate it. Her talk will be at 11 am.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p style="background:white"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:black">The talk title: " Post-Soviet Russia-Kazakhstan relations: equilibrium of strategic interests?".</span><span style="font-family:"Helvetica Neue";color:#26282A"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="background:white"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:black">This talk is based upon the speaker's successfully completed PhD project at the University of Sydney, as well as on the consequent book, published by Routledge
( information about the book </span><i><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:black">"Russia's Relations with Kazakhstan: Re-thinking Ex-Soviet Transitions in the Emerging World System" is available at</span></i><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:black"> </span><span style="font-family:"Helvetica Neue";color:#26282A"><a href="https://nam10.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.routledge.com%2FRussias-Relations-with-Kazakhstan-Rethinking-Ex-Soviet-Transitions-in%2FZabortseva%2Fp%2Fbook%2F9781138950429&data=04%7C01%7Cn716a235%40ku.edu%7Cb9aeb6d8b6c24fac094508d913fed636%7C3c176536afe643f5b96636feabbe3c1a%7C0%7C0%7C637562807520973813%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C1000&sdata=YffSJR%2FS6bALEXtXc%2BWhDKXbuXBIj2f8xJstiqgvp0I%3D&reserved=0" target="_blank" title="Original URL: https://www.routledge.com/Russias-Relations-with-Kazakhstan-Rethinking-Ex-Soviet-Transitions-in/Zabortseva/p/book/9781138950429. Click or tap if you trust this link."><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#196AD4">https://www.routledge.com/Russias-Relations-with-Kazakhstan-Rethinking-Ex-Soviet-Transitions-in/Zabortseva/p/book/9781138950429</span></a> ).<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="background:white"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:black">The speaker's presentation will centre on an exploration of the changing relations between Russia and Kazakhstan, following the collapse of the USSR (from
1991 to 2018). </span><span style="font-family:"Helvetica Neue";color:#26282A"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="background:white"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:black">Two main questions will be addresses:</span><span style="font-family:"Helvetica Neue";color:#26282A"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="background:white"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:black">• What were the specific stages in Kazakhstan-Russia relations?</span><span style="font-family:"Helvetica Neue";color:#26282A"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="background:white"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:black">• What factors influenced the bilateral relations in general and the different stages of the relations? </span><span style="font-family:"Helvetica Neue";color:#26282A"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="background:white"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:black">The multifaceted relations between Kazakhstan and Russia from 1991 to the contemporary period will be analysed in terms of relations in several spheres,
such as: political, military and security, socio-economic, national identity, regionalism and international trends.</span><span style="font-family:"Helvetica Neue";color:#26282A"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="background:white"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:black">This multidisciplinary model , combining historical and specific area-based relationships, is also useful in facilitating the evaluation of future trends
in bilateral relations and multilateral relations of the analysed countries ( in this case, it is particularly relevant for the assessments of Kazakhstan' foreign policy developments).</span><span style="font-family:"Helvetica Neue";color:#26282A"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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