Zhulduz Baizakova

ABOUT THE AUTHORS: ZHULDUZ BAIZAKOVA is Research affiliate to the Institute for Security and Cooperation Studies of the Al-Farabi Kazakh National University in Almaty, Kazakhstan. She served for 7 years in the Ministry for Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Kazakhstan, including a foreign posting to the United Kingdom. She is currently specializing in security and environmental issues of the Central Asian region. Ms. Baizakova holds an M.Sc. degree in international security and global...See more

ABOUT THE AUTHORS: ZHULDUZ BAIZAKOVA is Research affiliate to the Institute for Security and Cooperation Studies of the Al-Farabi Kazakh National University in Almaty, Kazakhstan. She served for 7 years in the Ministry for Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Kazakhstan, including a foreign posting to the United Kingdom. She is currently specializing in security and environmental issues of the Central Asian region. Ms. Baizakova holds an M.Sc. degree in international security and global governance from the Birkbeck College, University of London. ROGER N. MCDERMOTT has specialized in Russian and Central Asian defense and security studies. He is an Adjunct Fellow of the Hudson Institute in Washington, DC; Affiliated Senior Analyst, Danish Institute for International Studies, Copenhagen; and Senior International Fellow, Foreign Military Studies Office, Fort Leavenworth. See less