Laureate of the Atlas Programme Stay in France : from May 2th to June 23th, 2022
Zhanibek Arynov is a Postdoctoral Scholar at the Graduate School of Public Policy, Nazarbayev University, Kazakhstan. He obtained a Ph.D. degree in International Relations from the University of St. Andrews, UK. Dr. Arynov’s research interests include Central Asian geopolitics, Kazakhstan’s foreign policy, EU-Central Asia relations, and international identity, image and perception studies. He is currently working on a project related to legitimacy and (de)legitimation of international organizations with a specific focus on the Eurasian Economic Union.
The project
Title: Discursive Delegitimation of the Eurasian Economic Union by the European Union
Keywords: Central Asian geopolitics, EU-Central Asia relations, issues of international image and perception studies, international legitimacy and legitimation.
Arynov (2021), ‘Hardly Visible, Highly Admired? Youth Perceptions of the EU in Kazakhstan’, Journal of Eurasian Studies, (online first). https://doi.org/10.1177/18793665211058187.
‘‘“Nobody Goes to Another Monastery with Their Own Charter”. The EU’s Promotion of ‘European Values’ as Perceived in Central Asia’, Europe-Asia Studies’, Europe-Asia Studies, (online first). https://doi.org/10.1080/09668136.2022.2032604.
