
Kanat Makhanov
Senior Research Fellow
Kanat Makhanov is a research fellow at the Eurasian Institute of the International H.A Yassawi Kazakh-Turkish University. He holds a BA in Business Economics from the KIMEP University from 2012. In 2014 he earned his Masters degree in Economics from the University of Vigo (Spain), completing his thesis on “Industrial Specialization in autonomous regions of Spain and Kazakhstan”. His main research interests are Spatial Economics, Economic Geography, Regional Economics, Human and Economic Geography.
Publications by Kanat Makhanov (94)

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Central Asian Countries Amid Global Militarization
15 February 2026

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Green Parties and Environmental Political Participation in Central Asia
30 October 2022

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The Roots of the Humanitarian Crisis in Afghanistan
30 May 2022

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From The Asia-Pacific to the Indo-Pacific: Underlying Trends and Implications
6 December 2021

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Connected by Waters: The Issue of Water as a Factor of Regional Cooperation in Central Asia
28 September 2021

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Georgia, Moldova and Ukraine: Not In the Commonwealth Of Independent States Any More, Not In the European Union Yet
19 July 2021

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South Korea’s Immigration Policy and the End of Demographic Isolationism
6 April 2021

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Reconciling Western Aspirations and Eastern Sympathies: The Case of Moldova and Gagauzia
9 January 2021

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Ethnic Diversity Change in Kazakhstan during 2010-2020
5 October 2020

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Moldova’s Difficult Choice: European or Eurasian Integration
18 May 2020
