CEGREG Yearbook Central Asia in Global and Regional Governance

Abstract

This inaugural issue of the CEGREG Yearbook appears in the first year of the Center for Global and Regional Governance (CEGREG) at Maqsut Narikbayev University (MNU). CEGREG was established in 2024 within the International School of Economics of MNU to advance high-quality research in international relations with a distinctive focus on global and regional governance viewed from Kazakhstan and Central Asia. The Center was conceived at the intersection of two dynamics: the maturation of our International Relations program and the University’s transition toward a research-intensive institution. The yearbook aligns tightly with these founding goals. It offers a platform that trains emerging scholars, showcases faculty student collaboration, and articulates Central Asian perspectives in ongoing global debates. As a series, the yearbook aims over time to become a credible academic source that features research not only from MNU but also from the broader community of scholars working on related themes.