Kuralay BAIZAKOVA, Sc. Dr of Historical Sciences, Director of the Institute for Security and Cooperation Studies, at Al-Farabi Kazakh National University (KazNU), is Professor at and former Dean of the KazNU Faculty of International Relations. Yann ALIX, General Delegate of the SEFACIL Foundation (PhD in Transport Geography, Caen; PhD in Geography, Concordia), is editor of the series Les Océanides since 2012 and coordinator of the Logistics and Diplomacy research network. Pierre CHABAL, Sc. Dr of International Relations (IEP), director of the research center in law and political science (Lexfeim, Le Havre university), is visiting professor at KazNU (Kazakhstan), NUM (Mongolia), UWED (Uzbekistan), JNU (India).