Best MA Thesis

This rubric lists selected top MA theses produced by students of the OSCE Academy. MA thesis is an independent research work that each student has to complete in order to successfully graduate from the graduate programmes of the Academy. Topics are selected by students independently, while thesis supervisors provide assistance during the process of writing.

Below are the best of the MA theses of both MA programmes selected in the latest round of theses defences. More theses will be uploaded as new cohorts of students graduate every year.

 

MA in Politics and Security 

2019

NEXUS BETWEEN POLITICS AND ISLAM IN KYRGYZSTAN SINCE 2005 IN THE CONTEXT OF ISLAMIC REVIVAL AND UNCONSILIDATED DEMOCRACYMA Thesis defended in December 2019, OSCE Academy in Bishkek

By Nadezhda Tatkalo

 

 

 

 

 

2017

METRICS THAT MATTER: A PROTOTYPE 'COMPREHENSIVE SECURITY INDEX' FOR THE OSCE COMMUNITY, MA Thesis defended on 7 December 2017, OSCE Academy in Bishkek, (Supervisors: Dr. Payam Foroughi and Dr. Pál Dunay)

By Aaron Pinto

 

 

 

 

 

2016 

THE OSCE IN THE 21ST CENTURY: A SIMULACRUM IN INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS? MA Thesis defended in December 2016, OSCE Academy in Bishkek, (Supervisor: Dr. Payam Foroughi)

By Inna Kuzmenko

 

 

 

 

 

2015 

PROMISING CHANGES? THE OFFICIAL DISCOURSE IN SOCIAL MODERNIZATION IN INDEPENDENT KAZAKHSTAN, MA Thesis defended in September 2015, OSCE Academy in Bishkek, 73 pp. (Supervisor: Ms. Kristin Fiaestad)

By Anna Savchenko

 

 

 

 

2014

INDEPENDENT ISLAM IN CENTRAL ASIA: REASONS BEHIND INDEPENDENT ISLAMIC LEADERS’ RESISTANCE TOWARDS THE STATE CONTROL OF RELIGION IN KYRGYZSTAN, MA Thesis defended in September 2014, OSCE Academy in Bishkek

By Nurbek Bekmurzaev

 

 

 

 

MA in Economic Governance and Development

2019

ASSESSING MATERNAL HEALTH AND CATASTROPHIC EXPENDITURE, MA Thesis defended in December 2019, OSCE Academy in Bishkek

By Abdul Majeed Stanikzai

 

 

 

 

 

2017

INPUT-OUTPUT LINKAGES AND KEY SECTORS IN THE ECONOMY OF TAJIKISTAN, MA Thesis defended in December 2017, OSCE Academy in Bishkek

By Sabrinisso Valdosh

 

 

 

 

 

2015

EXCHANGE RATE PASS-THROUGH INTO DOMESTIC PRICES IN KAZAKHSTAN, MA Thesis defended in April 2015, OSCE Academy in Bishkek

By Aikerim Motukeeva

 

 

 

 

 

2014

COMPETITION IN THE KYRGYZ BANKING INDUSTRY: EMPIRICAL STUDY BASED ON PANZAR AND ROSSE MODEL, MA Thesis defended in April 2014, OSCE Academy in Bishkek

By Ilimbek uulu Talgat

 

 

 

 

 

2013

TOTAL PUBLIC DEBT SUSTAINABILITY: EMPIRICAL ASSESSMENT OF THE SOLVENCY ISSUE IN THE CASE OF THE KYRGYZ REPUBLIC," MA Thesis, Defended in September 2013, OSCE Academy in Bishkek (Supervisor: Aibek Baibagyshuulu)

By Daniiar Moldokanov