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.
2019
NEXUS BETWEEN POLITICS AND ISLAM IN KYRGYZSTAN SINCE 2005 IN THE CONTEXT OF ISLAMIC REVIVAL AND UNCONSILIDATED DEMOCRACY, MA 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
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