1 QUARTERLY ANALYTICAL REVIEW 2 (66)/2017 CONTENTS CONTENTS Issued Quarterly Since 2003 Editor-in-Chief IRINA CHERNYKH Chief Research Fellow of KazISS Editor ANASTASSIYA RESHETNYAK Research Fellow of KazISS Responsible for publication: Almas Arzikulov Layout: Tatyana Gorshkova Translation by LLC «Астана білім ордасы» Address: Kazakhstan Institute for Strategic Studies under the President of the Republic of Kazakhstan 4, Beybitshilik St. Astana, 010000, Republic of Kazakhstan Phone: (7172) 75 20 20 Fax: (7172) 75 20 21 E-mail: ofice@kisi.kz www.kisi.kz This Journal was registered with the Ministry of Culture and Information of the Republic of Kazakhstan on January 24, 2003. Registration certiicate No. 3529-zh. ISSN 2414-570X None of the articles shall be reproduced without reference to the Journal. The opinion of the editorial board may differ from that of the authors of articles. Printed by KF "Bulanda" NGO "CBS", Makinsk, ul. Gromov, 73.2. Copies 300. 2/2017 "DIPLOMACY AS A PROTECTOR OF ECONOMIC INTERESTS" Vyacheslav Dodonov The Economic Situation in the Arab Monarchies of the Persian Gulf in a Period of Low Oil Prices.....................................7 Baltabay Syzdykov The Attractiveness of Investing in Kazakhstan as a Factor in the Growth of Chinese Investment in the Economy of the Country ..........................................................23 Rustam Burnashev The Dynamics of NATO Presence in Central Asia: A Genealogical Analysis....................................................................33 Zarema Shaukenova, Irina Chernykh The Increased Participation of Women in Countering Religious Extremism: Forms and Mechanisms.................................44 Dr. Mukesh Kumar Mishra Devolution of Presidential Powers: Impact on Reforms in Kazakhstan.....................................................53