Ainur Kenzhetayeva is a political scientist specializing in Comparative Politics, International Political Economy, and post-Soviet Eurasian studies. She earned her Ph.D. in Political Science with concentrations in Comparative and American Politics and currently teaches in the United States. Her research focuses on economic and political transformation in Central Asia, particularly the development of small and medium-sized businesses, state-business relations, and regional economic integration in Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan. Her recent work examines the impact of the Russia-Ukraine conflict on Central Asian economies and Eurasian regionalism.