in 2000, the new management was appointed at the kaziss led by a young academic maulen ashimbayev who previously had supervised analytical work for the presidential administration. the institute was then accountable to marat tazhin and the center of political analysis under the president. in the context of aggravated international situation, growing security threats in central asia posing mainly by afghanistan, 9/11 and subsequent us-led anti-terrorist operations as well as significant geopolitical changes, the kaziss enhanced its interaction with the security council and other security and analytical structures. the analysis conducted at the kaziss reflected these developments. under ashimbayev the institute intensified its work in all directions: external and internal security, strategy for kazakhstan in the new international environment, sustained economic development and caspian issues. maulen ashimbayev established steady communication with the presidential administration; the analytical materials prepared by the institute were directly conveyed to the recipients therein. the number of publications increased dramatically; the institute started to issue four journals; two in russian, one in kazakh and one in english. director ashimbayev made kazakh a full-fledged working language at the kaziss. the number of analytical materials and publications in the kazakh language redoubled.