Expert discussions are the regular meetings with experts in the sphere of security held by the Centre for Security Programs and the Public Opinion Research Institute.

"Trends in Global Terrorism: Central Asian perspective" (6 June 2014). Experts: Erlan Karin- Candidate (PhD) in Political Sciences (Astana, Kazakhstan); Tatyana Dronzina – Professor of the Sofia University named after K. Ohridsky, Doctor of Political Sciences (Sofia, Bulgaria); Jacob Zenn- an analyst of "The Jamestown Foundation" (USA).

"Problems of National and Regional Security: an integrated view on terrorism". Experts: Prof. Martha Brill Olcott - Carnegie Endowment (USA); Tatyana Dronzina - Professor of the Sofia University named after K. Ohridsky, Doctor of Political Sciences (Sofia, Bulgaria); Erlan Karin – Candidate (PhD) in Political Sciences (Astana, Kazakhstan); Georgiy Dubovtsev – Professor at the Department of Strategy, the University of National Defense, a military expert (Kazakhstan).