The new regional dynamics in Central Asia has given a powerful impetus to the
multidimensional international cooperation of Uzbekistan with the foreign partners. Opening
its enormous potential, the Republic of Uzbekistan is becoming one of the most attractive
political and economic partners for the CIS countries, Asia, Europe and America, international
organizations and financial and economic structures.
The results of the foreign visits of President Shavkat Mirziyoyev since the beginning of
2017 and the bilateral talks at the highest level in Tashkent confirm that the world
community welcomes and supports Uzbekistan’s foreign policy on building and
strengthening a balanced, mutually beneficial and long-term cooperation with leading
countries of the world. Moreover, in a short period more than 400 international agreements
and contracts worth about 100 billion dollars were signed in the trade, economic, investment
and financial spheres.
Based on its strategic priorities in domestic and foreign policy, Uzbekistan is
consistently developing and deepening multifaceted cooperation with highly reputable
international and regional organizations - the UN, OSCE, SCO, CIS, OIC, IMF, WB, EBRD, ADB,
IDB and others.
The international community looking with optimism about the long-term development
prospects of the Republic of Uzbekistan and regional cooperation in Central Asia.
There is a clear understanding among foreign political and expert-analytical circles, that
only a stable, dynamically developing and prosperous Uzbekistan can become a reliable and
long-term partner.
By launching unprecedented reforms within the
Having begun unprecedented reforms
framework
of the Strategy of Action, Uzbekistan
within the framework of the Strategy of
progressively becoming a modern competitive state,
Action, Uzbekistan progressively becomes a
modern competitive state, capable, on the
capable on the one hand effectively responding to
one hand, of responding effectively to modern
modern challenges and threats and making full use
challenges and threats and making full use of
all the opportunities offered by globalization
of all the opportunities of globalization processes. It
processes, on the other.
is precisely in this respect that the relevance of our
publication lies - a comprehensive, in-depth analysis
of the strategic issues of security and development trajectory of Uzbekistan, which depends
largely on the strategic future of Central Asia - a hub region in the vast expanse of Eurasia.
In this context, the main mission of the ISRS journal is to provide information and
analytical support for the internal and foreign policy of Uzbekistan by creating an open
discussion platform for presenting and discussing a wide range of processes, trends and
forecasts, assessments and research results. The target audience of the journal includes
experts of expert-analytical and academic profile, as well as representatives of government
bodies, business, the public, the student community and the wide audience of readers
interested in the issues of domestic and international politics of Uzbekistan.
We hope that the magazine as an effective platform for fruitful exchange of advanced
knowledge and experience, constructive discussions, presentation of innovative
assessments and approaches will make its worthy contribution to the consolidation of the
efforts of Uzbekistan’s specialists in the information and scientific and methodological
support of the processes of economic and political modernization of our country.
With regards and best wishes,
Vladimir Norov,
Director of the Institute of Strategic and Regional Studies under the President
of the Republic of Uzbekistan
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