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Tashkent, November 2023
This policy brief by Aziza Mukhammedova and co-author Jalal Ud Din Kakar situates the debate over the Bagram Air Base within the post-withdrawal landscape of Afghanistan. Four years after the U.S. exit, President Donald Trump’s 2025 remarks about “taking back” Bagram reflect enduring U.S. anxieties over China’s rise and the loss of a strategic foothold on the rim of Central and South Asia. The authors trace the intellectual lineage of this idea to Rep. Michael Waltz’
Professor Azamat Seitov gave his comments to Gazeta.uz ahead of the summit of the Commonwealth of Independent States in Dushanbe. His assessment focuses on the current role of the CIS three decades after its founding and possible trajectories for the union's development. According to the expert, the question of the “meaning of existence” of the CIS reflects a deeper problem: in recent years, the actual activity of the platform has declined, and some of th
On October 11, Aziza Mukhammedova took part in an academic online seminar on Competition and Cooperation between the Organization of Turkic States (OTS) and the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) in Central Asia. The event was co-hosted by
From September 21 to 27, a delegation from the University of World Economy and Diplomacy and the Institute for Advanced International Studies paid a working visit to Hungary as part of a joint project with the Nippon Foundation entitled “Energy Security and Regional Coo
UPDATE: Deadline extended to Monday, 20 October, 23:59 (Tashkent time)
The Institute for Advanced International Studies (IAIS) at the University of World Economy and Diplomacy invites qualified consultants to submit proposals for a training on polic