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Monterey Trialogue Conference

Tashkent, November 2023

We bring academia into practice

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We foster collaboration

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Outputs

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Commentary

11 August, 2025

Roads to Progress, from Canada to Uzbekistan

The commentary by IAIS Visiting Junior Fellows offers a comparative and on-the-ground perspective on Uzbekistan’s road infrastructure, blending personal travel observations with policy analysis. Drawing parallels with Canada’s vast but well-connected highway system, the authors underscore the challenges Uzbekistan faces in developing safe, efficient, and sustainable road networks. They recount travel experiences across regions such as Samarkand, Bukhara, Nukus, and Muynak, highlighting pervasive potholes, uneven surfa

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Conferences

08 August, 2025

Challenges and Opportunities for Revitalizing Southern Transit Routes for Central Asia

A paper by Nargiza Umarova has been published in a collection of materials from the international scientific and practical conference “Geopolitics of Logistics: Transport Corridors of Central Asia in the Global System”, held on April 4, 2025, by the Faculty of International Relations of Al-Farabi Kazakh National University (Almaty), in which she analyzes the challenges and opportunities for activating the southern transit route for Central Asia, considering projects through Afghanistan as a t

Videos

Islomkhon Gafarov’s views on foreign policy and regional co-operation of Central Asian states

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Islomkhon Gafarov’s views on foreign policy and regional co-operation of Central Asian states

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Islomkhon Gafarov shared his opinion on the upcoming U.S. Presidential candidates’ debates and the shift in U.S.-Uzbekistan relations

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Islomkhon Gafarov shared his opinion on the election process in the United States of America

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IAIS Interview Series. Interview with Professor Daniel Drezner

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Islomkhon Gafarov shared his opinion on Modi’s visit to Moscow on the “Geopolitics” programme of Kun.uz

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IAIS Interview Series. Conversation with Rudra Sil

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Interview with the leading researcher of IAIS Center for Afghanistan and South Asian Studies

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Scientific and practical conference on "Uzbekistan-British relations: a look to the future"

Interview with Dr. Filippo Costa Buranelli

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Institute for Advanced International Studies

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The opening ceremony of the Institute for Advanced International Studies at the University of World Economy and Diplomacy was held

Events

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Upcoming events

13 August, 2025

Frontier Talks with U.S. Nuclear Energy Expert Dr. Kelle Barfield

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News

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31 July, 2025

IAIS Discusses New Prospects for Uzbek-Japanese Cooperation with Mr. Sinichiro Nakamura

On July 29, the Institute for Advanced International Studies (IAIS) hosted a meeting of Dr. Abbos Bobokhonov, Head of the Center for Asia-Pacific Studies, and Mekhriniso Abdurasulova, Head of the Japanese Studies Program with Mr. Sin

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25 July, 2025

IAIS Hosts International Roundtable on Regional Dialogue for Peace and Development

As part of its continued commitment to fostering scholarly dialogue and regional cooperation, the Institute for Advanced International Studies (IAIS) at the University of World Economy and Diplomacy (UWED) in partnership with Central Asian Progress and Integration Forum (CAPIF) a

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22 July, 2025

Abbos Bobokhonov joined the 6th Forum of Think Tanks of the SCO Member States in Shanghai

On July 12–13, the 6th Forum of Think Tanks of the SCO Member States was held in Shanghai (PRC), where Dr. Abbos Bobokhonov, Head of the Center for Asia-Pacific Studies at IAIS, took part and delivered a report. The event, organized by Shanghai Uni

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