UPDATE: Deadline extended to Monday, 23 June, 23:59 (Tashkent time)

The Institute for Advanced International Studies at the University of World Economy and Diplomacy is pleased to announce an open competition for an experienced consultant to design and deli

On 11–12 April 2025, the Institute for Advanced International Studies (IAIS) at the University of World Economy and Diplomacy successfully hosted a two-day Research Methodology Training Workshop, delivered under the MUNIS Public Research Institutes Modernization (PR

On 12 June, the Institute for Advanced International Studies (IAIS) convened a meeting with Henrik S. Werenskiold, Editor-in-Chief of Geopolitika.no and member of the Norwegian Editors’ Association, to explore avenues for deepe

We’ve just hosted our Frontier Talks seminar on Field Research Methodologies with Dr Frank Maracchione of the University of Kent’s School of Economics, Politics and International Relations. Drawing a diverse cohort of early-career researchers, doctor

Today we convened a seminar with Mekhriniso Abdurasulova, Head of the Japan Studies Program at IAIS, who delivered an in-depth seminar entitled on The Japanese Government’s Current Foreign Policy and Recent Trends. Drawing an attentive audience of experts

On June 10, IAIS hosted a specialised seminar under its Frontier Talks series on Technical Requirements for Advanced Analytics in Uzbekistan. The event featured Fazliddin Djamalov, who guided participants through the core foundations ne

On June 9, we hosted a Frontier Talks seminar, titled “Peculiarities of Cultural Management in the Ethnopolitical Context of Afghanistan”. The session featured Rustam Makhmudo

In a landmark initiative aimed at fostering academic dialogue and strengthening international partnerships, the Institute for Advanced International Studies (IAIS), with the support of the University of World Economy and Diplomacy (UWED) and the Embassy of France in Uzbekistan, convened an expert

On 3 June, Mr Shakhboz Akhmedov, Head of the Centre for Sustainable Development at IAIS, took part as a newly appointed member of the Rihla Initiative Policy Council for Central Asia and the Caucasus in a virtual workshop convened to frame polic

On 4 June, IAIS hosted a stimulating Frontier Talks seminar titled “The Central Asian Dimension of Soft Power in French Foreign Policy”. The event featured Mokhira Saidazimkhujaeva, PhD Candidate at UWED, who presented her latest research on

On 28 May, Astana hosted the Central Asia-China 2025 Media Forum, organised by the People’s Daily, the leading publication of the Communist Party of China, and the Television and Radio Complex of the President of the Republic of Kazakhstan.

For the first time, the capital hosted a large-scale event during which representatives of government agencies, research centers, and independent experts from all five Central Asian countries jointly analyzed the region’s prospects until the middle of the century and developed common approa