Visiting Research Fellow
Alexander Schrier is a Visiting Research Fellow at the Institute for Advanced International Studies. His scholarly interests encompass international relations, technological competitions, and economics, with a special focus on Central Asia's multi-vector foreign policy. Currently, he is a fourth-year undergraduate student at the University of Pennsylvania studying International Relations. Prior to working at IAIS, Alexander served as a Research Assistant to Dr. Mitchell Orenstein, a Senior Fellow at the Philadelphia-based think tank Foreign Policy Research Institute. He collaborated with Dr. Orenstein on publishing two articles regarding Russia's cyber and energy warfare strategies and then went on to write his own 2,000-word article in FPRI's Intern Corner series. Alexander also contributed as a Research Assistant for the Immigration Policy Lab, a partnership between Stanford University, the University of Pennsylvania, and Princeton University. Beyond research, Alexander is a captain of his university’s American football team and a holds a national record in powerlifting.
This surge in Chinese EV imports is reshaping the automotive landscape in Central Asia and beyond. Yet, the influx of Chinese EVs also poses challenges for Uzbekistan's long-standing multi-vector foreign policy (MVFP), which aims to maintain sovereignty and avoid excessive dependence on any single power. Until now, these powers have been Russia, China and the United States (in no particular order). However, the rise of Chinese EVs represents how this framework is evolving, particularly with the technological and economic advantages they offer.
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