Mushtariy Usmonova is a Research Fellow at the Centre for European Studies of the Institute for Advanced International Studies under the University of World Economy and Diplomacy. She studied at the Faculty of International Relations at UWED and holds a Bachelor’s degree in Political Science. In 2023, she had a short-term internship at the Embassy of the Republic of Uzbekistan in the Republic of Turkiye in Ankara. M. Usmonova specialises in the study of domestic and foreign policy in Europe and, in particular, the European Union. She also studies digitalisation and its impact on various aspects of global politics, economics and social dynamics.