Geopolitical and economic rivalry of capitalist powers for influences in Uzbekistan
Geopolitical and economic rivalry of capitalist powers for influences in Uzbekistan

Summary/Abstract: The present paper aims to present the rivalry of global and regional capitalistpowers for political, strategic, diplomatic, and economic influences in the contemporaryRepublic of Uzbekistan. The modern history and the contemporary political situation of theUzbek state are the most important points of issue. After years of international isolation andetatist social and economic policy, under the new political leadership Uzbekistan implementseconomic transformation in the spirit of neo-liberal capitalism and it opens itself towardsdifferent forms of international cooperation and foreign investments. As a result, a CentralAsian country which was isolated until recently gradually becomes an object of rivalry foreconomic and geopolitical influences. So far Uzbekistan has not become a satellite stateor a quasi-colony of any of the powers. The multi-vector policy pursued by the politicalenvironment of Shavkat Mirziyoyev seems so far to successfully prevent the country beingdominated by any outside center. The present article brings up the subject of relations ofUzbekistan with four great powers: the United States of America, the Russian Federation,the People’s Republic of China, and the Republic of Turkey.

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