Geopolitical and economic rivalry
of capitalist powers for influences
in Uzbekistan
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Institute of Russian and Eastern Studies of the
University of Gdańsk
Publication date: 2021-07-05
Studia Politologiczne 2021;60
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ABSTRACT
The present paper aims to present the rivalry of global and regional capitalist
powers for political, strategic, diplomatic, and economic influences in the contemporary
Republic of Uzbekistan. The modern history and the contemporary political situation of the
Uzbek state are the most important points of issue. After years of international isolation and
etatist social and economic policy, under the new political leadership Uzbekistan implements
economic transformation in the spirit of neo-liberal capitalism and it opens itself towards
different forms of international cooperation and foreign investments. As a result, a Central
Asian country which was isolated until recently gradually becomes an object of rivalry for
economic and geopolitical influences. So far Uzbekistan has not become a satellite state
or a quasi-colony of any of the powers. The multi-vector policy pursued by the political
environment of Shavkat Mirziyoyev seems so far to successfully prevent the country being
dominated by any outside center. The present article brings up the subject of relations of
Uzbekistan 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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