🌏 The events in Afghanistan challenged the countries of Asia.

First of all, because they were largely on their own. Their responsibility, including globally, has grown dramatically. Now a very difficult and responsible period, the independent construction of a new Asian order, lies ahead.

The aforementioned rapid development of the region is an indisputable fact. Any development contains many risks and requires skilful manoeuvring in economic, political, social and other waters.

In recent years, Asian countries have advanced in this regard. The largest Asian countries are trying to create a kind of control grid for themselves and for other countries in the region. In general, there is a striving for coordinated development. Nevertheless, the path to a harmonious future Asia is definitely longer and more difficult, writes Valdai Club Chairman Andrey Bystritskiy.

https://valdaiclub.com/a/chairman-speech/contemporary-history/

📆 This and other issues we will discuss on September 20, 2021, in Tashkent, within the framework of the conference, titled “Russia and Uzbekistan in the Face of Development and Security Challenges at a New Historical Stage of Interaction”.

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🇺🇿 Uzbekistan, which for many decades was considered one of the most closed countries in the post-Soviet sphere, has over the past five years radically changed the public image of the country and more.

There is one of the main questions for Uzbekistan as one of the main partners of Russia in the region: will the systemic reforms in the country allow it to overcome the dependence of its citizens on systems that facilitate fast payments from abroad?

A lot depends on how clearly peaceful interaction in Central Asia and around it will be re-established, in a way that’s acceptable for all parties, writes Yuri Vasilyev, Special correspondent for the Vzglyad business newspaper.

https://valdaiclub.com/a/highlights/uzbekistan-on-the-path-towards-openness-and-change/

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🌏 The rapidly changing situation the Central Asian region and throughout the world as a whole is making its own adjustments to the agenda of regional and national development.

With all the diversity among states in the Central Asian region, the basic and historical principles of their state identity are based on a balance between secularism and spirituality. There, the secular state is balanced by spiritual principles, and they remain consistent in their approach.

It should be understood that the countries of Central Asia have been able to mobilise internal resources to counter various manifestations of extremism and separatism, despite the prevailing opinion in the expert community that the region is located along the so-called “geostrategic fault line” of the world.

Strengthening cooperation and political trust between the countries of Central Asia are making it a more independent, predictable and stable region, with respect to world politics, writes Ulugbek Khasanov, Head of Regional Security & Conflicts Study Lab., University of World Economics & Diplomacy (Uzbekistan).

🔗 New Regionalism in Central Asia

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🇺🇿 Over the years of its independent development, Uzbekistan has reached frontiers that have completely changed its image and place in the world community.

In a relatively short period of time, it has been possible for the country to develop a regulatory and legal framework for reforms, lay the foundations of a market infrastructure, ensure financial and macroeconomic stabilisation, carry out institutional transformations, create a diversified economy and new industries, form a mechanism to stimulate small business, as well as to achieve energy independence and come closer to grain independence.

The result of the reforms carried out over the past 5 years has been the formation of New Uzbekistan on the world arena, whose main goal is to ensure a free, comfortable and prosperous life for the people of the country.

Uzbekistan’s unique experience accumulated in recent history pursuing a balanced implementation of reforms without the negative elements of shock therapy provides grounds for optimism, opens up new prospects and may be of interest to the rest of Eurasia, writes Umid Abidkhadjaev, Director of the Institute for Forecasting and Macroeconomic Research under the Ministry of Economic Development and Poverty Reduction of the Republic of Uzbekistan.

🔗 The Digital and Green Agendas of New Uzbekistan

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⛳️ The first requirement for an effective foreign and domestic policy is a constructive awareness of one’s role in the world and the region.

It makes it possible to formulate and pragmatically implement the goals of national development.

In regional processes, a completely new prism of interconnections is being created, the main goal of which is to create an atmosphere of trust, mutual understanding, neighbourliness, and cooperation, both with its traditional partners throughout the Eurasian space and directly in the Central Asian region.

Uzbekistan, like many of its partners in the Central Asian region, is interested in further expanding cooperation with many partners and economic groups, including the countries of South Asia.

Thanks to such cooperation, it can jointly develop food and agroindustry cooperation projects, update and increase high-level technological potential, writes Valdai Club expert Ulugbek Khasanov for the 3rd Central Asian conference of the Valdai Discussion Club.

https://valdaiclub.com/a/highlights/central-and-south-asia-some-models/

#CentralAsianValdai #Asia_and_Eurasia #Uzbekistan #India

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