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In the first half of 2025, tourism projects worth more than $500 million will be implemented in Uzbekistan with the participation of Chinese investors
2025-08-28 96In recent years, tourism cooperation between Uzbekistan and China has reached a new level, marked by both an increase in tourist flows and the establishment of a strategic investment partnership. Tourism has become one of the key bridges for deepening economic, cultural, and people-to-people ties between the two countries.
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The SCO’s Digital Transformation: Strategic Intentions and Structural Realities
2025-08-28 75The Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) has entered a critical phase in its digital transformation agenda. Over the past five years, the bloc has increasingly integrated digitalization into virtually every aspect of its operations—ranging from e-governance and cross-border trade to cybersecurity, infrastructure development, and artificial intelligence.
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Uzbekistan’s New NGO Law: From Control to Partnership
2025-08-28 43Civil society, often referred to as the backbone of democracy, has long faced suspicion, bureaucratic hurdles, and political pressure in many post-Soviet states. Uzbekistan, once no exception, has now taken a decisive step in the opposite direction.
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SCO Investment Projects in Uzbekistan: From Industry to Tourism
2025-08-28 45In recent years, Uzbekistan has established itself as one of the most dynamically developing economies within the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO). The country is not only becoming an active participant in trade flows but also a key platform for implementing large-scale investment initiatives.
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Multilateral Trade System and New Opportunities for Uzbekistan within the SCO
2025-08-28 44The 21st century has become an era of profound transformation in the global economy. Traditional trade models no longer guarantee sustainable growth, while global value chains are increasingly shifting toward new centers of power. Against a backdrop of global turbulence, countries are turning more frequently to regional cooperation formats that not only account for the interests of neighbors but also create mechanisms of collective protection against external shocks.
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UZBEKISTAN AND CHINA: A STRATEGIC PARTNERSHIP IN AN ERA OF GLOBAL TRANSFORMATION
2025-08-28 33In 21st-century international relations, there are alliances that go beyond securing economic benefits and instead shape new reference points for entire regions. One such example is the partnership between Uzbekistan and China, whose cooperation in recent years has reached the level of an all-weather comprehensive strategic partnership for a new era.
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Industrial Cooperation in the SCO Space: From Dialogue to Project Integration
2025-08-28 39Against the backdrop of sanctions wars and instability in the global economy, industrial cooperation between the SCO countries is gaining particular importance. By combining enormous human potential and natural resources, the SCO member states are able to form sustainable production chains and develop complementary industries.
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The Caspian logistics axis – a new artery for trade
2025-08-22 108Access to maritime transport routes plays a key role in the development of international trade and the maintenance of foreign economic activity. Over the past decades, the global agenda has consistently included the issue of how to overcome trade, transport, and infrastructure barriers faced by landlocked developing countries (LDCs).
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The Caspian transport hub: from competition to cooperation The Middle Corridor – a driver of Eurasian integration
2025-08-22 87For countries located deep within the Eurasian continent, access to the sea remains a key factor in competitiveness on international markets. Uzbekistan, located in the geographical center of the region and lacking direct access to the coast, has been purposefully restructuring its transport and logistics strategy in recent years to minimize distances to maritime hubs and increase the reliability of transit chains.
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The importance of digitalization in expanding regional transport capabilities in Central Asia
2025-08-22 102Central Asia is a region of strategic importance, located in the center of the Eurasian continent and serving as a point of connection between East and West, North and South.