Uzbekistan's Foreign Policy Calculus - A Multi-Vectorial Design

What is it about?

Uzbekistan's foreign policy has been posited in the light of either traditional alignment theories or through Steven David's Omnibalancing. This paper rejects both characterisations and introduces a new way to analyse the variable foreign policy of Uzbekistan. It examines Uzbekistan's alignment behaviour since independence, throughout detailing Uzbekistan's relationship with the Russian Federation and the United States of America.

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Why is it important?

This work is a breakaway from the traditional explanations and alignment theories that have dominated academic discourse over Uzbekistan's variable foreign policy. It seeks to highlight the importance of both internal dissent and political maneuvering by the current regime in relation to the country's alignment behaviour and at the same time also take into account external stimuli to Uzbekistan's foreign policy calculus.