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ADDRESS BY PRESIDENT SHAVKAT MIRZIYOYEV AT THE SOLEMN CEREMONY DEDICATED TO
THE 26TH ANNIVERSARY OF ADOPTION OF THE CONSTITUTION OF THE REPUBLIC OF
UZBEKISTAN…………………………………………………………………………………………………………..…………… 8
EDITOR-IN-CHIEF………………………………………………………………………………………………………………. 18
REFORMS IN UZBEKISTAN: ASSESSMENTS OF FOREIGN EXPERT COMMUNITY………….………… 23
UZBEKISTAN IN INTERNATIONAL RATINGS…………………………………………………………………………..25
ISSUES OF INTERNAL DEVELOPMENT………………………………………………………………………………… 26
A.YUSUPOV. UZBEKISTAN: STRATEGIC CHANGES………………………………………………………………. 26
T.AKHMEDOV. SOCIAL JUSTICE AND WELFARE OF THE PEOPLE ARE THE MAIN PRIORITIES OF
THE REFORMS………………………………………………………………………………………………………………….. 30
A.NIZAMOV. IMPROVING PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION IN UZBEKISTAN IN THE INFORMATION
EPOCH……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………….33
THE BASIC TRENDS IN CENTRAL ASIA………………………………………………………………………………… 37
R.KHURAMOV. NEW POLITICAL DYNAMISM IN CENTRAL ASIA: SECURITY ISSUES AND
PROSPECTS FOR REGIONAL COOPERATION……………………….………………………………………………. 37
B.MUSTAFAEV. APPROACHES OF UZBEKISTAN
TO RESOLVING THE SITUATION IN
AFGHANISTAN……………………………………………………………………………………………………………….….. 41
R.MAKHMUDOV. NARROWING UNITED STATES CONCEPTUAL OPPORTUNITIES IN AFGHANISTAN:
INDICATORS AND SCENARIOS…………..……………………………………………………………………………….. 45
F.JURAEV. TRANSPORT PROJECTS IN CENTRAL ASIA…………………………………………………………… 52
B.TURSUNOV. UNGA ADOPTS RESOLUTION ON STRENGTHENING COOPERATION IN CENTRAL
ASIA………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………….. 55
FOREIGN POLICY PRIORITIES…………………………………………………………………………………………….. 57
M.BAZAROVA. UZBEKISTAN AND RUSSIA: BILATERAL AND REGIONAL DIMENSIONS OF THEIR
PARTNERSHIP…………………………………………………………………………………………………………………… 57
A.BOBOKHONOV. ONE WAY, MANY PARTNERS…………………..……………………………………………….. 62
S.VALIEV. TAKING THE U.S.-UZBEKISTAN RELATIONSHIP TO THE NEXT LEVEL: MIRZIYOYEV'S
HISTORIC VISIT………………………………………………………………………………………………………………….. 68
A.KUSTOV. COOPERATION OF UZBEKISTAN WITHIN THE CIS……………………………………………….. 71
D.TURAEVA. UZBEKISTAN – SOUTH KOREA: NEW LONG-TERM PROSPECTS OF STRATEGIC
PARTNERSHIP…………………………………………………………………………………………………………………… 74
D.MAMATKULOVA. ORGANIZATION OF ISLAMIC COOPERATION: NEW INITIATIVES - NEW
DYNAMICS…………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………78
INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION…………………………………………………………………………………………. 82
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