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#IAISPolicyCompass #PolicyBrief 📌 Sabina Gulyamova examines the relationship between climate change and migration in Karakalpakstan. The study explores how environmental pressures, economic conditions, labour migration and remittances shape population mobility and household livelihoods. 💭 It also highlights the wider links between migration, climate adaptation, water security and sustainable development in the Aral Sea basin. 🔗 Read 🌐iais.uz | 🔵Facebook | 🚀Telegram | 🎬YouTube | 📷Instagram | 🎰LinkedIn | 🐤X (Twitter)

#News 🇦🇿 IAIS held a working meeting with representatives of the Nizami Ganjavi International Center to discuss prospects for future cooperation. 🤝 The parties explored opportunities to strengthen institutional ties and expand academic and expert exchanges. 🔎 More 🌐iais.uz | 🔵Facebook | 🚀Telegram | 🎬YouTube | 📷Instagram | 🎰LinkedIn | 🐤X (Twitter)

#PolicyBrief 🇰🇷 A new article by Botirjon Muhammadibrokhimov, co-authored with intern Aziza Saginbaeva, has been published by the Seoul Institute of Global Affairs. 📌 The article highlights new opportunities for Uzbekistan and other Central Asian states to attract Korean investment, deepen technological cooperation and strengthen their role in South Korea’s long-term industrial planning. The upcoming Korea–Central Asia Summit in 2026 is identified as a key test for the future of this partnership. 🔗 Read 🌐iais.uz | 🔵Facebook | 🚀Telegram | 🎬YouTube | 📷Instagram | 🎰LinkedIn | 🐤X (Twitter)

#News 🤝 On 9 July, IAIS hosted a working meeting with representatives of the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences and the Shanghai Academy of Social Sciences. 📌 The parties explored academic mobility, researcher exchanges, joint publications and international conferences. The meeting concluded with an agreement to prepare a foundation for long-term institutional cooperation. 🔎 More 🌐iais.uz | 🔵Facebook | 🚀Telegram | 🎬YouTube | 📷Instagram | 🎰LinkedIn | 🐤X (Twitter)

#News 🇨🇳 From 28 June to 3 July, Madinakhon Alimova paid a working visit to Qingdao, China, to participate in international events on scientific, technological, innovation and educational cooperation within the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation. 🤝 Meetings with Chinese universities, research institutions and the World Center for Sinology explored opportunities for joint projects, fellowships, internships and academic exchanges. 🔗Read 🌐iais.uz | 🔵Facebook | 🚀Telegram | 🎬YouTube | 📷Instagram | 🎰LinkedIn | 🐤X (Twitter)

#News 🤝 Prof. Gavkhar Sultanova, Head of the Center for Economic Diplomacy, participated in the WTO Chairs Programme 2026 Annual Conference, held in Geneva from 1 to 3 July. 📌 The conference focused on WTO reform, digital trade, sustainable development and strengthening cooperation between academia, experts and international organisations. 🔎More 🌐iais.uz | 🔵Facebook | 🚀Telegram | 🎬YouTube | 📷Instagram | 🎰LinkedIn | 🐤X (Twitter)

#IAISPolicyCompass #PolicyBrief 💭 In a new commentary, Roksana Izzatova examines the growing rift between the United States and Europe through the conflict between Donald Trump and Giorgia Meloni. 📌 She argues that the dispute reflects a broader transformation of the transatlantic alliance, creating new opportunities for Russia and China while requiring Central Asian states to pursue a more balanced multi-vector foreign policy. 🔗Read 🌐iais.uz | 🔵Facebook | 🚀Telegram | 🎬YouTube | 📷Instagram | 🎰LinkedIn | 🐤X (Twitter)

#IAISCommentaryCollection #Commentary 🇱🇧 In a new commentary, Bositkhon Islamov, UWED undergraduate and Research Assistant at IAIS, examines how the conflict in Lebanon is shaping the Iran–US negotiations. 💭 He argues that Tehran’s attempt to link regional security, sanctions relief and its nuclear programme strengthens its bargaining position, but also gives developments beyond its direct control the power to derail the talks. 🔗Read 🌐iais.uz | 🔵Facebook | 🚀Telegram | 🎬YouTube | 📷Instagram | 🎰LinkedIn | 🐤X (Twitter)

#IAISCommentaryCollection #Commentary 💰 In a new commentary, Botirjon Mukhammadibrokhimov and Zulkhayo Nishanova examine the risks of a “remittance curse” in Central Asia. 📌 The authors argue that excessive dependence on labour migrant remittances may weaken incentives for structural and institutional reforms, and call for these financial flows to be redirected towards productive investment, job creation and sustainable economic modernisation. 🔗 Read 🌐iais.uz | 🔵Facebook | 🚀Telegram | 🎬YouTube | 📷Instagram | 🎰LinkedIn | 🐤X (Twitter)

#IAISCommentaryCollection #Commentary 🇬🇪 Uzbekistan is strengthening its access to the Black Sea by linking the China–Kyrgyzstan–Uzbekistan railway with the Middle Corridor and Georgia’s ports, advancing new trade routes towards Türkiye and Europe. 🤝 The partnership also aims to raise bilateral trade from $270 million to $1 billion. 🔗Read 🌐iais.uz | 🔵Facebook | 🚀Telegram | 🎬YouTube | 📷Instagram | 🎰LinkedIn | 🐤X (Twitter)

#News 🇵🇰 Hamza Boltaev, Senior Research Fellow at IAIS, participated in the CRSS roundtable “Pak–Afghan Relations: What Next?” held in Islamabad. 📌 The discussion focused on security challenges, trade, regional connectivity and pragmatic policy options for stabilising relations between Pakistan and Afghanistan. 🔎More 🌐iais.uz | 🔵Facebook | 🚀Telegram | 🎬YouTube | 📷Instagram | 🎰LinkedIn | 🐤X (Twitter)

#MediaAppearance 🇹🇯 В интервью агентству «Анадолу» Наргиза Умарова проанализировала транспортные инициативы Таджикистана и их значение для формирования новых маршрутов между Китаем, Европой и Южной Азией. 📌 Эксперт подчеркнула, что развитие таких коридоров может усилить транзитную роль Центральной Азии, однако их эффективность будет зависеть от инфраструктурной модернизации, цифровизации логистики и согласованности действий стран-участниц. 🔗 Читайте 🌐iais.uz | 🔵Facebook | 🚀Telegram | 🎬YouTube | 📷Instagram | 🎰LinkedIn | 🐤X (Twitter)

#News 🗣 On June 26 UWED hosted the Tashkent Dialogue on a Nuclear-Weapon-Free Zone, organised by IAIS at UWED in partnership with ISRS and the James Martin Center for Nonproliferation Studies at Middlebury Institute as part of the 10th Monterey Summer Symposium. 💭 The dialogue focused on strengthening nonproliferation, managing nuclear and radiological risks, and ensuring safety amid the region’s growing engagement with peaceful nuclear energy. 🔎 More 🌐iais.uz | 🔵Facebook | 🚀Telegram | 🎬YouTube | 📷Instagram | 🎰LinkedIn | 🐤X (Twitter)