UZBEKISTAN’S FOREIGN POLICY UNDER THE LEADERSHIP OF MIRZIYOYEV: STRUGGLE TO SUSTAIN AUTONOMY
Journal: Marmara Türkiyat araştırmaları dergisi
Year: 2022

This study explores Uzbekistan’s foreign policy during the presidency of Shavkat Mirziyoyev by focusing on its relations with the leading powers such as Russia, the United States (U.S.), China as well as the Central Asian Republics, and Turkey. The article argues that Uzbekistan, during the Mirziyoyev era continues to adhere to the multi-vectoral line in foreign policy whose main principles have been determined by the former President Islam Karimov. Yet, Mirziyoyev has also left his imprint on U