The Road Ahead: Uzbekistan’s Journey to Technological Leadership in Central Asia
Keywords:
Uzbekistan Foreign Policy, Technological Integration, Digital Market, Artificial Intelligence, Renewable Energy, Central Asia Geopolitics, Strategic Partnerships, Carlotta Perez Framework, Sustainable DevelopmentAbstract
This study examines the importance of integrating technology-oriented goals and principles in Uzbekistan’s foreign policy. Uzbekistan has traditionally focused on regional connectivity, trade relations and security considerations in its foreign policy. However, in this rapidly advancing technological era, the country should make a strategic shift toward technological integration to maintain regional competitiveness and ensure balance of power stability. Carlotta Perez’s approach to find out ways to accelerate the growth of technology and its integration will be employed to achieve these goals. This approach includes five stages, which are Irruption, Frenzy, Turning Point, Synergy, and Maturity. The initial two stages, Irruption and Frenzy, are crucial in identifying the significance of artificial intelligence (AI), renewable energy, cybersecurity, and digital markets, and exploring potential partnerships such as South Korea, the United States, Japan, and Germany. In the remaining phases, the main focus will be on addressing challenges, policies as solutions to these challenges as well as long term goals to achieve technological growth.
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