Center for Political Studies

April 2005 - present. – Center for Political Studies (www.cps.uz).

Center for Political Studies (CPS) - independent, nongovernmental, nonprofit think-tank founded with the purpose to promote development of social and political science.

The most important directions of the CPS activity is to carry out applied researches on the issues of internal and foreign policy of Uzbekistan, regional security, international cooperation and economical development as well as to prepare on this basis research and info-analytical materials.

By the efforts of the CPS the new concept of the informational and analytical activity was created, cooperation with leading research institutions and think-tanks of CIS, East and South Asia and Europe were established.

Among the initiatives proposed by the CPS are: the idea of establishing SCO energy club, creating common Central Asian information field as well as developments and researches on Eurasian transit and transport corridors.

CPS also publishes quarterly info-analytical journal “Uzbekistan & Central Asia” which includes the most important events of Uzbekistan and Central Asia as well as analytical articles and reviews on relevant issues of politics, economy and security.

Scaled events with participation of CPS

• The second session of the Discussion Club “Contemporary U.S. Foreign Policy in Eurasia: the formation of new parameters or the preservation of traditional approaches” (June 30, 2011, Tashkent);
• International roundtable “New Conceptual Approaches to the Formation of a Modern System of International Relations” (May 4, 2011, Tashkent);
• Roundtable “Regional Security Problems and Prospects for Ensuring Stability in Afghanistan” (March 31, 2011, Tashkent);
• International round-table “Perspectives of the oil and gas sector in Central Asia in the context of global financial processes” (May 10-11, 2010, Tashkent)
• The third Uzbekistan-Japan business forum (Tashkent, November 9-10, 2009)
• International conference "Uzbekistan and Europe: Opportunities and Prospects for Expansion of Economic partnership" (October 1, 2009, Geneva)
• Informational roundtables series (Vienna, Brussels, Milan, September, 2009)
• Participation in Strategic Forum "The Politics of Economic Crisis: Redefining Economic and Geopolitical Landscapes in Europe and Eurasia" (Slovenia, August 30-31, 2009)
• Participation in the World Economic Forum on the Middle East (Jordan, May 2009)
• International conference “Problems of Ensuring Security and Sustainable Development in Central Asia” (April 29-May 1, 2008, Tashkent)
• International Conference “Central Asia as Transcontinental Transportation Bridge: Potential and Prospects of Development” (November 19, 2007, Tashkent)
• The second Uzbekistan-Japan business forum (Tashkent, November 14-16, 2007)
• Uzbekistan-Japan energy forum (Tokyo, March 7, 2007)
• International Round table “The prospects of formation of Energy club of the SCO” (February 26, 2007, Tashkent)
• Uzbekistan-Japan business forum (Tashkent, November 1-2, 2006)
• International Round table “Formation of modern media space: role of information technologies, structural approach and regional specifics in developing the information area (Tashkent, June 20, 2006)
• Round table “Russia and Uzbekistan: energy partnership and regional integration” (Moscow, April 21, 2006)
• International Conference “Central Asian Energy Market: trends and prospects” (Tashkent, December 5-6)