U.S. FOREIGN POLICY IN CENTRAL ASIA: CHALLENGES AND OPPORTUNITIES

Abstract

The paper investigates the relations between the Central Asian republics and the United States of America through the prism of regional and bilateral cooperation. The authors in this article analyzes the trends, challenges and threats of the modern world, the problems of global security and the phenomenon of globalization in the Central Asian region, when all five Central Asian states faced new tasks to determine their place in the international arena, to develop an independent strategic course of development in foreign and domestic policy. The article deals with the current trends in the development of a new paradigm of the theory of international relations, which are relevant in the study of dynamic, global and large-scale processes of change in a constantly changing world and in the Central Asian region. All these areas are relevant both for the US and for the neighboring states of Russia, China and they also need a stable and secure Central Asian region. From the point of view of economic involvement, the US is always looking for new ways to deepen its participation in the region, due to the geopolitical location, internal political structure, cultural and religious characteristics of Central Asia.