Reconfiguring British Geopolitical Strategy in Central Asia under the Multipolar World Order The Case of Uzbekistan.pdf

The article analyzes the transformation of the United Kingdom’s geopolitical strategy in Central Asia under conditions of a multipolar world order, using Uzbekistan as a case study. British foreign policy is interpreted as a form of adaptive geopolitics of a middle power that has shifted from a universalist approach to selective engagement in the post-Brexit period. Central Asia is characterized as a structurally saturated region with intense competition among external actors, which limits the ability to construct autonomous strategies of influence. Uzbekistan is presented as a structural mediator between different models of external power projection. The article proposes three scenarios for the development of British strategy for the period 2030–2035: selective institutionalization, institutional erosion, and strategic marginalization. It concludes that British strategy is adaptive and constrained, and highly dependent on regional and global dynamics.