Курбонзода (Курбонова) Зульфия Махмаднаби

The article considers the strategic partnership between Russia and the countries of the Asia-Pacific region. Russia and the countries of the Central Asian region, being reliable allies and strategic partners, maintain close cooperation both at the bilateral level and within various international and regional organizations such as the United Nations, the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe, the Shanghai Cooperation Organization, the Commonwealth of Independent States, and the Collective Security Treaty Organization, Conference on Interaction and Confidence building Measures in Asia, and in the Russia — Central Asia format. It is concluded that the partnership relations between Russia and the countries of the Central Asian region meet the national interests of all its participants. Cooperation based on a common historical and civilizational heritage, similarity of socio-economic orientations contributes to strengthening collective security, political and economic stability in the region in response to current geopolitical challenges

The author of the article shows how difficult and specific was the path of independence of Central Asian states. After the collapse of the USSR, the independent states of the region, which had never solved domestic political issues on their own, faced many different problems. History has shown who gained independence and by what means. From both theoretical and practical points of view, all the new five states were not ready to become independent. The most bitter and bloody path was taken by Tajikistan, which was dragged into civil war for five years. Each state in the Central Asian region, which has similar traditions and culture to its neighbors, followed its own unique path of development. At the same time, all states of the Central Asian region have faced identical internal political problems: the threat of Islamic radicalism, socio-economic and intraconfessional problems, and problems of extremism, terrorism and separatism. The problem of Islamic radicalism has become particularly acute in Tajikistan, Uzbekistan and Kyrgyzstan. Along with internal political and internal economic problems, the newly independent states have also faced foreign policy problems, namely border settlement and water and energy regulation. At present, the region is emphasizing the establishment of close cooperation between the newly independent states