THE MODEL OF BORDERWORK IN CENTRAL ASIA
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.5281/Keywords:
borderwork, Uzbekistan, transnational mobility, migration, biometric datafication, hydropolitics, human-centric security, Central Asian integration.Abstract
The article delivers a comprehensive critical analysis of the post-2016 border governance paradigm in the Republic of Uzbekistan, framing it as a progressive, non-Eurocentric archetype within contemporary global border studies. Positioned against the backdrop of regional macroeconomic asymmetries, the Uzbek state has successfully bypassed the regressive, militarized containment practices characteristic of Western border regimes. Through the execution of the landmark 2017 and 2021 legislative reforms, the abolition of exit visas, and the strategic deployment of interoperable biometric datafication infrastructures, Uzbekistan has innovatively reconciled stringent national security imperatives with a rights-affirming, gender-mainstreamed administration of transnational mobility. Furthermore, by resolving historical enclave disputes and engineering macro-regional connectivity projects, the nation’s holistic borderwork demonstrates a sophisticated blueprint that harmonizes state sovereignty, institutional accountability, and human dignity.
