Dr Frank Maracchione - 马峰澜

Super excited to have this out! Please listen and share! :) With @juanitamarieelias.bsky.social @mybisa.bsky.social!

Dear collegues and friends, I will be shortly in #Kazakhstan for a CapsUnlock #China-#CentralAsia 🇨🇳 conference in Almaty start of next week. It’s just a couple of days sadly but happy to meet for a quick catch up! 🇰🇿 Thank you @tlegen.bsky.social and Aida Aidarkulova for inviting me!

Exciting to see an article on #CentralAsia and #Uzbekistan as the top trending research on an international journal like Globalizations! Make sure to share research on the area widely, to support the relevance of Central Asia research for future funding.
Link: www.tandfonline.com/doi/epdf/10....

"The current moment, between war and disintegration, and cooperation and renewal, demands intellectual creativity and openness."

Great read @frankmaracchione.bsky.social

Thank you Sara!!! Very kind!

Thank you @ladyputz.bsky.social for the opportunity and for the fantastic editing support!

Across Asia, Africa and Latin America, new forms of globalism are appearing. South-South production is booming, aided by China's technological power. Enhanced power and voice from postcolonial regions, at both global and local levels, demand change and redistribution.

From the weak sanction regime for #Russia's invasion of #Ukraine, to full support of Israel's #GenocideinGaza, double standards, nationalism, and protectionism reveal the frailty of Western hegemony. Yet, this is not the end of global political institutions and globalisation.

The new normal is reglobalisation! In @thediplomat.com, I argue that the Global South is redrawing the world economy while the West struggles with moral crisis and protectionism, focus #Uzbekistan.

🔗Read: thediplomat.com/2025/10/the-...
🎓Based on: www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
#CentralAsia

In her new EJIR article, @giuliasciorati.bsky.social discusses autocracy commercialisation, narrative theory, and China's responses to Central Asian protests.

It is available online- read it here: t1p.de/1eskb

📢 Great news: I will join @soaspolitics.bsky.social as an ESRC postdoc fellow to turn my PhD into a book. I'll keep working on the political economy of South-South relations, local agency and Uzbekistan-China ties. If you want a preview of the book read my latest: www.tandfonline.com/doi/epdf/10....

UN chief welcomes China-proposed Global Governance Initiative UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres welcomed the Global Governance Initiative (GGI) proposed by China earlier this week during the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) Plus meeting, his spokesper...

UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres welcomed the Global Governance Initiative (GGI) proposed by China earlier this week during the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) Plus meeting, his spokesperson Stephane Dujarric said Thursday.

🚨 The 44th meeting of the SCO Regional Anti Terrorist Structure (RATS) of Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) was held at Cholpon Ata, Kyrgyz Republic, on September 10, 2025 strongly condemned the #PahalgamTerrorAttack.

#SCO #RATS #Pahalgam #PahalgamAttack

SCO: multilateralism minus the West? The leaders of China, Russia and India have sent a pointed message of unity at the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) meeting in Tianjin.

The heads of state and government of China, Russia, and India gave a strong show of unity at the meeting of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation #SCO.

The European press sees a shift in global power relations that is not merely symbolic.

💡At last week's 'Shanghai Cooperation Organization Plus' meeting, Chinese president Xi Jinping said that “China will establish 3 platforms” for cooperation with other SCO members, covering “energy, green industry, and digital economy”.

👉 english.www.gov.cn/news/202509/...

Via @carbonbrief.org

I may never see my family again: Khojimat's story Khojimat came to the UK when he was only 17. He may never see his family again, but he cannot be safe in Uzbekistan. #changingLGBTQiLives

Khojimat left Uzbekistan - where it is illegal to be #LGBTQI - because he knew he could not live there safely as a #gay man. Now in the UK, it's likely he will never be able to see his family again.
#UzbekLGBTQI
microrainbow.org/i-may-never-...

Deputy hokim of Sariosiyo district, Surkhandarya region, forces mahalla employees to find pickers The deputy hokim for family and women’s affairs of Sariosiyo district, Surkhandarya region, Dilfuza Tashmatova, has been recorded forcing a “women’s activist” – one of seven employees of the mahalla…

📢 #Uzbekistan: #Cotton harvest 2025 off to a bumpy start as official threatens local council (mahalla) staff with dismissal for failing to recruit enough cotton pickers. It's time the Uzbek government finally abolishes the mechanisms that can result in #ForcedLabor.
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ACWA Power secures ADB funding for 200 MW wind+storage project in Uzbekistan The Asian Development Bank (ADB) and Saudi Arabia's power group ACWA Power have signed a US$51m loan agreement to finance the development of the Nukus 2 Wind and Battery Energy Storage Project in the…

ACWA Power secures ADB funding for 200 MW wind+storage project in Uzbekistan #EnergySky

Recipes for Broken Hearts: Bukhara Hosts Its First Contemporary Art Biennale - The Times Of Central Asia The heat of Bukhara’s old city does little to deter the crowds. Tourists squeeze through narrow lanes, pausing in the shade of centuries-old madrasas or

Bukhara launches its first Biennale blending contemporary art heritage and healing with global works from palm waste prayer spaces to golden thread restorations timesca.com/recipes-for-... #Uzbekistan #Bukhara #Biennale #Art #Culture #CentralAsia #Heritage #Creativity

Tadao Ando’s National Museum of Uzbekistan Is an Exercise in Geometry This stunning structure made of a square, circle, and triangle will house a museum and library.

The Tadao Ando-designed National Museum of Uzbekistan broke ground in late August. trib.al/4vFanpc

Panic in beautiful country turning into 'Venice in the desert' A beautiful country is becoming “Venice in the desert” due to overtourism. The Uzbekistan government has been seeking more tourists, with new tourist spaces being built across th...

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#news #TopStories #World #heritage #world #government

A beautiful country is becoming “Venice in the desert” due to overtourism. The Uzbekistan government has been seeking more tourists,...

Kyrgyzstan to discuss ministry proposal to build nuclear plant Small Central Asian country could follow in footsteps of bigger neighbours Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan, which have atomic power projects under way.

Small Central Asian country could follow in footsteps of bigger neighbours Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan, which have atomic power projects under way. Bne IntelliNews

Uzbekistan: Techno In The Desert | ARTE.tv Culture YouTube video by ARTE․tv Culture

Uzbekistan: Techno In The Desert

Let's go!

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@artefr.bsky.social

Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan and Uzbekistan agree on water-electricity swap Complex deals aimed primarily at bolstering agricultural output.

#Kazakhstan, #Kyrgyzstan and #Uzbekistan have worked out detailed swap arrangements covering water and electricity, aiming to improve agricultural productivity in areas experiencing dry conditions.

We've had a staff briefing at Kent from our acting VC and we don't really know any further than has been reported. This is the beginning of a process that we've been told will be transparent.
There were lots of questions but no answers yet.
Talk to your colleagues. We are stronger together.

What a privilege to chair an #eisa2025 roundtable with this cast: Justin Rosenberg, Meera Sabaratnam, Josh White, Nadège Compaoré, @johannasiebert.bsky.social, @jasminekgani.bsky.social and @lukecooper100.bsky.social. Theme: the intersection between historical structures and emancipatory agency.

I am very excited to co-chair the session 'Continuities Underlying Crises' with @MALivesey at #eisapec25. Please find the programme below! Particularly excited about the roundtable "Between the Light and Doom?" which discusses the politics of 2025 and avenues for hope.

📢 New publication! Thrilled to share my first article from my PhD, published in Globalizations🌏

"Decentring narratives of (de)globalization and crisis: @Uzbekistan’s ‘everyday’ political economy amidst Russia’s war in Ukraine" (open access) 🇺🇿 🇷🇺

🔗 t.co/XLNuTXPXKI

#Uzbekistan #warinUkraine #Russia

Examining how military technologies are produced and how post-industrial UK regions are drawn into global war supply chains, our podcast of the week interrogates the political economy of organized violence.

With @frankmaracchione.bsky.social et al. at @sperishefuni.bsky.social

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