1. Introduction.- 2. Literature Review.- 3. Theoretical Framework: Securitisation Theory.- 4. The State of Higher Education sector in Soviet and Post-Soviet Uzbekistan.- 5. Uzbek Higher Education as a Nation Building Platform: Discourse Analysis.- 6. Interview Findings: Internationalisation of HE as a Threat in Uzbekistan.- 7. Securitisation of International Engagement in Uzbek Higher Education: 25 years of Crisis.- 8. Conclusion.

   explores Uzbekistan's post-Soviet journey offers a compelling case study of higher education analyzes how security and globalization clash

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Dr. Dilnoza Ubaydullaeva is a Lecturer at the National Security College, Australian National University (ANU). Prior to joining ANU, she was a Lecturer in Government at Flinders University and an Honorary Research Fellow at the ANU Centre for Arab and Islamic Studies (Middle East and Central Asia). Dilnoza earned her PhD in Political Science and International Relations from the ANU and was a Visiting Research Fellow at the Central Asia Program of the Elliott School of International Affairs, George Washington University.