Turkmenistan
TURKMENISTAN: New government lifts travel barrier
President Gurbanguly Berdymukhammedov has abolished restrictions on movement around the country,...
TurkmenistanCENTRAL ASIA: Demographics pose development challenges
Central Asia's demographic profile differs in important ways from other transitional economies...
Central AsiaCIS/RUSSIA: Moscow will oppose GUAM revival
GUAM remains in its infancy: cooperation is loose and ill-defined, and institutions have yet to...
CisRUSSIA/CIS/IRAN: Politics complicate Caspian talks
The legal status of the Caspian Sea plays a key role in enabling or preventing the construction...
RussiaTURKMENISTAN/US: Ashgabat prefers gas routes to Russia
Turkmen President Gurbanguly Berdymukhammedov told US envoy Evan Feigenbaum that Ashgabat wanted...
TurkmenistanCENTRAL ASIA: Deep-seated corruption scars the region
The region's autocratic regimes, lack of transparency and independent judiciary have made...
Central AsiaTURKMENISTAN/RUSSIA: Energy deal shows closer ties
The Turkmen government and Russian private company Lukoil appear to have agreed on the...
TurkmenistanCENTRAL ASIA/RUSSIA: Moscow solidifies its grip on gas
During his visit to Central Asia last month, President Vladimir Putin agreed with his Kazakh and...
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