Turkmenistan
Turkmen dynastic plan may fail if elite subverts it
Serdar Berdimuhamedov, the president's son, has entered government in what looks like a plan for dynastic succession
TurkmenistanTurkmen leader seeks investors to salvage economy
The president sees foreign investment as the solution to economic woes but the environment is anything but attractive
TurkmenistanCentral Asia shows signs of wanting its own bloc
As Central Asian leaders held a rare meeting, Kazakhstan was represented by its former president, not the current one
Central AsiaProspects for Central Asia in 2020
The top political events next year are a presidential election in Tajikistan and parliamentary polls in Kyrgyzstan
Central AsiaCentral Asian states face high climate change risks
A fragile environment where dry steppes depend on mountain glaciers will be hard hit by rising temperatures
Central AsiaTurkmenistan short of gas field and export funding
The government wants to develop massive deposits and find foreign buyers, but cannot finance new infrastructure itself
TurkmenistanSetback for pipeline hopes as Turkmenistan hosts event
Iran and Russia have made it clear they will block efforts to build a Turkmen export pipeline across the Caspian Sea
TurkmenistanTurkmen media struggle to explain president's absence
Amid rumours that President Berdimuhamedov is dead or ill, news footage shows him going about his duties
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