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The interest in the region evinced by international outlets in the post-9/11 period has faded. But ignoring Central Asia could come at a cost.

European officials will be paying numerous visits to Ashgabat this year in the hope of boosting trade and advancing the energy cooperation agenda. This and more in the last-ever Akhal-Teke Bulletin.

Azerbaijan making green energy push ahead of global climate conference.

Russia's elections have produced a Turkmen-style outcome, including in Turkmenistan itself. This and more in this week's Akhal-Teke Bulletin.

Positive sum > zero sum.

A new way of promoting rule of law.

Turkmenistan gently presses Afghanistan on the Qosh-Tepa Canal. This and more in this week's Akhal-Teke Bulletin on Turkmen affairs.

Lots of talks, but no new deals are being announced.

Afghanistan wants to show it is open for business and is willing to be a good neighbor. This and more in this week's Akhal-Teke Bulletin.

In this bulletin, we look at paltry women's day handouts, the military getting a rough deal and what Ashgabat is doing to promote prosperity in neighboring Afghanistan.

TAPI pipeline recurrences, wheat woes, and dreaming about satellites. This and more in this week's Akhal-Teke Bulletin.

Stakeholders need to collaborate, tackle waste and address the elephant in the room: Afghanistan.

Healthcare authorities appears to have their priorities wrong. While children die, they think about morality among teen girls. This and more in this week's Akhal-Teke Bulletin.

Ashgabat talks the talk on corruption, but evidence suggests this is all hot air. Details on this and more in this week's Akhal-Teke Bulletin.

Figures don’t align with Central Asian official data.

Anybody complaining out loud in a public place can expect to be carted away. This and more in this week's Akhal-Teke bulletin.

Travel bloggers are among the few given the freedom to document Turkmenistan's more eccentric facets. This and more in this week's Akhal-Teke Bulletin.

Turkmenistan should be a leading transit nation, but its potential is cramped by bureaucratic failings. This and more in this week's Akhal-Teke Bulletin.

Swap deal with Azerbaijan, Iran suspended amid talks. Weaponizing unemployment. Arkadag goes to Abu Dhabi. And more in this week's Akhal-Teke Bulletin.

Also in this edition of our podcast, Uzbekistan rues poor education results, and Turkmenistan's ex-president basks in football glory (for now).

An update on cultural developments in Central Asia.

New arrangements could be vulnerable to Western sanctions.

This may be a new year, but the Berdymkukhamedovs look poised to offer more of the same, running the country as a father-son tandem. This and more in this week's Akhal-Teke Bulletin.

A former US Caspian energy envoy recalls the ups and downs of getting a key post-Soviet energy export route built.

Fishy goings-on at a cosmetics services center, talking human rights with the EU, and more in this week's Akhal-Teke Bulletin.