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Turkmenbashi Sea Port is one of Turkmenistan's big gambles on becoming a major transit hub. (Photo: Turkmenistan government website)

Turkmenistan: Roads scholars

Ambitious infrastructure projects and international partnerships fuel Turkmenistan's bid to transform economy and logistics landscape. This and more in this week’s Akhal-Teke Bulletin.
Akhal-Teke: A Turkmenistan Bulletin Sep 19, 2023
Gas-processing facility at Turkmenistan's Bagaja field (Turkmengaz.gov.tm)

Interest surges in Turkmen gas

Ashgabat's announcement that it is open to developing a Trans-Caspian gas pipeline has sparked strong interest from potential importers.
David O'Byrne Sep 18, 2023
Say integration: The presidents of Central Asia and Azerbaijan posing for a photo ahead of a plenary session on September 14. (Photo: Tajik presidential office)

Central Asia's leaders get into specifics on trade-boosting initiatives

The fifth consultative meeting of the region's presidents was rich with dialogue on practicalities, but implementation is a tricky task.
Sep 15, 2023
Bearing gifts: The Governor of St. Petersburg, Alexander Beglov, presenting a copy of a history textbook to the principal of the A.S. Pushkin Russian-Turkmen school in Ashgabat, Irina Kuminova. (Photo: Saint Petersburg City Administration)

Turkmenistan: Playing it by the textbook

Ashgabat is trying to be pals with Western economic partners, but its Russian sympathies are showing. This and more in this week's Akhal-Teke Bulletin.
Akhal-Teke: A Turkmenistan Bulletin Sep 12, 2023
Flying the flag. (Photo: Turkmenistan government website)

Turkmenistan: Uzbek to the future

Ties with Uzbekistan have never been so strong. The situation is producing tangible results. This and more in this week's Akhal-Teke Bulletin.
Akhal-Teke: A Turkmenistan Bulletin Sep 5, 2023
Few see the sense of turning up to soccer matches in Turkmenistan these days. (Photo: Turkmenistan football federation)

Turkmenistan: Union busting

Unfair soccer league, and potential and real gas deals aplenty, with Hungary, Iraq and Uzbekistan.
Aug 29, 2023
At present, state pensions in Georgia range from about 110 to 170 dollars per month (photo by Nini Gabritchidze)

Changes in pension scheme leave Georgians worried about their savings

There is a persistent distrust towards long-term saving schemes in Georgia, tracing back to post-Soviet financial shocks.
Nini Gabritchidze Aug 25, 2023
The Red Bridge checkpoint on the Georgian-Azerbaijani border (Georgian Public TV website)

Georgian Azerbaijanis ask Azerbaijan's president to open border

Azerbaijan has kept its land borders shut ever since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic.
Heydar Isayev Aug 24, 2023
Turkmenistan remains the largest supplier of pipeline gas to China, but Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan also made the top 5. (Photo: Samruk-Kazyna)

Central Asia: Quiet flows the natural gas from Eurasia to China

An update on recent developments in Chinese-Russian-Central Asian affairs.
China-Central Asia Monitor Aug 24, 2023
Chinese workers in Xinjiang inspect a pipeline arriving from Central Asia. Currently, a lion’s share of Turkmen natural gas exports are pumped to China, but Ashgabat intends to diversify. (Photo: China Daily)

Turkmenistan signals major change in energy-export stance

Ashgabat’s shifting position opens the way for expansion of natural gas supplies to Europe.
David O'Byrne Aug 15, 2023
Kyrgyz Prime Minister Akylbek Japarov (center right) and China’s ambassador to Kyrgyzstan, Du Dewen, speak during a recent tour of the Sary-Jaz River where Kyrgyzstan is aiming to build a hydropower project with Chinese assistance. (Photo: gov.kg)

Central Asia: Low water levels on Irtysh River create quandary for Kazakhstan

An update on recent developments in Chinese-Russian-Central Asian affairs.
China-Central Asia Monitor Aug 11, 2023
The president of Tajikistan, Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan pose for a photo at last week's Ashgabat summit. (Photo: Turkmenistan government website)

Turkmenistan: Party of three

Afghanistan's canal project is deepening anxieties on water security. This and more in this week's Akhal-Teke Bulletin.
Akhal-Teke: A Turkmenistan Bulletin Aug 8, 2023
Labor migrants are arriving in Russia in greater numbers since the start to the war in Ukraine. (Photo: Government media website)

Russia: Debts causing rise in illegal migration among Central Asians

Microfinance institutions are making matters worse by offering people in debt even more onerous loans.
Aug 5, 2023
An Afghan business delegation arriving in Astana on August 2. (Photo: Kazakhstan government website)

Kazakhstan signs $200 million in contracts with Afghanistan

Astana argues that dealing with the Taliban will be an investment in stability and sustainable development.
Almaz Kumenov Aug 5, 2023
Chief military prosecutors of China and Uzbekistan meet in Beijing in late July. (Photo: gov.uz)

Central Asia: China strives to shape Belt and Road-related media coverage

An update on recent developments in Chinese-Russian-Central Asian affairs.
China-Central Asia Monitor Aug 4, 2023

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