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Turkmenistan's new president is continuing his father's traditions: Building white elephants, censoring the internet, and booting people out of their homes.

Serdar Berdymukhamedov has made his first consequential moves as Turkmenistan's president, offering hints of how he intends to rule.

China offers to help with defense, TAPI inches forward, and the old president asks for a vacation. This and more in our weekly Turkmenistan briefing.

The future shape of Sino-Turkmen cooperation is going to be one of Serdar Berdymukhamedov’s biggest challenges. This and more in our weekly briefing.

The dauphin becomes president. This and more in our weekly briefing.

International sanctions against Russia will provide some unanticipated upside developments for Turkmenistan. This and more in our weekly briefing.

The president-in-waiting plans to change nothing. This and more in our weekly Turkmenistan briefing.

The damage incurred to the Russian economy spells bad news for labor migrants earning rubles.

The regime is going to great lengths to make the March 12 election seem competitive, even though it is known already who will win.

The president-in-waiting is a notably dour character, unlike his stunt-loving father.

The presidential election on March 12 will see the current leader's son ushered into office.

In our weekly briefing: The Taliban visit Ashgabat, the dauphin is received by Uzbekistan’s president, and authorities tighten control after unrest in neighboring Kazakhstan.

Fresh succession talk, energy breakthroughs with Iran, eyeing Kazakhstan. Our weekly Turkmenistan briefing.

Turkmenistan needs food staples and energy-rich Kazakhstan is, surprisingly, short of gas. The mechanics of a deal and more in our weekly briefing.

Turkmenistan has a two-track plan to increase trade with the outside world. Our weekly briefing.