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Hands up if you think you are running Turkmenistan: Former President Gurbanguly Berdymukhamedov, left, standing alongside the incumbent president, his son, Serdar, at a session of the Halk Maslahaty on September 24. (Photo: Turkmenistan state media)

Turkmenistan: What Serdar does in the shadows

Russian diplomacy and Turkmenistan's evolving foreign relations amidst president Berdymukhamedov’s growing influence. And more in this week's Akhal-Teke Bulletin.
Akhal-Teke: A Turkmenistan Bulletin Sep 27, 2023
Pan Yue (right), the head of China’s State Committee for Nationalities Affairs, and Aida Balayeva, Kazakhstan’s Minister of Culture, hold copies of a memorandum of understanding on cooperation between their agencies signed on September 18. (Photo: gov.kz)

Xinjiang crackdown downplayed during Chinese nationalities rep’s visit to Kazakhstan

An update on recent developments in Chinese-Central Asian affairs.
China-Central Asia Monitor Sep 22, 2023
Missing out: All the Central Asia presidents minus one, Kyrgyzstan's Sadyr Japarov, seen in Dushanbe last week. (Photo: Tajik presidential press service)

EurasiaChat: Speaking truth to (and about) power

Kyrgyzstan's Media Struggles, Electricity Woes, and Uzbekistan's Religious Discourse.
EurasiaChat, Alisher Khamidov, Aigerim Toleukhanova, Peter Leonard 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
A train leaves China’s Zhangjiakou for Uzbekistan’s Tashkent on August 29. In late August, PRC opened two new freight rail routes to Uzbekistan as part of an effort to expand Europe-bound export route options. (Photo: Xinhua)

China mobilizing Central Asia’s support on Taiwan issue

An update on recent developments in Chinese-Central Asian affairs.
China-Central Asia Monitor Sep 8, 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
Kok-boru match before things went south. (Photo: Kyrgyz presidential administration)

EurasiaChat: The rough with the smooth in Kyrgyzstan

How a bike ride showed the depth of Kyrgyz hospitality, and the places where tensions persist nevertheless. This and more in the latest EurasiaChat podcast.
Alisher Khamidov, Peter Leonard, Aigerim Toleukhanova, EurasiaChat Sep 4, 2023
The opening ceremony of a representative office of Kyrgyz Post in Kashgar. (Photo: gov.kg)

Kyrgyzstan: Kyrgyz Post opens representative office in Xinjiang Province

Official say they want to promote e-commerce.
Justin Burke Sep 4, 2023
Kazakhstan unveiled prototypes of four different drone models produced in cooperation with China. (Photo: Ratel.kz)

Central Asia: Could Kazakh-Chinese joint venture export drones to Russia?

Our weekly update on recent developments in Chinese-Russian-Central Asian affairs.
China-Central Asia Monitor Aug 30, 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
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

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