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Letters from Washington, cybersecurity cooperation with China, and negotiating with a bankrupt Taliban. This and more in our weekly briefing.

That sets them apart from Afghanistan’s other post-Soviet neighbor, Tajikistan.

With the Taliban at the border, the president heads in the other direction to oversee defense operations on the Caspian Sea. Our weekly Turkmenistan briefing.

The Taliban has assured the region’s governments that it has no designs on them, but can it keep more hostile groups in check?

That Central Asia's presidents seemed to enjoy themselves together was itself a breakthrough. This and more in our weekly Turkmenistan briefing.

The president’s latest stunt highlights how Turkmenistan is increasingly devoted to military aviation acquisitions from Italy. Our weekly briefing.

Ashgabat has great confidence these days in its Europe-bound exports. Plus, a mysterious tragedy on the Afghan border. Our weekly Turkmenistan briefing.

Will Turkmenistan come to Kyrgyzstan’s rescue?

Protesting artists chose the visit of their better-paid Russian colleagues to make their point.

The president seems troubled by the well-documented shortage of hard currency. This and more in our weekly briefing.

The losses to tax revenues will hit the de facto Nagorno-Karabakh government even harder than Yerevan.

The state has set up three “voluntary” funds for Azerbaijanis to cover post-war needs. But widespread reports suggest that people are being forced to contribute.

Ashgabat may hope expending energy to attain international respectability will improve its chances of tapping global financial institutions for investment.

The mood in Baku is triumphal but it’s heavy and vengeful rather than joyous.

Acting President Japarov came to power on the crest of rallies, but will he know how to deal with them as leader?