Ashgabat has great confidence these days in its Europe-bound exports. Plus, a mysterious tragedy on the Afghan border. Our weekly Turkmenistan briefing.
The country has developed rapidly based on oil and gas revenues. But a new report says Azerbaijan risks potential shocks if it continues to depend so heavily on hydrocarbons.
Kazakhs unable to travel abroad are discovering their country is full of nice places to vacation. But what’s good for the local economy is not always good for nature.
The country will get a billion more euros than Brussels originally promised. Yerevan is connecting the windfall to the successful conduct of last month’s elections.
The country has been without a national airline since 2013, when the last one went bankrupt. Many argued that not having one was a national security risk.
In many former Soviet states, corruption is not simply a matter of individual officials abusing public power for private gain but, rather, an organizing principle of governance.
