Turkmenistan
Turkmenistan: Tokyo story
Turkmenistan sees Japan as an important source of technical knowhow and investment, and the enthusiasm is mutual. Eurasianet’s weekly briefing.
Climate change is shortening Central Asia’s growing season – study
It’s bad news for plans to expand farming, but even worse for herders.
Turkmenistan: Going for gold
Ashgabat has great confidence these days in its Europe-bound exports. Plus, a mysterious tragedy on the Afghan border. Eurasianet's weekly Turkmenistan briefing.
Russia shows tentative willingness to let US use Central Asia bases
Moscow wants to heavily constrain Washington's scope for action, however.
