Turkmenistan

EBRD cuts 2025 growth forecasts citing tariffs and global uncertainty

Clare Nuttall in Glasgow May 13, 2025

Development bank lowers forecasts for Emerging Europe, Central Asia and North Africa as slowdowns in Germany and China take their toll.

MOSCOW BLOG: A muted V-day parade on Red Square

Ben Aris in Berlin May 10, 2025

I have just been watching the Victory Day parade on Red Square. A few observations.

Turkmen leader touts trade and investment during French trip

Eurasianet May 8, 2025

Offering confirmation that Ashgabat is ready to do business with Western firms.

Looking at ramifications of China’s shifting energy usage patterns on Central Asia

Eurasianet May 7, 2025

Renewables are up, fossil fuels down.

Post-war order teetering – rights watchdog

Eurasianet May 5, 2025

Eurasia “at forefront” of assault on individual freedoms.

After Samarkand summit, Europe’s quest for Central Asian resources meets reality

Alexander Thompson for Eurasianet May 2, 2025

Playing long game for rare earths.

Caspian Sea may become next Aral, but who is to blame?

Nizom Khodjayev in Astana April 30, 2025

Some forecasting even indicates the decline of the body of water could pose a threat to the shipping section of the rapidly expanding Middle Corridor transit route.

Turkey’s foreign policy falling apart on all fronts, writes shadow minister

bne IntelliNews April 27, 2025

Ankara took a slap to the chops as Turkic Central Asian states inked an investment-linked deal on relations with Brussels that pointedly included no recognition of the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus.

COMMENT: Embracing “Greater Central Asia” has become a strategic imperative for US

bne Central Asia bureau April 27, 2025

Wider region increasingly seen as arena in which major powers’ interests, such as in sourcing critical minerals, collide and converge.

Turkmenistan to introduce simplified procedures for obtaining visas

Eurasianet April 22, 2025

New rules seen as part of wider opening to trade opportunities.

URUS-ClearPic: The Big Four of US, China, Russia and Europe vie for investment in Central Asia

John Alam of Urus Advisory, Alexander Teddy Managing Director of Urus Advisory April 22, 2025

Historically, it is the ultimate crossroads between Europe, the Middle East, South Asia and East Asia – and the central component for most of the Silk Road. Now the Central Asian countries find themselves caught between the Big Four.

PANNIER: Turkmenistan follows the rise and rise of Arkadag’s eldest daughter Oguljahan Atabayeva

Bruce Pannier April 14, 2025

Rate of ascent appears to make her odds-on for speaker of parliament role.

Tajikistan: Rogun Dam project going under microscope

Eurasianet April 12, 2025

World Bank’s financing role facing scrutiny.

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