Turkmenistan

Turkmen soldier next to Arch of Neutrality

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Turkmenistan's Arch of Neutrality

Turkmenistan: Setting the Turkmenbashi Aside

May 6, 2008 2009 GMT

Turkmenistan is emerging from decades of isolation and idiosyncrasy. To take advantage of its position and resources, it needs a modern legal structure and it needs to choose a geopolitical ally. [more]

Situation Reports

Azerbaijan, Turkmenistan: Summit Talks Begin

May 19, 2008 1342 GMT

Iran: Natural Gas Imports From Turkmenistan To Resume

May 5, 2008 1455 GMT

Turkmenistan: Unified Currency Exchange Rate Takes Effect

May 1, 2008 1421 GMT

South Korea: Han To Visit Central Asia

May 1, 2008 1210 GMT

India, Pakistan: Will Buy Natural Gas From Turkmenistan

April 25, 2008 1224 GMT

More Situation Reports

Turkmenistan: Exporting Gas to a Dependent Iran

May 5, 2008 1913 GMT

Turkmenistan plans to increase its natural gas exports to Iran by nearly a third. [more]

Central Asia: Changing the Writing on the Wall?

April 30, 2008 2006 GMT

The five Central Asian states are debating switching from the Cyrillic to the Latin alphabet in an attempt to end their relative isolation and loosen their ties to Russia. [more]

Turkmen President Gurbanguly Berdimukhammedov

Turkmenistan: A Look Inside the Turkmen Toolbox

April 28, 2008 2223 GMT

The previously isolated Turkmenistan is beginning to act on the international stage and has several levers it can use in managing international affairs.(With Stratfor map) [more]

Turkmenistan: Learning to Use Leverage

April 24, 2008 1736 GMT

Turkmenistan is learning to use its natural gas supply as leverage on the international scene -- a scene the country largely has avoided until now. [more]