By Rustam Muhamedov Muhamedov Rustam was a Spring 2021CAAFP Fellow. He is an independent researcher focusing on social-political and security developments in Turkmenistan and wider Central Asia. He is currently… Continue reading Facilitators of Societal Change? Exploring Educated-Abroad Youth’s Potential to Advance Gender Equality in Turkmenistan Through Civic Activism
Tag: Turkmenistan
Ground Truth: Local Views About The Taliban’s Return
An online discussion with Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty and Central Asia Program In the span of just a few days, the Taliban has reached the borders of Central Asia, having… Continue reading Ground Truth: Local Views About The Taliban’s Return
Cinema Club Film Screening: Daughter in law
Directed by Khodjakuli Narliev (Turkmenistan, 1972) A woman whose husband has been killed in WWII lives with her father-in-law in the desert. She cannot leave and go back to her family,… Continue reading Cinema Club Film Screening: Daughter in law
Turkmenistan: Domestic Evolution, Economic Development, and Regional Environment
9:00am Introductory Remarks Marlene Laruelle (CAP, IERES, GWU) 9:15am Session I. Governance Changes in Turkmenistan Chair: Marlene Laruelle (CAP, IERES, GWU) Myles Smith (IREX) Forget political will - Would good… Continue reading Turkmenistan: Domestic Evolution, Economic Development, and Regional Environment
Turkmenistan: Evolutions and Permanence
with Luca Anceschi, University of Glasgow Myles Smyth, IREX Sebastien Peyrouse, The George Washington University This roundtable explores the evolution of Berdymukhamedov’s Turkmenistan. The second president reoriented few aspects of the country’s previous policy, and… Continue reading Turkmenistan: Evolutions and Permanence
Second Turkmen Culture Club
Turkmenistan’s rich culture is less well-known than those great empires who contributed to it, but Turkmenistan has produced its own fascinating – though under-appreciated – art, music, literature, and cinema.… Continue reading Second Turkmen Culture Club
Environment, Human Rights and Oil Development in Turkmenistan
with Kate Watters, Co-Founder and Executive Director, Crude Accountability Kate Watters will discuss the links between environmental and human rights violations and oil and gas development in Turkmenistan, one of the world’s… Continue reading Environment, Human Rights and Oil Development in Turkmenistan
The Family Business: Turkmenistan Economy Starts to Look Like its Neighbors
with Myles Smith, Senior Program Officer and Assistant Managing Editor for the Media, Sustainability Index at IREX Turkmenistan’s business sector has evolved during the short reign of Gurbanguly Berdymukhammedov. What was once the province… Continue reading The Family Business: Turkmenistan Economy Starts to Look Like its Neighbors
First Turkmen Culture Club
Turkmenistan's rich culture is less well-known than those great empires who contributed to it, but Turkmenistan has produced its own fascinating - though under-appreciated - art, music, literature, and cinema.… Continue reading First Turkmen Culture Club
Turkmenistan and the Fight Against COVID-19 (Video)
Turkmenistan and the Fight Against COVID-19 July 6, 2020 Virtual event hosted by Central Asia Program at the Institute for European, Russian, and Eurasian studies at the George Washington University… Continue reading Turkmenistan and the Fight Against COVID-19 (Video)
Critical Review of the Digest “Turkmenistan: Changes and Stability under Berdymuhammedow”
By Hoşgeldi Bagtyýarow A Letter from a Reader: Critical Review of the Digest “Turkmenistan: Changes and Stability under Berdymuhammedov” (CAP edited volume) General Review At the outset, I want to convey… Continue reading Critical Review of the Digest “Turkmenistan: Changes and Stability under Berdymuhammedow”
Turkmenistan: Changes and Stability under Berdimuhamedow
Turkmenistan: Changes and Stability under Berdimuhamedow The most closed and understudied country in Central Asia, Turkmenistan has been facing profound evolutions since the death of its first president, Saparmurat Niyazov,… Continue reading Turkmenistan: Changes and Stability under Berdimuhamedow
How the Terrorism–Trafficking Nexus Has Shaped Security Apparatuses in Central Asia
By Lawrence P. Markowitz
Economic Smart Power: Utilizing The Untapped Asset Of Turkmen Youth
By Dursunjemal Halimova
Public and State Responses to ISIS Messaging: Turkmenistan
By Noah Tucker and Rano Turaeva
An Ideal Investor to Come: Diversification of the Energy Exports of Turkmenistan
By Nazik Muradova
Turkmenistan: Domestic Evolution, Economic Development, and Regional Environment
Central Asia Policy Brief No. 28, June 2015
Turkmenistan’s Export Crisis: Is TAPI the Answer?
By Luca Anceschi
Turkmenistan’s Neutrality in Post-Crimea Eurasia
Central Asia Policy Brief No. 17, October 2014 By Luca Anceschi A series of key structural factors is likely to prevent Turkmen foreign policy-makers from continuing in its business-as-usual approach. In October 2014 Gazprom… Continue reading Turkmenistan’s Neutrality in Post-Crimea Eurasia
Educational Reforms in Turkmenistan: Good Framework, Bad Content?
Central Asia Policy Brief No. 11, September 2013 By Slavomír Horák Turkmenistan’s education system has gone through considerable changes and shifts in the last few years, with ambiguous results. The extension of elementary as… Continue reading Educational Reforms in Turkmenistan: Good Framework, Bad Content?
The United Arab Emirates as an Alternative Trade and Investment Partner in Central Asia
Central Asia Economic Paper No. 5, November 2012 By Sebastien Peyrouse The UAE is now Turkmenistan’s fifth-largest trade partner. The UAE presents itself as an attractive alternative partner, offering low-interest loans with no… Continue reading The United Arab Emirates as an Alternative Trade and Investment Partner in Central Asia
