In anticipation of the presidential elections in Turkey (Türkiye) in May 2023 the Central Asia Barometer conducted a survey among 1500 respondents from Central Asia. The fieldwork took place in two phases, between...
The International Centre for Settlement of Investment Disputes, which operates under the World Bank Group, has rejected the claim of the Russian mobile operator MTS (Mobile TeleSystems) against the government of...
On 25 April 2023 UNICEF and the Ministry of Education of Turkmenistan discussed ways to strengthen the child care and family protection systems in Turkmenistan. Later in June representatives of the government, UNDP and...
The Office of the United States Trade Representative (USTR) published its 2023 Special 301 Report evaluating the state of intellectual property (IP) protection and enforcement in U.S. trading partners around the world...
Turkmenistan faces serious challenges with water availability and the country has finally started talking about these issues. On October 22, 2023 the Institute of International Relations of the Ministry of Foreign...
Business as usual will not help the people or the climate in Turkmenistan. In June 2023, several highly regarded international media outlets, including Bloomberg and the Guardian, reported ongoing negotiations between...
The book “Climate Change in Central Asia: Decarbonization, Energy Transition, and Climate Policy” (2023) gives an overview of climate change research in Central Asia, focusing on the impact on the region and...
The article Potential of Landsat 8 OLI for mapping and monitoring of soil salinity in an arid region: A case study in Dushak, Turkmenistan written in 2021 examines the effectiveness of remote sensing technology for...
In 2004 during Saparmurat Niyazov’s presidency Turkmenistan stopped recognizing foreign diplomas. During the two years leading up to it, 11,000 teachers and 15,000 healthcare staff had already been dismissed from their...
The Turkmenistan chapter in the article Christianity in South and Central Asia, written in 2019 by Barakatullo Ashurov of Harvard University, examines the role of Christianity in Turkmenistan and how it has evolved...
