A team of computer scientists from the University of Chicago and University of Maryland conducted the first ever large-scale research on internet censorship in Turkmenistan between 2021 and 2022. The paper is titled –...
Gender and women’s rights have always been a crucial part of policy making in Turkmenistan. In her article Cultural Parameters of Gender Policy Making in Contemporary Turkmenistan, written in 2005, Irina Liczek examines...
An article titled “Revealed: 1,000 super-emitting methane leaks risk triggering climate tipping points” published in the Guardian on March 6th, 2023 puts a spotlight on more than a 1,000 “super-emitter” sites that have...
In a recent paper published in TECTONICS, scientists present the findings of a joint Turkmenistan-UK project on the active tectonics of the territory of Turkmenistan. Tectonic relates to the structure of the...
Access Now, an organisation promoting digital rights of users at risk, recently published a report titled “Weapons of control, shields of impunity: Internet shutdowns in 2022.” It describes a growing trend of 187...
Central Asia Barometer (CAB) is a regional non-profit organization conducting public opinion surveys on social, economic, and political atmosphere in the countries of Central Asia. The Barometer runs the surveys twice a...
Serdar Berdimuhamedov became the president of Turkmenistan in March 2022. A year ago Progres laid out and shared with our readers the short-term priorities for his presidency that are feasible and measurable. Progres...
In his study, The Role of Party Interest Articulation in the Personalist-Authoritarian Regimes of the Central Asian Republics of Kazakhstan, Turkmenistan, and Tajikistan, published in 2020, Professor Rico Isaacs of the...
In their study Desire for children in Turkmenistan and Azerbaijan: son preference and perceived instrumentality for value satisfaction, published in 2001, Nuran Hortascu, Sharon S. Bastug, and Ovezdurdi B...
Turkmen students are increasingly pursuing higher education abroad, seeking to return to Turkmenistan afterwards. However, according to the study published in 2017, Labor market integration of returned educational...
