You asked, we answered. Here are your questions regarding think tanks and their work. Plus, we tell you about Progres Foundation, the Turkmen think tank, and why we do what we do. What is a “think tank”? A think tank is...
November 2023: Palaw costs decline by 15%. Continued downtrend observed in sunflower oil prices. In the month of November 2023, Ashgabat experienced a notable drop in the average cost of palaw preparation, reaching 68.7...
On January 17, during its first session in 2024 the European Parliament is expected to vote on a draft resolution on the EU strategy for Central Asia. The draft resolution, in particular: expresses concern about...
Global Firepower (GFP) ranks 145 countries by their military strengths across land, sea, and air. It uses over 60 individual factors to determine a given country’s PowerIndex score with categories ranging from quantity...
After two years of consideration and much media spotlight, Turkmenistan has finally joined the Global Methane Pledge at COP28 in Dubai in December 2023. First time, Serdar Berdimuhamedov, then the vice-premier, had...
Date: December 27, 2024 Document: Right to Abortion, Turkmenistan CEDAW Final.pdf Country: Turkmenistan Issues: Women’s Rights Mechanism: UN Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women Report...
Date: December 29, 2023 Document: Turkmenistan’s Compliance with the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women: Lack of Domestic Violence Protection for Women and Girls.pdf Document:...
The number of Turkmen citizens applying for the Green Card has increased by 5.7 times from 2013 to 2022. Diversity Immigrant Visa Program (Green Card Lottery) is a program for citizens of foreign countries to obtain the...
The International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC) published its mid-year January – June 2023 report for Turkmenistan. While the report summarizes the progress achieved by the Red Cross Society...
USAID, the Smithsonian Institution and the United States Department of Commerce’s Commercial Law Development Program collaborated to create the “Lookbook of Central Asian Women Artisans.” The book aims to...
