The Global Firepower (GFP) ranking evaluates 145 countries based on over 60 factors, including military capacity, financial resources, logistics, natural resources, and geography. The ranking balances smaller...
During a presentation at an international conference on Eurasian studies, where I discussed Turkmenistan’s media landscape, I was asked a thought-provoking question: what is the significance of the ritual ýüzüňe sylmak...
Climate change and reduced water inflow from Volga River have caused the Caspian Sea level to drop by more than two meters since the mid-1990s. This article presents key points raised in the recent articles by Clément...
Date: 29 November 2024 View and Download Report: Turkmenistan – CESCR – Women’s Rights – February 2025, PDF Country: Turkmenistan Issues: Gender based Violence, Women’s Rights, Access to Safe...
On December 17, 2024 the State Statistics Committee of Turkmenistan finally published the detailed results of the complete population and housing census of 2022. It includes 11 chapters with graphical images that...
December 2024: Palaw Preparation Costs Increased by 2.9%. In December 2024, the average cost of preparing palaw in Ashgabat, Turkmenistan, rose to 61.7 Turkmen manat, reflecting a 2.9% increase from 60.0 manat in...
Date: 28 November 2024 Report: Turkmenistan Internet shutdowns impact development, PDF Country: Turkmenistan Issues: Access to the Internet, right to education, healthy life, scientific progress ...
Turkmenistan’s compliance with the International Covenant on Economic, Social, and Cultural Rights (ICESCR) will be reviewed during the 77th session of the Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (CESCR)...
What does it take to visit Turkmenistan? Turkmenistan’s strict visa policies, including mandatory letter of invitation, bureaucratic delays, and limited travel flexibility, create significant barriers for both tourists...
The Infernal Library: On Dictators, the Books They Wrote, and Other Catastrophes of Literacy by Daniel Kalder. A darkly humorous tour of “dictator literature” in the twentieth century, featuring the soul-killing prose...
