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...
In an article titled “Examining U.S. Relations With Authoritarian Countries” authors Thomas Carothers and Benjamin Feldman examine 58 undemocratic countries and categorize them into four groups depending on their...
As discussed in “Central Asian Trade Corridor Gains Interest Amid Regional Tensions” by Voice of America (VOA) from December 8, 2023, Central Asia is becoming an alternative pathway to Russia dominated trade routes. The...
Water is receding in all Central Asian countries. A research by Dr. Eric Rudenshiold from the Caspian Policy Center titled “Is it too late to save Central Asia? The crisis is already here” reveals existential threat...
The United Nations has updated the data on land degradation and desertification across the world, which was presented and discussed at a summit in Samarkand, Uzbekistan on November 13-17, 2023. According to the latest...
Salaries in Turkmenistan are set to increase by 10% starting from January 1, 2024 according to President Serdar Berdimuhamedov’s decree. This once a year, regularly planned raise will include salaries of the...
An article by Crude Accountability titled “The Middle Corridor: Repeating Colonial Practices of Prioritizing Profit Over People in Central Asia” brings attention to various concerns linked to the Middle...
The price of sunflower oil continues a downward trend. In October 2023, the average price for preparing palaw in Ashgabat stood at 68.2 Turkmen manat, showcasing a significant 19.2% decrease from the same month in 2022...
Two authors from Uzbekistan, Rustamjon Urinboyev and Sherzod Eraliev recently published a book titled: The Political Economy of Non-Western Migration Regimes: Central Asian Migrant Workers in Russia and Turkey. The book...
