Turkmenistan

As a new school year opens, students in Uzbekistan and Turkmenistan are in for more bitter lessons in propaganda, corruption, and time-wasting.

No longer tied exclusively to Russian contracts, Turkmenistan continues to expand its customer base for gas and oil supplies. From EurasiaNet.

A decentralized whistle-blower group like WikiLeaks could be the best hope to shed light on the secretive dealings of Central Asian governments.

For years, the Pentagon paid airport fees to Turkmenistan that it should not have paid. How much was paid and how it was used remain open questions. From EurasiaNet.

A new book can’t praise enough the extraordinary accomplishments of Turkmenistan’s president. From openDemocracy.

Turkmenistan’s health system is opaque, inadequate, and downright dangerous, an independent medical group warns.

Tremendous crowding and shortages in Turkmen prisons mean that too many who go in never come out.

Turkmenistan wants to attract more foreign investment, but it’s still a place best suited to thrill-seekers.

With energy revenues at stake, once-isolated Turkmenistan opens up to an old foe across the border.

Turkmenistan's president has the opportunity to create a modern educational system. The indications are that he won’t seize it.