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· July, 2007

Stories about Turkmenistan from July, 2007

Central Asia: Expert interview

James of neweurasia interviews Central Asia specialist Dr. Eric McGlinchey – the topics of the long conversation include radical Islam, Russian influence, the regime in Uzbekistan, and Kyrgyzstan's development.

Written by Ben Paarmann
31 July 2007

Turkmenistan: 2021

Abdul Gamid asks his readers to think about Turkmenistan's future: “How will our country be in 2021?”.

Written by Ben Paarmann
25 July 2007

Turkmenistan: Travelogue

Joshua Kucera just visited Turkmenistan, which he entered rather smoothly from Azerbaijan. Josh visited a burning gas crater, the Museum of Fine Art in the capital Ashgabad, and had a...

Written by Ben Paarmann
20 July 2007

Central Asia: Evil ranking

BordersCA, a blog on borders in Central Asia, is reporting that Turkmenistan is slowly loosing its “Evil-Number-One” status to Uzbekistan. A sign of this are the small, yet continuous changes...

Written by Ben Paarmann
16 July 2007

Central Asia: Clash of opinion

Josh Foust engages in an extremely interesting discussion with an Uzbek journalist (working for a Russian news agency) about Western promotion of democracy in Central Asia.

Written by Ben Paarmann
14 July 2007

Turkmenistan: Heroin addiction

Bonnie Boyd says that Turkmenistan's HIV addiction rates are phenomenally high and that it would be sign of strength not weakness to collaborate with the outside world.

Written by Ben Paarmann
11 July 2007

Central Asia: Ask the expert

James of neweurasia asks regional expert Dr. Johannes Linn about economic development, regional geopolitics, human rights, and development prospects for Kazakhstan, Tajikistan and Turkmenistan.

Written by Ben Paarmann
3 July 2007

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