Stories about Turkmenistan from April, 2007
Central Asia: The EU's New Plan
Near|Abroad discusses the European Union's new diplomacy plans for engaging Central Asia.
Central Asia: Old Photographs
Sue Sypko discusses how photographs taken by Russian Imperial and Soviet photographers communicate different meanings.
Tajikistan: Cultural Faux Pas or Nation Building?
No more golden teeth, mobile phones in lecture halls, hijabs, sexy clothes - and from now on even no more Russian name endings! What's behind Tajikistan's recent flurry of cultural legislation? Are we witnessing a reincarnation of Turkmenistan's deceased dictator Turkmenbashi or simply a young nation's right to self-determination? Bloggers from Central Asia and beyond offer their opinions.
Central Asia: Hot Air & the Aral
Bonnie Boyd writes that since 1991, there has been more hot air than progress on saving the Aral Sea.
Central Asia & Caucasus: Corporate Philanthropy
At neweurasia, Marianna argues that NGOs need to develop a culture of giving across Central Asia and the Caucasus to encourage local corporate support of the work that NGOs do.
Central Asia: Interview with a Scholar
neweurasia interviews well known American Central Asia scholar Martha Brill Olcott.
Central Asia: Climate Change
Bonnie Boyd reports on how climate change affects Central Asia.
Turkmenistan: Head of the People's Council
At neweurasia, Peter says that the selection of Turkmenistan's president as head of the Halk Maslahaty (People's Council) indicates that he is more powerful than was previously assumed.