Sean Roberts lists reforms proposed by the front-runner to become Turkmenistan's next president. Roberts analyzes why the next president will be under pressure to reform, why he will need engagement from the West, and why the US should support reforms.
Misha reflects on the problems of water management in Central Asia against the background of the news about glacial retreat in Kyrgyzstan.
Sanjar shares his idea of creating opprtunities for market linkages between small entrepreneurs, shopkeepers, sellers and businesses in Afghanistan via the use of mobile technologies.
Serqqizi's Photo-Weblog posts photographs of the anti-government Why? youth movement in Tbilisi, Georgia.
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