Turkmenistan occupies a distinctive position in Central Asia. Bordered by the Caspian Sea and surrounded by major regional ...

The return of the Taliban in Kabul looked fatal for the fortunes of Turkmenistan’s dream to build a trans-Afghan natural gas pipeline. With an internationally proscribed militant group in charge of ...

Turkmenistan's status as an Islamic state also affects Turkmenistan's relations with Iran and Saudi Arabia. Although in need of the foreign aid and developmental opportunities offered by these ...

Turkmenistan, one of the world’s most isolated nations, officially legalized mining and exchanging cryptocurrency on Thursday in a major shift for the country's tightly controlled, gas-dependent ...

The government in Turkmenistan has plans to make the country tobacco-free by 2025. While Turkmen citizens don't doubt the immense health benefits of the initiative, critics slam the repressive methods ...

Since Ebrahim Raisi became Iran’s president, Tehran has pursued a “Neighbors First” foreign policy strategy. With the Islamic Republic under continued Western sanctions and other forms of pressure, ...

Turkmenistan is the southernmost republic of the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS), the loose federation created at the end of 1991 by most of the post-Soviet states. Its longest border is with ...

Turkmenistan was repeatedly invoked – and in a pejorative way – as voting in Russia’s presidential election closed over the weekend. With his 87.3 percent of the vote, President Vladimir Putin has now ...

Turkmenistan's negotiations with Turkey for a gas swap deal have stalled, casting doubt on Turkmenistan's reliability as a gas exporter. Turkmenistan's high gas prices and inconsistent deal-making ...