I may have had a slight geek-out with the Almaty metro today, visiting all the stations (there’s only 7 at present) to see what they looked like. It was worth it, I reckon. London might …

Via the Central Eurasian Studies Society mailing list:
Have you written a research paper on the country of Turkmenistan?

Friends of Turkmenistan, an affiliate of the National Peace Corps Association, is seeking academic papers relevant …

The Western mainstream media are not exactly known for their comprehensive, well-informed and balanced reporting of events in many parts of the world, and, unsurprisingly, stories from Turkmenistan are no exception; there’s got to be …

Finally, after a slight delay for unavoidable technical reasons, I am delighted to announce the results of neweurasia‘s Best Central Asian Blog 2007 competition.
There were some extremely good blogs in the competition and judging was …

Happily, it came to my attention that a new blog about Kyrgyzstan and Central Asia more generally, Nomadistan, came online last week.
The Nomads (as I’m christening them) include locals and foreigners, who are united by …

Hot on the heels of Turkmenistan’s self-proclaimed international reputation make-over comes news that Turkmenistan is sending humanitarian aid to Afghanistan.
According to the Journal of Turkish Weekly,
The friendship caravan, put together by the government and people …

Former Turkmen President Saparmurat Niyazov was not known for his love of external foreign influences, and his reign saw the republic isolated not only politically but also increasingly culturally, as Turkmenbashi sought to distill the …

[inspic=80,left,,180]Certainly the notion of the Russian Gazprom seeking to gain a stake in Kyrgyzgaz is likely to be seen as a further sign of Russia’s supposedly agressive energy politics, as suggested by the title of …

Following on from Sweco’s tongue-in-cheek conclusion that it’s time for Santa Claus to up sticks from Lapland and move to Kyrgyzstan, the Kyrgyz Tourist Board is capitalising on this arguably apolitical claim to fame: They’ve …

Way back in 2005, one of the “black PR” tricks that were launched on anti-Akaev groups such as Kel-Kel was having their websites cloned to discredit the organisations.
Seems like someone’s trying a similar trick on …