Will Turkmenistan Join the World Trade Organization?
June 3rd, 2022
Courtesy of The Diplomat, a report on Turkmenistan’s WTO ambitions: In November 2021, Turkmenistan formally applied to become a full member of the World Trade Organization (WTO). WTO membership can potentially generate higher economic growth and larger volumes of trade for Turkmenistan, which struggles to diversify its economy. Of the five Central Asian states, three are already […]
Read more »Central Asian Economies Don’t Need Russia
May 19th, 2022
Via East Asia Forum, an article on Central Asian economies: In 1991, the five Central Asian economies were republics of the Soviet Union, with trade and transport oriented towards Russia. Over three decades of independence, Kazakhstan, the Kyrgyz Republic, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan have built railways, roads and pipelines to the east and south and […]
Read more »Middle Corridor: Potential Alternative to Russian Railways?
April 25th, 2022
Via Jamestown Foundation, an article on the Middle Corridor as a potential alternative to Russian transit: The Russo-Ukrainian war has cast doubt on the sustainability of the Chinese Belt and Road Initiative’s (BRI) “Northern Corridor” because of mounting Western sanctions on this overland route’s key links—Russia and Belarus (see EDM, April 8, 18). The growing vulnerability of […]
Read more »TAPI’ng Out?
April 14th, 2022
Via The Diplomat, commentary that the Turkmenistan-Afghanistan-Pakistan-India (TAPI) pipeline project seems to have far more going against it than pushing in its favor: India has restarted efforts to revive the much-delayed Turkmenistan-Afghanistan-Pakistan-India (TAPI) pipeline project. The pipeline was discussed during a recent three-day state visit to Turkmenistan by Indian President Shri Ram Nath Kovind. TAPI remains […]
Read more »Turkmenistan Eyes Wind Power Potential
February 2nd, 2022
Via Silk Road Briefing, an article on Turkmenistan’s wind power potential: Western Turkmenistan has very favorable conditions for the development of wind energy, according to regional power technology expert Serdar Mametniyazov, in an article in the Neutral Turkmenistan newspaper. He said the average wind speed in this area, is 5–8 meters per second at a height of […]
Read more »TAPI: ‘Project To Begin In Near Future’
January 30th, 2022
Via The Frontier Post, an article on the TAPI project: The Islamic Emirate says that the practical work of the TAPI project will begin in the near future and all the preliminary work has been prepared for its implementation. Bilal Karimi, the deputy spokesman for the Islamic Emirate, said that work on the security and […]
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