Hi Turkmenistan·Oct 30The Short Walk Between Bukhara and the KarakumWhat it’s like to cross from Uzbekistan into Turkmenistan by land, and how the new e-visa changes the day
Hi Turkmenistan·Oct 28Five Days, One Burning Crater and a City of MarbleHow a short trip through Turkmenistan runs, from a 2 a.m. arrival in Ashgabat to a night beside the Darvaza crater and the ruined cities of…
Hi Turkmenistan·Oct 26The Bread You Must Never Turn Upside DownFifteen dishes from Turkmenistan, from tamdyr-baked chorek to fire-baked ichlekli, and the bazaars, desert camps and family tables where…
The Central Asian Pipeline·Oct 21Turkmenistan's TAPI pipeline restarts while china soaks up its gasAshgabat wants a southern exit to India, but the 1,814 km line through Afghanistan has been "nearly complete" for years and carries no gas.
Hi Turkmenistan·Oct 19Nobody Knows Who Lit Turkmenistan’s Gas Crater. Satellites Have a Clue.A night at the Darvaza “Door to Hell,” the origin story that keeps changing, and why the fire looks smaller than in the photos you’ve seen
The Geopolitical Crucible·Sep 1Turkmenistan's cheap gas lets china veto power of siberia 2Beijing buys Turkmen gas at roughly $200 per thousand cubic metres, giving Xi Jinping leverage to stall Moscow's 50-billion-cubic-metre…
The Central Asian Pipeline·Aug 20China's central asia gas corridor becomes hormuz insurance policyWith 55 billion cubic meters of annual capacity, the Central Asia–China pipeline network gives Beijing a land-based alternative to Gulf LNG…
Dan Marshall-Singh·Dec 30, 2025White Marble and Absolute Power: Inside Ashgabat and the Cult of Gurbanguly BerdimuhamedowA Capital Dressed in White
Jacob C. Lucé·Sep 12, 2025As Shadows Fall: Why Central Asia’s Leaders Must Look Beyond MoscowAs the war in Ukraine exposes Russia, the leaders of Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, Turkmenistan, and Kyrgyzstan face a historic choice.
