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Afghanistan-Turkmenistan border
![Turkmenistan’s Afghanistan Policy: Balancing Risks and Untapped Opportunities Turkmenistan’s Afghanistan Policy: Balancing Risks and Untapped Opportunities](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat_2024-04-23-130444.jpg)
Turkmenistan’s Afghanistan Policy: Balancing Risks and Untapped Opportunities
By Eldaniz Gusseinov
Ashgabat has a delicate balance to maintain between hewing to its traditional neutrality and mitigating potential threats from Afghanistan.
![Turkmenistan Still Persists in COVID Denial Turkmenistan Still Persists in COVID Denial](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat_2016-11-22_14-56-03.jpg)
Turkmenistan Still Persists in COVID Denial
By Catherine Putz
ASAP or maybe never: In August, the WHO wanted to visit Turkmenistan ASAP to test suspected COVID-19 samples. To date, no new mission has taken place.
![Turkmenistan and Gazprom Settle 5-Year Gas Deal Turkmenistan and Gazprom Settle 5-Year Gas Deal](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat_2016-11-22_14-56-03.jpg)
Turkmenistan and Gazprom Settle 5-Year Gas Deal
By Catherine Putz
Ashgabat is likely happy to have Russia back as a customer, no matter the price.
![How Concerned Is Turkmenistan About Its Afghan Border? How Concerned Is Turkmenistan About Its Afghan Border?](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat-4537825.jpg)
How Concerned Is Turkmenistan About Its Afghan Border?
By Catherine Putz
A reported drive to register men under 50 for the army reserves hints at underlying concern about the border.
![Russia's Security Inroads With Turkmenistan Russia's Security Inroads With Turkmenistan](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat-russia-turkmenistan.jpg)
Russia's Security Inroads With Turkmenistan
By Samuel Ramani
Beyond economic relations, Moscow and Ashgabat are increasingly seeking security cooperation.
![Vanity Without Borders: How Central Asian Despots Manipulate the International Press Vanity Without Borders: How Central Asian Despots Manipulate the International Press](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat.com-gurbanguly-rambo.jpg)
Vanity Without Borders: How Central Asian Despots Manipulate the International Press
By Bradley Jardine
Global coverage of Turkmenistan shows the power of personality cults to set agendas far beyond national boundaries.
![Discussing Dictators and Nuclear Fallout in Central Asia Discussing Dictators and Nuclear Fallout in Central Asia](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat_2017-03-31_20-13-55.jpg)
Discussing Dictators and Nuclear Fallout in Central Asia
By Catherine Putz
A detailed look at the Afghan border, a discussion of dictators, and a secret report on Semipalatinsk; recommended reads.
![All Quiet on the Turkmen Front? All Quiet on the Turkmen Front?](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat_2017-03-10_16-00-12.jpg)
All Quiet on the Turkmen Front?
By Catherine Putz
What is happening on the border? It's decidedly more than nothing.
![The Turkmenistan-Afghanistan-Tajikistan Railway The Turkmenistan-Afghanistan-Tajikistan Railway](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat_2016-12-09_13-48-38.jpg)
The Turkmenistan-Afghanistan-Tajikistan Railway
By Shoaib Ahmad Rahim
The largely-unheralded railroad could be the key to restoring Afghanistan's role as a regional hub.
![Russian Defense Minister Visits Kazakhstan and Turkmenistan Russian Defense Minister Visits Kazakhstan and Turkmenistan](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat_2015-10-26_13-23-15.jpg)
Russian Defense Minister Visits Kazakhstan and Turkmenistan
By Catherine Putz
Sergei Shoigu embodies Moscow's concerns about whether Central Asia can manage security, internally and on its periphery.
![Has Iran Finally Found a Security Partner in Central Asia? Has Iran Finally Found a Security Partner in Central Asia?](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat_2016-05-19_12-46-21.jpg)
Has Iran Finally Found a Security Partner in Central Asia?
By Samuel Ramani
Warming security ties between Iran and Turkmenistan could have long-lasting implications.
![What Happens During Turkmen Military Drills? What Happens During Turkmen Military Drills?](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat_2015-09-21_00-06-12.jpg)
What Happens During Turkmen Military Drills?
By Catherine Putz
Also, the plight of Tajik afgantsy, US-Uzbek relations and fighting stereotypes in Kazakhstan. Recommended reads.
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