Serdar Berdimuhamedov

Although they don’t share a border, budding autocratic dynasties Turkmenistan and Tajikistan are close political neighbors.

An interview with the Turkmen Initiative for Human Rights’ Farid Tuhbatullin, who works to draw attention to the troubles in his homeland.

A year after assuming the presidency, Serdar Berdimuhamedov lives even deeper in the shadow of his father.

Who cares about a president when you have a new “national leader”?

This will be the younger Berdimuhamedov’s first visit to China as president of Turkmenistan. 

The world has changed profoundly since the last Central Asian Consultative Meeting, yet the new regional grouping carries on.

Four months into Serdar Berdimuhamedov’s presidency much remains the same, but there have been changes too.

Like father, like son: Serdar Berdimuhamedov made his first significant cabinet shuffle. The process remains as opaque as ever.

Although Islam has been a part of Turkmen culture for centuries, public practice of Islam was largely suppressed during the Soviet Union and in the early independence era, too.

What was the state of the Turkmen economy during Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov’s presidency?

Mere weeks after reappointing his father’s cabinet, the younger Berdimuhamedov has begun to make some personnel changes.

There’s a new Berdimuhamedov at the helm in Turkmenistan. What will the “son of the nation” do with the presidency?