Abstract
Turkmenistan's domestic politics remain in the shadow of a new round of the "Caspian gas game," which in the last two years has centered on this energy-rich country. However, the external actors have thus far achieved few concrete results.
A deeper look at the new regime in Turkmenistan makes evident the unpredictability of the regime, which arises very much from the personality of President Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov himself. His manners increasingly seem reminiscent of the policies of his predecessor, Saparmurat Niyazov.