Scenarios about 'Saparmurat Niyazov'
Saparmurat Niyazov was the authoritarian ruler of Turkmenistan from 1985 until his death in 2006, first as Communist Party leader and then as president following independence from the Soviet Union. He established an extreme personality cult, renaming months after family members, erecting golden statues of himself, and implementing his book "Ruhnama" as mandatory reading, while isolating the nation and controlling all aspects of society through his eccentric dictatorship.
What If Ashgabat Implemented Different Gas Revenue Policies?
Exploring the alternate timeline where Turkmenistan pursued a resource management model similar to Norway, potentially transforming the isolated Central Asian nation into a regional economic powerhouse with greater political openness.