Is Turkmenistan prepared to shed hermit status?

It has become common of late to claim that this pathologically self-isolating nation is looking to engage more with the world. What is the evidence?

Roads like the one running from Aktau, in Kazakhstan, to Turkmenbashi, in Turkmenistan, will be key to European designs on developing the Trans-Caspian Transport Corridor.

Bagging an interview with a president is a coup for any journalist.

To get a sit-down with the leader of profoundly self-isolating Turkmenistan, though, that is something else.

The recen…