Alberto Turkstra.


Alberto Turkstra is a Central Asia expert and Project Manager at Diplomatic World, a Brussels-based quarterly magazine and think tank. Previously, he worked at the European Commission’s Directorate-General for Development Cooperation as Blue Book trainee and as cooperation officer for Turkmenistan, as well as at the European Institute for Asian Studies as junior researcher and later as programme coordinator.

12 June 2023

Urgency of green transition in the spotlight at the Astana International Forum

On June 8and 9, Kazakhstan’s capital assembled an impressive array of current and former government and industry leaders; policymakers; CEOs of multinational organizations; representatives from International […]
30 May 2022

Tajikistan tourism potential presented in Brussels

On May 18, a high-level forum was organised in Brussels by the Embassy of Tajikistan, Diplomatic World and Finnova Foundation on the theme of “Investing in […]
17 March 2022

Why Medeu and Shymbulak are Kazakhstan’s winter wonderland

Just a 45-minute drive from downtown Almaty, on the southern outskirts of Kazakhstan’s cultural and business hub, the Medeu skating rink (at 1,691 metres, the highest […]