Turkmenistan: The Faltering Oil State Alexander Cooley, “Turkmenistan: The Faltering Oil State,” in Holding the Course: Annual Survey of Eastern Europe and the Former Soviet Union, 1998, edited by Peter Rutland. Armonk, New York: The East-West Institute and M.E. Sharpe, 1999. Buy Book invited chapterAlexander CooleyMay 1, 2019 Facebook0 Twitter Pinterest0 0 Likes