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As Baku rejects French involvement in peace talks, the leaders of Georgia and Azerbaijan seem to agree that the countries of the South Caucasus should "address regional issues themselves."

The Franklin Club has resumed its lecture series, and in the coming months, it aims to launch a public outreach campaign and voter registration drive.

“They try to silence opposing voices”

Expansion of the Southern Gas Corridor pipelines carrying Azerbaijani gas to Europe is on hold pending confirmation that Europe will buy the gas. Baku's offensive to retake Nagorno-Karabakh could further complicate things.

The government says the president spurned the constitution by failing to get its consent for her Europe trip.

Words of encouragement came from the European Council President as fears mounted in Tbilisi of being left out of enlargement.

Ashgabat’s shifting position opens the way for expansion of natural gas supplies to Europe.

The figurehead president warned that denying EU membership candidate status would embolden Russia and empower the already-ascendant forces of illiberalism in Georgia.

Yerevan and Baku have fundamental disagreements about how the rights and security of Karabakh’s Armenian population should be guaranteed. Observers are pessimistic that they can be bridged.

The EU mediator said progress was made towards a final agreement.

Georgian Dream derides “pseudo-liberals” as it withdraws from a European political alliance.

Abdullo Shamsiddin’s supporters have said his apparent crime was to “like” a post on social media.

Before her visit, the top diplomat spoke about "attempts to divert the country from its pro-European course."

Kazakh traders have been helping fill Russian demand for high-tech consumer goods and other items hard to obtain under Western sanctions.

It was unclear on whose behalf the former secretary general, Anders Fogh Rasmussen, was visiting, and what it portended for Armenia’s geopolitical orientation.

Many see the adoption of Georgia's "foreign agent" legislation as a definitive geopolitical turn away from the West.

Georgia's ruling party cites the U.S. in defense of its controversial bills on foreign agents, but critics argue the nation is learning from the worst.

The bills have met strong opposition from various social and professional groups in Georgia.

Azerbaijan has identified a special representative to talk to the Armenians of Karabakh.

The parliamentary majority is proceeding with two alternative bills as resistance grows both at home and abroad.

Moscow sees the unarmed civilian mission as an attempt to undermine Russia’s position in the South Caucasus.

Baku does not normally release such detailed information on the destination of its crude oil exports.

The bill comes from a group that has been questioning Georgia's EU integration, citing the banking troubles of ruling party founder Ivanishvili.

Yet the final decision will depend on the 27 member states and their individual considerations.

The court rejected Saakashvili's bid to get his jail sentence deferred on health grounds.