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Reducing transit times, cutting transport costs and hurting the Kremlin’s bottom line.

Economic necessity is the mother of diversification.

Aliyev ratifies agreement to modernize North-South corridor.

The Kremlin bows to Tehran’s wishes.

With swap deal bogging down, Turkey looks for alternatives.

Tehran and Yerevan deny, while Baku cries “fake news.”

Outreach campaign shifts into top gear.

Russian trade with Iran and India catalyzes first-quarter growth.

Are tighter ties with Tehran part of a geopolitical pivot?

Raisi-Aliyev meeting marked expanding era of bilateral pragmatism.

The Israel factor looms large for Tehran.

Moderization enabling five-fold increase in EU-bound freight.

Azerbaijan making green energy push ahead of global climate conference.

Too early to tell whether Yerevan is chasing a cash cow or unicorn.

Baku positioned to benefit from growing Iranian-Russian trade.

Azerbaijan’s strategic relationship with Israel is a stumbling block.

New arrangements could be vulnerable to Western sanctions.

A former US Caspian energy envoy recalls the ups and downs of getting a key post-Soviet energy export route built.

Turkmen officials deny women's rights are trampled, but evidence suggests otherwise. Iran is making overtures. This and more in this week's Akhal-Teke Bulletin.

Armenia is eager to develop ties with all countries in its bid to reduce its dependence on Russia. But with Iran, things are complicated.

President Ebrahim Raisi lashed out at the legacy of the U.S. presence in Afghanistan.

Unlike in Arab nations that have relations with Israel, there is no strong domestic pressure in Azerbaijan to take a harder line against the Jewish state.

The two countries, whose relations have long been strained, are now working together on a transit corridor and discussing normalizing their relations.

An unusual constellation of outside players taking shape.

Internet blockages not about censorship but money, regional trade dialogue, and more in this week's Akhal-Teke Bulletin.