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Baku forcing the West to make a clear choice.

Casting the US and EU as agents of instability.

One returnee said he had spent $10,000 on making the trip.

The president says his foreign-funded NGO critics are thieving money-grabbers.

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

Kazakhstan proving more adept at dodging blame than Kyrgyzstan.

The apparent easing of U.S.-Azerbaijani tensions has done nothing to slow the wave of arrests that began amid a state media campaign signaling a hunt for "U.S. spies."

The Azerbaijani president described the visit a "positive step." Elsewhere on the same day, he warned that arming Armenia could trigger another war.

The U.S. embassy canceled a gala event in Baku for alumni of American universities after a pro-government website called its invitees "agents."

Azerbaijan has been ratcheting up its criticism of Western mediators in the peace talks with Armenia, accusing them of bias in favor of Yerevan.

Armenia has broken a major taboo by forging defense ties with France and the U.S.

Angered Russian patriots suggested northern regions of Kazakhstan should be "liberated."

Georgia's top financial authority went into damage-control mode after its decision to end automatic compliance with international financial sanctions caused a furore.

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.

Russian diplomacy and Turkmenistan's evolving foreign relations amidst president Berdymukhamedov’s growing influence. And more in this week's Akhal-Teke Bulletin.

The authorities first distanced themselves from the ex-official and ex-con, but then reversed course and shielded him from U.S. sanctions.

An unusual constellation of outside players taking shape.

Fixation on Trump's election subversion charges comes as Georgia awaits new tensions ahead of a major vote next year.

Amid denials there is a hint of Kyrgyz willingness to step up export controls.

Many Azerbaijani activists wish Western democracies would do more to push back against their repressive government.

While foreign-funded NGOs are getting more scrutiny, the state readily accepts billions of dollars in outside aid.

Ahmad Obali, a prominent proponent of Azerbaijani nationalism in Iran and virulent critic of the Islamic Republic, refused to speak about who might have attacked him.

Ashgabat wants Americans to fix the leaks, Iranians to buy fuel, and China to pay for pipelines. This and more in the latest edition of the Akhal-Teke Bulletin.

Complaining about U.S. visa policies has become Tbilisi's latest line of rhetoric against its strategic partner.

Loyalty to Moscow, U.S. umbrage at Iran's arms supplies, coronation and soccer. And more in this week's Akhal-Teke Bulletin.