Which is, roughly speaking, my advice to the good people of Azerbaijan. And to good people everywhere.

Did lots of weird, offbeat media events in Baku -- this just happens to be the most photogenic. Most of them began and ended with a discussion of a single topic: the occupation of Nagorny-Karabagh -- a region inside the territorial borders of Azerbaijan -- by Armenian nationals. It's a complicated issue. I'm not sure I satisified any of my interviewers by saying, basically, that looking to the United States, or the west in general, for some kind of active help in solving this not-quite-war, not-quite-peace situation.

But I did tell them that producing 934,700 barrels of oil a day is a terrific way to get your point across.