ManyAmericansmayknowKazakhstanfrom the 2006 movie Borat. The filmerroneouslypaintedthecountryasafar-off land thatproduces foul-mouthed goofballs like thestarofthemovie.
HEU. The Americans have helped recover unused uranium fuel from Kazakhstan, Georgia, Serbia, Romania, Bulgaria, Libya, Uzbekistan, the Czech Republic and Latvia.
To tempt countries such as Kazakhstan and Azerbaijan, which also has visions of oil-fired prosperity, the Americans have been promoting a rival route for Caspian oil.