The upcoming European Council will discuss ways to integrate Lithuania and Latvia into the EU's internal energy market, German Chancellor Angelina Merkel says

• September 8, 2010

Russia signed a new military accord with Israel on Monday that would see the Jewish state supply 36 more drones to assist Moscow fighting Islamist insurgents in the North Caucasus

• September 7, 2010

Turkey may be frustrated in its bid to become part of the European Union, but by the end of September, it will join Europe’s electric grid.

• September 7, 2010

Fresh from her controversial announcement that Germany aims to postpone abandoning nuclear energy, Chancellor Angela Merkel on Monday threw Berlin's weight behind a planned four-nation plant in Lithuania.

• September 7, 2010

Russia has nothing to fear from China and worries that millions of Chinese will some day occupy vast swathes of Russian territory in the Far East are overblown

• September 7, 2010

India and Japan are poised for a rapid advance in their bilateral relations with rich economic and strategic overtones.

• September 6, 2010

Afghanistan and Turkmenistan have agreed to build a gas pipeline through Afghanistan, despite the ongoing security concerns in the country.

• September 6, 2010

September 2010
John Van Pool
EGF Turkey Geopolitics Analyst

Key positions:

• British Prime Minster David Cameron’s recent speech to the Turkish Parliament, which gave strong support for Ankara’s EU membership bid, is likely to have caused more reaction from European national leaders had it been delivered in Brussels 


• Last month’s agreement between Chevron and Turkish Petroleum to explore two deep-water wells in the Black Sea is a reflection of the Turkish government’s efforts to make the country self sufficient in oil and gas production by 2023 


• Italian energy company ENI has attempted to reach a compromise for its role in the competing Nabucco and South Stream pipelines by reaching an agreement with Turkmenistan and Azerbaijan in which compressed natural gas reserves will be transported by ship across the Caspian Sea, which will provide supplies to both pipelines without alienating either project’s backers. 


• Turkey’s National Security Policy Document (also known as the ‘Secret Constitution’), which is due to be reviewed shortly, will identify energy security as the country’s most pressing strategic issue, and will remove Russia, amongst other neighbours, from the countries it would consider as potential enemies. READ MORE

• September 6, 2010