US secretary of state Hillary Clinton is expected to visit India in the third week of July for the next round of the Indo-US “Strategic Dialogue” that she initiated in 2009.

• July 3, 2011

Many western analysts have described the post-Soviet tussle for Caspian and Central Asian energy reserves as the new “Great Game” — except this time around, Russia is facing the US rather than the British empire.

• June 30, 2011

A 46-nation export control group has acted to bar states that shun a global anti-nuclear weapons pact from obtaining technology which can be used to make atomic bombs, diplomats and experts say.

• June 28, 2011

Pakistan’s nuclear capability was purely for peaceful purposes, Prime Minister Yousaf Raza Gilani has said while declaring that the country would build more power plants to meet its growing energy needs.

• June 28, 2011

Kazakh investors are showing great interest in a series of hydropower plants. Kyrgyz Energy Minister Askarbek Shadiyev noted that the Kyrgyz side is ready for further negotiations. Kazakhstan is ready to build the “Datka-Kemin” power line in Kyrgyzstan based on a concession agreement.

• June 27, 2011

Prime Minister Syed Yusuf Raza Gilani Monday categorically stated that country’s nuclear capability was purely for peaceful purposes and it would build more power plants to meet its growing energy needs.

• June 27, 2011

In May the British energy consulting firm Gaffney, Cline and Associates made an announcement that generated a lot of attention in the oil and gas business – and beyond.

• June 25, 2011

On 29 and 30 June in Astana, Mr Çavusoglu will take part in the 38th Session of the Council of Foreign Ministers of the Organisation of the Islamic Unity, as well as bilateral meetings with the Kazakh authorities. On 1 and 2 July, he will make a visit to a Kazakh region.

• June 25, 2011