Caspian pipeline knots tighten
By Robert M Cutler MONTREAL - Two events coincided this week to point towards further complications in Euro-Caspian energy geo-economics. Azerbaijan has signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with Georgia and Romania to promote liquefied natural gas
Key NATO summit to go ahead in...
hampering air travel across Europe. The summitt is meant to allow NATO to review its role in world security. There are doubts among some members about its combat mission in Afghanistan, the continuing presence of U.S. nuclear weapons in Europe, relations
Macedonia ready to start EU accession talks
Macedonia could start its EU accession talks within the period of the Spanish EU presidency says Spanish Foreign Minister Miguel Angel Moratinos.
Visa-free travel between Turkey, Russia expected in summer
Visa-free travel between Turkey and Russia could begin this summer, a Russian official said Thursday.
Obama's vow over oil rig disaster
President Obama says tackling an oil rig disaster that has prompted fears of a major spillage in the Gulf of Mexico is a "priority".
Russia country profile
Russia emerged from a decade of post-Soviet economic and political turmoil to reassert itself as a world power.
Ukraine, Russia hold top-level gas price talks
Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovich was to meet Russian President Dmitry Medvedev in eastern Ukraine on Wednesday for talks which Kiev hopes will lead to Russia cutting the price of natural gas supplies.
Soft Power and No Plan for Iran
Anyone who remembers the Vietnam War might be having hot flashes of déjà vu today. We are again engaged in a grand campaign to "win the hearts and minds" of an implacable foe in a place where we do not understand the language, the religion, the culture, or the opportunity costs
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