The ongoing wave of popular uprisings in the Middle East and North Africa has provoked alarm within the Kremlin, which fears the destabilizing impact of these events on Russia’s national interests in the region, the world economy and mass consciousness throughout the former Soviet sphere.

• Date: 02.03.2011  |  Published on EGF: 02.03.2011  |  Security  |  from wsws.org

India’s search for economic and strategic space in changing world order resulted in ‘Look East’ Policy. The bedrock of this policy is to foster economic and security cooperation with our east neighboring countries. Believing in philosophy of the Look East Policy, India is aiming at leveraging its economic and strategic interest by greater integration with East and South-east Asia.

• Date: 02.03.2011  |  Published on EGF: 02.03.2011  |  External Relations  |  from commodityonline.com

The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development is helping to modernise Kazakhstan’s energy generation network with a senior secured loan of 3.1 billion Kazakh tenge (equivalent to €15 million) to AES Sogrinsk CHP power plant.

• Date: 01.03.2011  |  Published on EGF: 01.03.2011  |  Energy  |  from finchannel.com

Russia on Monday explained why fuel is being removed from a nuclear reactor in Iran, delaying plans to start up the giant plant this month.

• Date: 01.03.2011  |  Published on EGF: 01.03.2011  |  Energy  |  from nytimes.com

Ukraine, the former Soviet Union state in Eastern Europe, is keen to share its expertise in nuclear power plant technology with Malaysia as part of efforts to enhance bilateral trade and investment linkages.

• Date: 01.03.2011  |  Published on EGF: 01.03.2011  |  Energy  |  from bernama.com

Lithuania is in talks with Japan about cooperation on nuclear energy after Korea Electric Power Corp. withdrew a bid to build an atomic facility in 2010.

• Date: 28.02.2011  |  Published on EGF: 28.02.2011  |  Energy  |  from baltic-course.com

The Iranian potatoes, oranges and raisins on sale in the bazaars of Astara are not the only signs of the Islamic republic's influence in this Azerbaijani border town.

• Date: 28.02.2011  |  Published on EGF: 28.02.2011  |  External Relations  |  from france24.com

Up to a dozen militants have staged a daring attack on the capital of a southern Russian republic popular with downhill skiers and budget tourists

• Date: 28.02.2011  |  Published on EGF: 28.02.2011  |  Security  |  from abc.net.au