Turkmenistan denies Russia’s statements on TAPI pipe deal
Turkmenistan denied on 28 October Moscow’s statements that Russian gas monopoly Gazprom could take part in a trans-Afghan gas pipeline and that Moscow and Ashgabat had agreed to freeze the Turkmenistan-Afghanistan-Pakistan-India (TAPI) gas pipeline.
Russian president angers Japan with visit to disputed islands
Russian President Dmitry Medvedev arrived in the Kuril Islands on Monday on the first visit by a Russian leader to territory at the heart of a decades-long dispute with Japan.
Kyrgyzstan still on edge after election
Two weeks after voters went to the polls in critical parliamentary elections, Kyrgyzstan’s future is still unclear. And regional analysts warn that the outcome of the country’s recent political experiment could echo far beyond the borders of the tiny central Asian state.
Medvedev to sign nuclear power dieal in Vietnam
Russian President Dmitry Medvedev will sign agreements to help build Vietnam`s first nuclear power plant and a hydroelectric power station during a visit to the Soviet-era ally starting on Saturday, Kremlin sources said.
Clinton Renews Asia Dispute Push
U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton pressed Asian leaders gathered in Hanoi to resolve their maritime disputes through international legal channels, repeating a U.S. position that has raised China's ire in recent months.
Baltic Sea Strategy delivers tangible results
One year after the establishment of Europe's first 'macro-region', which brings together ten countries around the Baltic Sea, a number of positive results can already be seen, according to Johannes Hahn, the European commissioner in charge of regional policy.
Sino-Japanese relations remain tense
Sino-Japanese relations have continued to fester in the wake of a sharp dispute last month over the arrest of a Chinese trawler captain by Japanese authorities in waters near the contested islets of Diaoyu (known as Senkaku in Japan) in the East China Sea. Faced with Chinese retaliation, the Japanese government released the captain, but tensions remain.
Four hopes, five preferences, and one big test
The anointment of a new leader of the Chinese Communist Party has usefully re-focused the world's attention on how China might use its growing economic, military and diplomatic power and influence in the coming years, and how its neighbors, and especially the United States, will respond. A lot is riding on China's decision. The regional and even the international order for the coming decades, and perhaps longer, will depend on which pathway it selects.
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