Getting to know you: Obama welcomes China heir apparent and pledges cooperation will continue
For Xi, the itinerary was carefully negotiated to convey high-level significance and minimize the chance of making news or, worse, any gaffe. READ MORE
Dialogue of the deaf between Vilnius and Warsaw
Outsiders find the polish-lithuanian spat the most incomprehensible in europe. How come two countries with so much common history and so many common interests get on so badly? Is it just the appalling personal chemistry between some senior officials? Or is it, absurdly, about spelling? Poles in Lithuania want to spell their names using letters like ł and ę in official documents. (We can't use them, or most other diacritics, in the print edition of the Economist because our typeface doesn't have those characters). READ MORE
Turkmenistan to maintain pragmatism in energy issues
Presidential elections, which were held in Turkmenistan on Sunday, will not affect policy of pragmatism in the energy issues chosen by the government in recent years and multipolarity of sale markets, local experts in Ashgabat and international observers believe. READ MORE
India's stake in Arctic cold war
Will it be the next geopolitical battleground or remain the common heritage of humankind? READ MORE
EU Pushes India to Sway Iran into Resuming Nuke Talks
The European Union has asked New Delhi to use its influence to draw Iran back into talks over its disputed nuclear ambitions, Indian TV channels said on Friday. READ MORE
Berlin-Astana: Eurasian Dialogue Goes On
Results of President Nazarbayev Visit to Germany. READ MORE
Lithuanian Foreign Minister And The Secretary General For The Nordic Council Of Ministers Discuss Guidelines For Regional Cooperation And Joint Projects
On 9 February in Vilnius, Lithuanian Minister of Foreign Affairs Audronius Ažubalis and Secretary General for the Nordic Council of Ministers Halldór Ásgrímsson discussed the future of the Nordic-Baltic partnership, the new guidelines for the Baltic-Nordic cooperation that are currently being drafted and should enter into force after the expiry of the current ones in 2013. READ MORE
Kazakhstan cozies up to Germany
Kazakhstan hopes to win over the European Union as another key trade partner alongside Russia and China. Experts see the Berlin visit of Kazakh President Nursultan Nazarbayev as paving the way. READ MORE
