A supposedly confidential Foreign Ministry document — an intentional leak that was published on Russian Newsweek’s web site this week — has created a stir among diplomats and journalists. Many saw it as a revelation or a signal of a significant and welcome policy shift toward the West. But in reality, this is quite an overstatement.

• May 14, 2010

As ice caps melt, opening up new shipping routes and access to billions of dollars' worth of oil and natural gas riches, the Arctic is fast becoming the new global frontier amid fears that a no-holds-barred scramble for resources might someday provoke an international crisis.

• May 14, 2010

Investments that yield energy savings will reward the banks who provide crediting

• May 14, 2010

Turkey is still considering whether its prime minister should go to Iran for joint talks with Brazil's president over Tehran's nuclear program, Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoğlu said Thursday.

• May 14, 2010

Turkey will host a high-level international conference on Somalia next week to seek ways to restore stability to one of the world’s poorest countries.

• May 14, 2010

How will India measure, report and verify its climate change actions when it is not yet sure of what actions it needs to take or the economic consequences of such moves to reduce greenhouse gas emissions?

• May 14, 2010

Last week China's Dongfang Electric Corporation signed an agreement on building the Stanari thermo-electric plant in the Serb Republic whose investor is the EFT [Energy Financing Team] group.

• May 13, 2010

The electricity industry is spending billions on building new, transnational power lines to harness electricity from renewable energy sources. The intelligent grid is designed to make distribution more reliable and efficient, but are consumers playing along?

• May 13, 2010