The China-Maldives Friendship Bridge in Male, the Maldivian capital, is one of many projects jointly developed by China and the Maldives.
On the Record She may be the most powerful woman in the world, but the twilight of the gods has begun. Andrea Nahles, Social Democratic Party leader, on German Chancellor Angela Merkel On Our Radar Turkey and India Defend Their Naval Spheres . Naval posturing is on the rise in the eastern Mediterranean and Indian Ocean basin. The Turkish navy is blocking Eni, the Italian energy company, from exploring Cypriot waters, a Turkish patrol vessel collided with a Greek coast guard boat in the Aegean Sea, and Turkey may soon deploy a naval escort with its own deep-water drill ship in disputed waters around Cyprus. Even as big natural gas discoveries are taking place in the eastern Mediterranean, Eni and other international energy firms will be caught in the fray as Turkey defends its maritime sphere of influence.
