Xu Qinhua, executive director of the Centre for International Energy and Environment Strategies in Beijing and an expert on China’s foreign energy policy, speaks to Interfax about the country’s energy strategy in Central Asia and around the world

As Giorgos Lakkotrypis takes the reins as Cyprus’s minister of energy, commerce, industry and tourism, he speaks to Interfax about the challenges of developing a nascent industry – hailed as Cyprus’s future economic lifeline

Andrew DeWit, a professor at Rikkyo University and expert on Japan’s energy and power markets, speaks to Interfax about the outlook for Japan’s power sector in the second instalment of a two-part interview.