Its energy vulnerability feeds worries, aggravating difficult relations with its neighbors to the east, especially Ukraine and Russia.

其能源劣势引发的忧虑，恶化了其与东方邻国，尤其是与乌克兰和俄罗斯之间本已紧张的关系。

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Estonia has land borders with its fellow Baltic country Latvia to the south and Russia to the east.

爱沙尼亚和南面的波罗的海国家拉脱维亚(Latvia)以及东面的俄罗斯陆上接壤。

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ITS strategic position, next to the Middle East and Russia and astride Europe and Asia, means that Turkey has always mattered.

土耳其靠着中东和俄罗斯，界临欧洲和亚洲，如此的战略位置意味着土耳其总是重要的。

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From the Middle East to Europe and Africa, to Russia, India, and the United States, there exists violence or intimidation in the name of Islam.

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But he believes more cores are needed from different regions, and is proposing to drill in other parts of the Arctic, notably areas north of Russia and east Asia, to establish the global pattern.

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This reflects his dislike of losing battles, Russia's own much friendlier relations with the alliance, and a growing sense that the real security threat to Russia is from the south and east, not the west.

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