News & views on RFE/RL's broadcast regionRFE/RL in the Media# The "NY Times" on Obama's BBG choices # The Weekly Standard on the NIAC controversy Int'l Press ReviewAfghanistan/Pakistan # Obama will not unveil his Afghan strategy until after Thanksgiving # Karzai's former neighbor on his becoming a shut-in # Arif Rafiq thinks Pakistan's president must go # Gordon Brown has been in front of Obama on Afghanistan # Michael Gerson on Obama's Afghan indecision Iran# U.S. rhetoric on Iran is getting tougher # Massoumeh Torfeh on how to talk to Iran Russia # Jamison Firestone on the death of Sergei Magnitsky # Maxim Trudolyubov on the Medvedev/Putin dynamic # Victor Erofeyev on Stalin's resurgance Iraq# The "NY Times" ed board on the Iraqi election law # Ad Melkert is cautiously optimistic on Iraq # A Sunni leader has been sentenced to death Of Interest # The "Washington Post" interviews India's Prime Minister # Leslie Hook on China's dissidents# A profile of the U.S. Ambassador for women's issues # Embassy Row - the "Washington Times"
News & views on RFE/RL's broadcast regionRFE/RL in the Media# The White House announces appointees to the BBG here and here# The Hill reports on the BBG announcement# Onnik Krikorian on Azerbaijani politics# Joshua Kucera cites RFE/RL reporting on Central Asian corruptionInt'l Press ReviewAf/Pak # Pasthoon Atif says Afghans want Karzai to be held accountable # Spencer Ackerman on the logistics of the (potential) surge # The new Obama strategy will probably come next week # Afghanistan's Attorney General is rolling out corruption charges # Hillary Clinton is in Afghanistan# The "NYT" ed board on the task ahead in AfghanistanRussia # Fyodor Lukyanov on Gorbachev's Wilsonian credentials # The "WSJ" ed board on the death of Sergei Magnitsky # The "FT" ed board on Russia in the WTOIran# Mark Bowden on how the 1979 revolution was hijacked# Obama set out a new line on Iran's nuke programU.S. Politics/Foreign Policy # Timothy Garton Ash on Obama's Asia trip # Al Kamen's "In the Loop" # Embassy Row - the "Washington Times"Of Interest # Louise Arbour on Kosovo's continuing divide # Michael Bociurkiw on Ukrainian swine flu politics # Kishore Mahbubani on U.S. involvement in the Islamic world
News & views on RFE/RL's broadcast regionRFE/RL in the Media# NOTE: CNN Int'l will air a report on RFE/RL at 9:30 PM# The BBC reports on demonstrations in Prague in 1989# The Prague Daily Monitor cites RFE/Rl's Vaclav Havel interview# Hurriyet reports on a Tajik citizen who wants to stay at GitmoInt'l Press ReviewAf/Pak # Steve Coll on a Taliban-controlled caliphate # A scrapbook from SWAT# H.D.S Greenway on Afghans acting like Americans# Afghanistan's mineral chief took a $30 million bribe # Michael Innis on media leaks as a part of war # Pakistan's offensive may influence U.S. strategy in AfghanistanIran # Neda Sultan's grave site has been desecrated # Meir Javendafar on Tehran learning from Ankara # The "WSJ" ed board on hostages held by IranRussia# Suspects were arrested for the murder of a Russian activist # Yulia Latynina on Putin's "Vertical of corruption" # Lilia Svetsova on Medvedev's modernisation push # Vladimir Putin gives a "big up" to Russian rappers Obama in China # The Newshour on human rights in China # Peter Beinart thinks China is less likely to listen to the U.S. # Martin Wolf on what Obama should have said in China 9/11 Terrorist Trials# Steve Simon thinks the trial is a great idea# Jeff Jacoby calls the trial "reckless" # Andrew Cohen channels the Timothy McVeigh trialU.S. Politics# The Senate is at odds with the White House on foreign aid # Al Kamen's "In the Loop" # Embassy Row - the "Washington Times"
News & views on RFE/RL's broadcast regionRFE/RL in the Media# Freedon House addresses the sentencing of Azerbaijani bloggers# Geneive Abdo cites RFE/RL reporting on Iran# A transcript of Radio Azadi's interview with Amb. Karl EikenberryInt'l Press ReviewAfghanistan/Pakistan# A car bomb blew up an ISI building in Peshwar# The Guardian reports on how the U.S. gets its supplies to Afghanistan# Results of The Asia Foundation's Afghan public opinion poll# Glenn Hubbard thinks Pakistan needs a Marshall Plan# Roger Cohen is not sold on drone warfare# Will Inboden on ensuring security first in Afghanistan# Michael Hayes on Afghan cynicismRussia# Medvedev calls for an economic modernizationIran# The U.S. has seized Iranian assets in America# Oxford names a scholarship after Neda Sultan# A review of Haleh Esfandiari's new bookOf Interest# The Netherlands eases its stance of Serbia# Aleksander Kwasniewski on forging a "European" viewU.S. Politics/Foreign Policy# Al Kamen's "In the Loop"# James Morrison's "Embassy Row"
News & views on RFE/RL's broadcast regionRFE/RL in the Media # RFE/RL reporting on the Azeri blogger case was cited by The Atlantic, AUS News, & Dem. Digest # Peter Sis on living behind the Iron Curtain, for Forbes # RFE/RL will resume using Turksat to broadcast to Azerbaijan # The Washington Times quotes Pavel Pechachek Int'l Press ReviewAfghanistan/Pakistan # Amb. Eikenberry has warned against a troop buildup # George Packer & Steve Coll discuss Afghanistan (audio) # The US has limited resources with which to lean on Karzai # J Michael Greig & Andrew Enterline are pessimistic Iran# A photo slideshow of 1979 Russia# Richard Holbrooke is going to Russia # Miriam Elder on the Russian police saga # Yulia Latynina on Russian inefficiency Karadzic Trial/Balkans # Timothy Waters on what the trial won't accomplish # An FP photo essay of present-day Bosnia U.S. Politics/Foreign Policy# The EU is still smarting from Obama's Berlin snub # Lou Dobbs is leaving CNN# Timothy Garton Ash on EU foreign policy # "Embassy Row" - the Washington Times
A first look at the news on RFE/RL's broadcast regionRFE/RL in the Media# Lucian Dan Teodorovici on listening to RFE in 1989 Romania# NIAC says it supports Radio Farda and Iran's democrats# Lydia DePillis discusses the BBG for the New RepublicInt'l Press ReviewAfghanistan/Pakistan# Ashraf Ghani asks for more than more troops in Afghanistan# Michael Chertoff advocates a large troop presence# Deepa Narayan on local politics as a solution in Afghanistan# Michael Gerson wants Obama to show some passionIraq# The Newshour reports on Iraqi refugees (audio)# Why the Iraq surge may not translate to Afghanistan# Kurdish tension looms over the coming elections # Mort Rosenblum on nation-buildingIran# How would sanctions against Iran work?# Con Coughlin says diplomacy with Iran isn't workingRussia# Former policeman Alexei Dymovsky held a press conference yesterday# The Moscow region is seeing a surge in graft chargesU.S. Politics/Foreign Policy# Rajiv Shah has been named USAID Director# Al Kamen's "In the Loop"# "Embassy Row" - the Washington TimesOf Interest# How the Opel deal went sour# Jonathan Eyal chastises Sarkozy for his E. Europe stance-- Zach Peterson
A first look at the news on RFE/RL's broadcast regionRFE/RL in the Media# The WSJ mentions a 2007 RFE/RL study on extremist media# UPI cites RFE/RL reports on swine flu in Afghanistan# Leos Rousek on listening to RFE 20 years ago in Prague On the RFE/RL Website# The YouTube whistle-blower in Russia has been fired # Remembering Bulgaria's Palace Revolution Int'l Press ReviewAfghanistan/Pakistan # The Newshour interviews Hamid Karzai # Max Boot thinks Karzai needs a lesson in leadership Iran# Gerald Seib on the oscillations of engagement with Iran # Meir Javendafar on Iran's power structureIraq# The WSJ ed board on Iraq's fledgling democracy# Fouad Ajami on Islam and democracy # The main Iraq re-construction watchdog may fold Russia# Kati Martin & Nina Ognianova on being a human rights worker in Russia# Paul Saunders & Dmitri Simes on the 2012 elections in Russia# Alexandros Petersen on pipeline politics in Europe# Masha Gessen on Russian mathematiciansU.S. Politics/Foreign Policy# Robert Kagan parses "strategic reassurance" # "Embassy Row" - the Washington TimesFrom the Blogs# A must-see photo essay # Swine flu and the Hajj
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