RFE/RL In The Media
# Daud Khattak will be
dicussing Pakistan at the New America Foundation next week
# The "Moscow Times"
cites RFE/RL reporting on an opposition activist being sent to a psychiatric hospital
International Press Review
Russia
# "
How I Got Kicked out of Russia" - Anne Nivat, "International Herald Tribune"
# A German filmmaker was granted
unprecedentedd access to Vladimir Putin
# "
Putin the Peacemaker?" - Dmitri Trenin, "Foreign Policy"
# "
The Essence of Putin" - Mikhail Kasyanov, "Project Syndicate"
Iran
# The U.S. Treasury Dept. has
disrupted the cash flow to Iran from a Dubai bank
# U.S. officials
warn of blowback from a strike on Iran
# "
Why Won't Obama Speak Frankly About Iran?" - Jeffrey Herf, "The New Republic"
Afghanistan/Pakistan
# A negotiator syas the
Quetta Taliban is showing signs of flexibility
# "
West's Afghan Goals Collide with Reality" - Michael Hart, "National Interest"
# "
Pakistan's War Against 'Miscreants'" - Sikander Shah, "The Diplomat"
Broadcast Region
# "Eurasianet" on
Uzbekistan and the NDN
# "
A Probably Fake 'Jihad' in Kyrgyzstan" - Josh Foust, "The Atlantic"
Of Interest
# A Mozilla add-on lets you know if you are
being tracked online
# A new study shows the
rich are more willing to steal candy from children
# Several Syrian
activists were killed saving journalist Paul Conroy
# "The New York Times" launched a
Tumblr feed for the archives
U.S. Politics/Foreign Policy
# "
The Conservative Case for Foreign Aid" - John Kerry, "The Wall St. Journal"
# Mitt Romney
won GOP primaries in Arizona and Michigan
# Senator Olympia
Snowe is retiring