The Rundown - October 12

RFE/RL In The Media
# The Council on Foreign Relations interviews Liz Fuller on elections in Georgia

International Press Review

Russia
# Turkey accused Russia of secretly supplying arms to Syria
# "Der Spiegel" interviews Vladimir Yukanin
# "The New Struggle with Putin" - Amy Knight, "NY Review of Books"
# "The End of Nunn-Lugar?" - David Hoffman, "Foreign Policy"
# Vladimir Putin has been honored by the International Judo Federation

Iran
# "The New York Times" on Iran's fight against drug trafficking
# "Is Iraq an Iranian Proxy" - Al-Skeikh & Sky, "Foreign Policy"

Pakistan
# Authorities say they have identified Malala Yousafzai's attackers
# Pakistan is sending militants to rehab
# A drone strike has reportedly killed 17 people

Of Interest
# Documents have been revealed linking Gulnara Karimova to a money-laundering investigation
# What's a Facebook follower worth?
# "The Washington Post" on the Shamoon computer virus
# DO you suffer from information over-consumption?

U.S. Politics/Foreign Policy
# Highlights of the VP debate -- fact-check -- transcript
# The Lowy Institute on reasonableness in U.S. foreign policy
# "Rethinking U.S. Relations with Dictators" - Daniel Calingaert, Freedom House