News & views on RFE/RL's broadcast region
Pakistan# The Pakistani government
promises to be "credible" in dispersing flood aid
# The "PBS Newshour" reports on
the aftermath of the floodsAfghanistan# The New America Foundation publishes a report from
The Afghanistan Study Group# A
Taliban reconciliation program has stalled
Russia# "
Bed, Bath & Bribe" - Alexander Osipovich, "Foreign Policy"
# "
Russia: Chain Reaction" - Catherine Belton, "Financial Times"
# Mikhail Khordokovsky's lawyers say
PriceWaterhouseCooper "caved"# "
Does The Reset Have A Future?" - Alexey Pushkov, "National Interest"
# "
European Standard For Russian Modernization" - Vladislav Inozemstev, "Moscow Times"
# Vladimir Putin
invokes FDR while hinting at a 3rd term
Iraq# "
Iraq: Reasons To Celebrate" - Ranj Alaaldin, "The Guardian"
Iran# The UAE Central Bank
will monitor remittances to Iran# The UN reports that Iran is
stockpiling nuclear materialOf Interest# "
Inside al-Qaeda" - Moreau & Yousafzai, "Newsweek"
# "
In Europe, It's No Longer East Vs. West" - Anne Applebaum, :The Washington Post"
# Noah Feldman on the
differences and similarities of Obama and Bush on terrorism
# "
Europe And Benign Neglect" - Roger Cohen, "The New York Times"
U.S. Politics/Foreign Policy# David Petraeus criticizes a U.S. church's plan
to burn copies of The Koran# "
Obama's Foreign Policy Has Failed" - Peter Beinart, "The Daily Beast"
# "Politico" reports on
Hillary Clinton's State Department# "
Would Oklahoma City Have Opposed Okla21?" - Serene Jones, "USA Today"
From the Blogs# "Danger Room (Wired)" has a photo gallery of the
tatoos of Bagram# "Prospero (The Economist)"
pens a short a review of "The Sheikh's Batmobile"
# John Matthew Barlow looks at our
love affair with violent films