RFE/RL In The Media
# Khadija Ismailova
discusses her case with the BBC
# "AFP"
quotes Anna Kachkaeva on Julian Assange's new show
# Reuters Trust
reprints an RFE/RL piece on loud music bans in Tajikistan
# "Global Voices"
publishes an RFE/RL photo from Pakistan
International Press Review
Iran
# Vali Nasr, Ray Takeyh, George Perkovich, and Karim Sadjadpour
discuss negotiations with Iran
# Laura Rozen reports on the
latest round of talks
# "
The Stage is Set for a Deal With Iran" - David Ignatius, "The Washington Post"
# Fereydoon Abbasi
will oversee Iran's nuclear emergency response team
Russia
# "
Ignoring Shein, Putin Is Playing With Fire" - Yulia Latynina, "Moscow Times"
# Russia will get a
new public TV channel that will be "independent from the state"
Afghanistan/Pakistan
# "
Pakistani Taliban Jailbreak: An Inside Job?" - Moreau & Yousafzai, "The Daily Beast"
# Hamid Karzai
pleads with the Taliban
# A Taliban commander
turned himself in for the reward money
Of Interest
# "
Kyrgyzstan: The Internet on Trial?" - Chris Rickleton, "Global Voices"
# Potential
voters in Armenia are being courted with gifts
# "
The Not-so-Great Firewall of China" - Rebecca MacKinnon, "Foreign Policy"
U.S. Politics/Foreign Policy
# "
The Tyranny of Freedom" - William Deresiewicz, "The American Scholar"