RFE/RL In The Media
# "The Huffington Post" on the
hospitalization of "Mr. Trololo"
# A Romanian living in the U.S. discusses
listening to VOA and RFE during the Ceausescu regime
# "The Huffington Post" links to
Golnaz Esfandiari's report on Iranian support for the Syrian regime
# Radio Azadi Kabul Bureau Chief Rahimullah Samandar discusses
independent media in Afghanistan
International Press Review
Iran
# "
The Nixon Option for Iran" - Luers & Pickering, "Project Syndicate"
# "
Iran's New Opportunity to Improve Relations With Pakistan" - Meir Javendafar, "Al Monitor"
Russia
# "
What Putin's Piecemeal Reforms Will Look Like" - Anders Aslund, "Moscow Times"
# "
Corruption Turns Russia Radical" - Kathy Lally, "The Washington Post"
# "
Time to Blackball Russia’s Autocratic State" - Bremmer & Roubini, "Financial Times"
# "
Putin's Final Act" - Nina Khrushcheva, "Project Syndicate"
# "
Putin's Eurasian Aspirations" - Sergey Markedonov, "National Interest"
Afghanistan/Pakistan
# "
The Great Taliban Jailbreak" - Luke Mogelson, "GQ"
# CPJ: One year later,
Saleem Shahzad's case is buried
# Little justice for
acid attack victims in Pakistan
# "
Drugs: A War Lost in Afghanistan" - Nigel Inkster, "Foreign Policy"
# Dr. Shakil Afridi
rejected U.S. offers for resettlement
Of Interest
# Arch Puddington on high-level
sporting events in autocracies
# "
Yugoslavia's Lessons for European Disunion" - Charles Lane, "The Washington Post"
Tech
# Evgeny Morozov on
cyberwar fear-mongering (cyber threats =
mega bucks)
# Julian Assange
finds out today if he will be extradited
# Finally, a service that allows for
social media updates after the user dies
U.S. Foreign Policy
# How the "
kill list" is populated
# Mapping U.S.
drone airfields