RFE/RL In The Media
# The "BBC"
quotes RFE/RL's explainer on the Syrian port of Tartus
# "Foreign Policy"
links to Andy Heil's piece on a successor to Lukashenka in Belarus
# "Global Post"
cites RFE/RL reporting on a petition to free Pussy Riot
International Press Review
Iran
# "
How Iran Killed its Future" - Shahrzad Elghanayan, "LA Times"
# Egypt says
it will sue "Fars" over the fake Mursi interview
# Iran says it's
ready to help solve the crisis in Syria
Russia
# "
The Magnitsky Case" - Steve Coll, "The New Yorker"
# Russia has promised a "
harsh response" should the Magnitsky Bill go forward
# "
Russia in the Islamic World" - Sergey Markedonov, "National Interest"
# "
No More Privatization Scams" - Boris Kagarlitsky, "Moscow Times"
# Excellent
photos of the Russian Army in the late 1800s
Afghanistan/Pakistan
# "
The Taliban have not Been Defeated" - Asad Munir, "Express Tribune"
# Abubakar Siddique on the
murder of Fahimur Rehman
# "The New York Times" on a
rape case in Konduz, Afghanistan
# "
Pakistan Collapsing from Within" - Ahmad & Malik, "CNN"
Tech
# The challenges of
keeping sources safe in the digital era
# Gabriella Coleman, the
anthropologist studying hacker culture
# "
The Urgency of a Computer Virus Nonproliferation Treaty" - Pratap Chatterjee, "The Guardian"
# How
Anonymous picks its targets
Of Interest
# "
Central Asia: A Rocky Road to Riches" - Hook & Pilling, "Financial Times"
# Meet Ukraine's
elite female body guard corps
# "The Economist says
Armenia is "a prisoner of history"
U.S. Politics/Foreign Policy
"The NYT Magazine" on
Hillary Clinton's "last tour" as Secretary of State
# "The Washington Post" on upgrades to the
U.S. Embassy in Baghdad