RFE/RL In The Media
# "Columbia Journalism Review" updates on
Khadija Ismayilova's case (
watch Ismayilova on "AJ Stream")
# "Foreign Policy"
links to RFE/RL reporting on a new language bill in Ukraine
# "
The Jerusalem Post,"
Think Progress, and the "
LA Times" cite Golnaz Esfandiari's reporting on a public opinion poll in Iran
International Press Review
Iran
# The global economy is having
a bigger effect on oil prices than Iran
# "
Oil Sanctions Against Iran Will Not Be Enough" - Michael Singh, "The Washington Post"
# "
Iran Has No Right to Enrich Unranium" - Makovsky & Misztal, "The Wall St. Journal"
# "
Why This Obsession With Iran?" - Pat Buchanan, "The American Conservative"
# A
former CIA spy in Iran is advising the U.S. government on its Iran policy
Russia
# The
official death toll from flooding in now more than 170
# "
Why Russia Locks Up So Many Entrepreneurs" - Rebecca Kesby, "BBC"
# "
Russia: Eyes on the Prize" - Catherine Belton, "Financial Times"
# "
Ksenia Sobchak, the Stiletto in Putin's Side" - Andrew Meier, "The New York Times Magazine"
Afghanistan
# Afghanistan was
promised $16 billion in international aid
# A woman was
publicly executed for adultery by the Taliban
# Local
media in Afghanistan is struggling with financing
# AAN: The
Tokyo Conference and the Decade of Déjà Vu
# "
The Next Afghan War" - Robert Haddick, "Foreign Policy"
Pakistan
# "
Is Lashkar-e-Taiba Turning Against Pakistan?" - Rajeev Sharma, "The Diplomat"
# How Pakistan
shunned its only Nobel laureate
# "
Pakistan: The Politicisation of Death" - Myra MacDonald, "Reuters"
Of Interest
# "
Fears Grow for Democracy in Romania" - Neil Buckley, "Financial Times"
# Photos from
Independence Day in Belarus
# "
Julian Assange: The Movie" - Erica Orden, "The Wall St. Journal"
U.S. Politics/Foreign Policy
# "
The Drone Zone" - Mark Mazzetti, "The New York Times Magazine"
# The "PBS Newshour" analysis of
Brooks & Dionne