The Rundown - November 10

A first look at the news on RFE/RL's broadcast region

RFE/RL in the Media
# The WSJ mentions a 2007 RFE/RL study on extremist media
# UPI cites RFE/RL reports on swine flu in Afghanistan
# Leos Rousek on listening to RFE 20 years ago in Prague

On the RFE/RL Website
# The YouTube whistle-blower in Russia has been fired
# Remembering Bulgaria's Palace Revolution

Int'l Press Review

Afghanistan/Pakistan
# The Newshour interviews Hamid Karzai
# Max Boot thinks Karzai needs a lesson in leadership

Iran
# Gerald Seib on the oscillations of engagement with Iran
# Meir Javendafar on Iran's power structure

Iraq
# The WSJ ed board on Iraq's fledgling democracy
# Fouad Ajami on Islam and democracy
# The main Iraq re-construction watchdog may fold

Russia
# Kati Martin & Nina Ognianova on being a human rights worker in Russia
# Paul Saunders & Dmitri Simes on the 2012 elections in Russia
# Alexandros Petersen on pipeline politics in Europe
# Masha Gessen on Russian mathematicians

U.S. Politics/Foreign Policy
# Robert Kagan parses "strategic reassurance"
# "Embassy Row" - the Washington Times

From the Blogs
# A must-see photo essay
# Swine flu and the Hajj