RFE/RL In The Media
# Read RFE/RL in "The Atlantic"on the horrors of
Stalin's gulags, a trip to
Vorkuta, and the
hopes of Tehranis
# "
A Pale Reflection of Reality" - Masha Gessen, "The New York Times"
International Press Review
Russia
# The Bolshoi's lead dancer
has been arrested in connection with an acid attack on the theater's director
# "
Vladimir Putin's Many Identities" - Nikolas Gvosdev, "National Interest"
# Some of Russia's
ethnic minorities are on the verge of extinction
# The fall of the
Bulgarian government at the hands of a Russian energy monopoly
Iran
# World powers are
expecting progress from Iran on the nuclear issue
# DIscussion: "
The Rise & Fall of Iran in Arab and Muslim Eyes"
Afghanistan/Pakistan
# There is some tension over what will become of
U.S. military bases in Afghanistan
# Pakistan and the U.S.
are at odds over drone strikes
# "
How Democracy Kills in Indonesia and Pakistan" - Pankaj Mishra, "Bloomberg"
# "
How To Do Empire Right?" - Manan Ahmed Asif, "The Caravan"
# Omar Waraich on
Pakistan's literary festivals
Iraq
# 48 Syrain soldiers
were ambushed in Iraq
# "
The Democracy Boondoggle in Iraq" - CHristian Caryl, "Foreign Policy"
# The
final report of the Iraq reconstruction's inspector general
# "
The New Normal in Baghdad" - Peter Harling, "LeMonde Diplomatique"
Of Interest
# Hugo
Chavez is dead at age 58
# "
Does it Matter if the West Gives Military Aid to Uzbekistan?" - Sarah Kendzior, "Al Jazeera"
# A Soviet soldier was
found alive in Afghanistan
# "
Voting Against Freedom" - Joshua Kucera, "Wilson Quarterly"
# "
Importance of Rogun Dam for the War on Terror" - Hillary Kramer, "Forbes"
Science & Technology
# Pew looks at the
(often overstated) effects of Twitter
# Could the
ancient Romans have built a digital computer?
#
Giant camels used to roam the Arctic
U.S. Politics/Foreign Policy
# "
The Inside Story of How the White House Let Diplomacy Fail in Afghanistan" - Vali Nasr, "Foreign Policy"
# The Pentagon says it is
unprepared for a full-scale cyber attack