Accessibility links

Breaking News

The Rundown - February 16


News & views on RFE's broadcast region

First Read
# The man who told the U.S. that Iraq had chemical and biological weapons says he lied

Iran
# The "PBS Newshour" reports on the state of Iran's Green Movement
# "Egypt, Tunisia ...And Iran" - Shibley Telhami, "National Interest"
# The Natanz facility recovered quickly from the Stuxnet attack

Egypt & Beyond
# "Egypt's Media Revolution" - Salah Abdel Maqsoud, "The Guardian"
# How the Egyptian authorities turned off the Internet
# "The Future Of A Democratic Egypt" - Condoleezza Rice, "The Washington Post"
# Fiona Hill on how China and Russia see the Egytpian uprising

Afghanistan
# The Afghan Analysts Network looks at the rhetoric of jihad in Afghanistan
# A U.S. grand jury is investigating Hamid Karzai's brother Mahmood for racketeering
# The Afghan government will take over shelters for abused women

Pakistan
# "The Swat Victory, Revisited" - Morton Abramowitz, "National Interest"
# "Baluchistan: Pakistan's Other War" - Madiha Sattar, "Foreign Policy"
# "The Politicisation Of Development" - Marvi Memon, "Express Tribune"
# Senator John Kerry says the U.S. will investigate the case of Raymond Davis

Russia
# "Sword Or Samovar" - Tom Parfitt, "Foreign Policy"
# "Selling Your Soul For Nothing" - Yulia Latynina, "Moscow Times"
# Suicide bombers are striking across the North Caucasus

International Broadcasting
# VOA will cut shortwave broadcasts to China

Of Interest
# "The Poverty Of Dictatorship" - Dani Rodrik, "Moscow Times"
# "The Bobby Fischer Defense" - Garry Kasparov, "NY Review Of Books"
# Alan Dershowitz has joined Julian Assange's legal team

U.S. Politics/Foreign Policy
# Full text and video of Hillary Clinton's speech on Internet freedom
# The Pentagon denies reports of David Petraeus's departure from Afghanistan
# "The New York Times" reports on U.S. reactions to protests in Iran

About This Blog

Written by RFE/RL editors and correspondents, Transmission serves up news, comment, and the odd silly dictator story. While our primary concern is with foreign policy, Transmission is also a place for the ideas -- some serious, some irreverent -- that bubble up from our bureaus. The name recognizes RFE/RL's role as a surrogate broadcaster to places without free media. You can write us at transmission+rferl.org

Latest Posts

XS
SM
MD
LG