RFE/RL in the Media
# silkroadreporters.com mentions RFE/RL's report on western firms which help Central Asian states to spy on citizens.
# centralasiaonline.com gives a credit to RFE/RL's report about arrest of 11 suspects in connection with charges of kidnapping brides in Kyrgyzstan.
# panorama.am cites RFE/RL report on lovers who were arrested in Nakhichevan by police for walking together.
# centralasiaonline.com gives a credit to RFE/RL's report about arrest of 11 suspects in connection with charges of kidnapping brides in Kyrgyzstan.
# panorama.am cites RFE/RL report on lovers who were arrested in Nakhichevan by police for walking together.
# Turkish Weekly cites Joanna Paraszczuk report Russia-Iran Anti-IS Operations Room' In Iraq.
# Belfast Telegraph uses RFE/RL video on Moscow McDonald's.
# Belfast Telegraph uses RFE/RL video on Moscow McDonald's.
Afghanistan/Pakistan
# Ashraf Ghani against the chaos, Economist
# Stopgap Democracy, Foreign Affairs
# China in Afghanistan: Is the Engagement Really a Win-Win? - Rajeshwari Krishnamurthy, IPCS
# Tolerance for Women and Girls in Afghanistan, Not Silence - Maryam Zar, Huffington Post
# What Indians Really Think About the Foreign Troop Withdrawal from Afghanistan, Foreign Policy
# Do You Know Where Afghanistan Is? - Huffington Post
# Ashraf Ghani against the chaos, Economist
# Stopgap Democracy, Foreign Affairs
# China in Afghanistan: Is the Engagement Really a Win-Win? - Rajeshwari Krishnamurthy, IPCS
# Tolerance for Women and Girls in Afghanistan, Not Silence - Maryam Zar, Huffington Post
# What Indians Really Think About the Foreign Troop Withdrawal from Afghanistan, Foreign Policy
# Do You Know Where Afghanistan Is? - Huffington Post
# Husband of Pakistani Christian woman pleads for blasphemy pardon, The Guardian
# US and Pakistan: Will the relationship endure? - Brajesh Upadhyay, BBC
# US and Pakistan: Will the relationship endure? - Brajesh Upadhyay, BBC
Iraq/Syria
# Armor: Iraq Loads Up On 120mm, strategypage.com
# US strategy against Islamic State: Iraq first, but not Iraq only, Dempsey says, CSM
# Iraq: Ballet school speaks to city’s resilience, Washington Times
# Iraq Needs Weapons But Can It Keep Them?, Foreign Policy
# Armor: Iraq Loads Up On 120mm, strategypage.com
# US strategy against Islamic State: Iraq first, but not Iraq only, Dempsey says, CSM
# Iraq: Ballet school speaks to city’s resilience, Washington Times
# Iraq Needs Weapons But Can It Keep Them?, Foreign Policy
Iran
# Iran offers to double oil exports if nuclear deal reached, Telegraph
# Ayatollah Khamenei frees Iran blogger, The Guardian
# The pro-sanctions, anti-Iran contingent grows - Jennifer Rubin, WP
# Don't Let Iran Walk Away From the Table - Gary Sick, Politico
# Iran nuclear talks: Kerry says talks focused on a deal, BBC
# Iran offers to double oil exports if nuclear deal reached, Telegraph
# Ayatollah Khamenei frees Iran blogger, The Guardian
# The pro-sanctions, anti-Iran contingent grows - Jennifer Rubin, WP
# Don't Let Iran Walk Away From the Table - Gary Sick, Politico
# Iran nuclear talks: Kerry says talks focused on a deal, BBC
Russia
# The New European Disorder - Ivan Krastev and Mark Leonard, ecfr.eu
# Putin plays hardball - Joe Nocera, rutlandherald.com
# East-West conflict set to run and run - Mark Mardell, BBC
# The New European Disorder - Ivan Krastev and Mark Leonard, ecfr.eu
# Putin plays hardball - Joe Nocera, rutlandherald.com
# East-West conflict set to run and run - Mark Mardell, BBC
# Cold comfort: Russia will be the biggest test for Europe’s new foreign-policy supremo, Economist
# Russia: A wounded economy, Economist
# Is Russia and China’s ‘Nato of the East’ more than a Potemkin alliance? - Nigel Morris, Independent
# Abkhaz Leaders Wary of Russian Integration Proposal, atlanticsentinel.com
# Russia: A wounded economy, Economist
# Is Russia and China’s ‘Nato of the East’ more than a Potemkin alliance? - Nigel Morris, Independent
# Abkhaz Leaders Wary of Russian Integration Proposal, atlanticsentinel.com
# East-West Meets Far North - Jochen Bittner, NYT
# Russia: The Putin Paradox, strategypage.com
Ukraine
# This Winter Needn't Be a Cold One in Ukraine - By Danila Bochkarev, MT
# Ukraine Crisis Continues to Take Toll on Civilians, Says United Nations, WSJ
# The on-going violence in Ukraine demonstrates the weakness of EU crisis diplomacy - Iulian Romanyshyn and Dorina Baltag, LSE
# Ukraine's economy: It is really that bad, Economist
# This Winter Needn't Be a Cold One in Ukraine - By Danila Bochkarev, MT
# Ukraine Crisis Continues to Take Toll on Civilians, Says United Nations, WSJ
# The on-going violence in Ukraine demonstrates the weakness of EU crisis diplomacy - Iulian Romanyshyn and Dorina Baltag, LSE
# Ukraine's economy: It is really that bad, Economist