RFE/RL in the Media
# White House fact sheet mentions RFE/RL's news programs and website devoted to events in Crimea
# Radek Sikorski comments a role of RFE/RL during the Cold War, Huffington Post
# Radek Sikorski comments a role of RFE/RL during the Cold War, Huffington Post
# Washington Post columnist Joe Davidson writes about the BBG's new contracting model
Afghanistan/Pakistan
# Tales of war: Getting 12 approvals for a relatively minor mission in Afghanistan - Thomas Ricks, Foreign Policy
# Obama confronts need for broader U.S. military role in Afghanistan, LAT
# Afghanistan Quietly Lifts Ban on Nighttime Raids, NYT
# Iran-Pakistan: Can Rouhani Resolve the Tensions? - Majid Izadpanahi, IPCS
# Foreign Fighters of Pakistan: Why Pashtuns and Punjabis? - D Suba Chandran, IPCS
# French filmmakers showcase thought-provoking films in Pakistan, dawn.com
# Pakistani Christian woman sentenced to death for blasphemy files appeal, The Guardian
# Tales of war: Getting 12 approvals for a relatively minor mission in Afghanistan - Thomas Ricks, Foreign Policy
# Obama confronts need for broader U.S. military role in Afghanistan, LAT
# Afghanistan Quietly Lifts Ban on Nighttime Raids, NYT
# Iran-Pakistan: Can Rouhani Resolve the Tensions? - Majid Izadpanahi, IPCS
# Foreign Fighters of Pakistan: Why Pashtuns and Punjabis? - D Suba Chandran, IPCS
# French filmmakers showcase thought-provoking films in Pakistan, dawn.com
# Pakistani Christian woman sentenced to death for blasphemy files appeal, The Guardian
Iraq/Syria
# Control of Syrian Oil Fuels War Between Kurds and Islamic State, WSJ
# How U.S. Weapons Fall Into the Hands of Terrorists, The Atlantic
# Control of Syrian Oil Fuels War Between Kurds and Islamic State, WSJ
# How U.S. Weapons Fall Into the Hands of Terrorists, The Atlantic
Iran
# Iran nuclear talks deadline extended to end of June, BBC
# The truth about beheadings - Ibrahim Al-Marashi, Al-Jazeera
# The Deeper Meaning of the Iran Nuclear Talks: ISIS, the Middle East and Beyond, National Interest
# Iran nuclear talks extension raises risk of cataclysmic failure, Guardian
# U.S. and Iran Put More Time On the Clock in Nuclear Talks, Foreign Policy
# Iran nuclear talks deadline extended to end of June, BBC
# The truth about beheadings - Ibrahim Al-Marashi, Al-Jazeera
# The Deeper Meaning of the Iran Nuclear Talks: ISIS, the Middle East and Beyond, National Interest
# Iran nuclear talks extension raises risk of cataclysmic failure, Guardian
# U.S. and Iran Put More Time On the Clock in Nuclear Talks, Foreign Policy
Balkans
# The Western Balkans Are Becoming Russia’s New Playground - Judy Dempsey, carnegieeurope.eu
# Serbia’s IMF deal: can Belgrade grasp the nettle? - Andrew MacDowall, FT
Eastern Europe
# Russia's Project Moldova - Marc Champion, Bloomberg
# Informal education in Belarus: The Flying University and the European College of Liberal Arts, eurobelarus.info
# Informal education in Belarus: The Flying University and the European College of Liberal Arts, eurobelarus.info
Russia
# U.S. - Russian Relations: From Bad to Worse? Sergei Rogov and Sergei Karaganov explain why U.S.- Russian relations have reached a dangerous low point, Moscow Times
# Russian radio station forced to impose social media rules, Telegraph
# Putin Youth: The Young Russians Who See the President as a Father, Newsweek
# Book Review: The True Russia in Book 'Nothing Is True and Everything Is Possible', Moscow Times
# Why Russia and Japan Are Making Nice, The Diplomat
# U.S. - Russian Relations: From Bad to Worse? Sergei Rogov and Sergei Karaganov explain why U.S.- Russian relations have reached a dangerous low point, Moscow Times
# Russian radio station forced to impose social media rules, Telegraph
# Putin Youth: The Young Russians Who See the President as a Father, Newsweek
# Book Review: The True Russia in Book 'Nothing Is True and Everything Is Possible', Moscow Times
# Why Russia and Japan Are Making Nice, The Diplomat
# China, Russia and the Sinatra doctrine - Gideon Rachman, FT
Ukraine
# Summit of Failure: How the EU Contributed to the Outbreak of War in Ukraine, Spiegel
# Ukraine to hold Nato vote when membership criteria are met, BBC
# Time to call assault on Ukraine an invasion - Trudy Rubin, bostonherald.com
# Ukraine should prioritise energy efficiency, Euractiv.com
# Ukraine to hold Nato vote when membership criteria are met, BBC
# Time to call assault on Ukraine an invasion - Trudy Rubin, bostonherald.com
# Ukraine should prioritise energy efficiency, Euractiv.com
# Lessons Ukraine can learn from Visegrad countries, Kyiv Post
# Should the U.S. Arm Ukraine’s Militias? - Jamie Dettmer, thedailybeast.com
# Could Ukraine Be The Next Silicon Valley? - Greg Satell, Forbes
Of Interest