RFE/RL in the Media
# Al Kamen mentions the end to the BBG nominee gridlock, and humorously asks why International Broadcasting Board employees are bringing illegal knives to work, 'In the Loop‘
# 'Foreign Policy' picks up on RFE/RL feature on the 'Muscovite code'
# RFE/RL correspondent James Kirchick has a front-page article, 'Letter from Tblisi' at 'Foreign Affairs'
Afghanistan
# AP: Six suicide bombers storm USAID compound, killing four
# 'Afghanistan and the "Resource Curse’, reported by Stephen Haber and Victor Menaldo in the 'Wall Street Journal'
# The Atlantic's Marc Ambinder and 'Foreign Policy' comment on Al Qaeda's new English-language journal
# Danielle Peled at 'The Guardian' dismisses prospects for Taliban reconciliation
The Caucasus
# Clinton begins a post-Soviet tour today with stops in Kiev, Armenia, Azerbaijan, and Georgia - 'BBC'
Iran
# 'Tehran's Azad Islamic University at centre of Iranian power struggle', reports 'The Guardian'
# Stuart Eizenstat in the 'Wall Street Journal' discusses the Iran Sanctions and Where We Go From Here
# Joseph Cirincione and Elise Connor report on 'How Iran Can Build a Bomb' in 'Foreign Policy'
Kyrgyzstan
# AP: Kyrgyz constitution comes into effect
# Uzbeks Accused of Inciting Violence in Kyrgyzstan, reports ‘The New York Times.’
Pakistan
# 42 killed, 175 injured in suicide attack on Sufi shrine in Lahore, reports 'The Guardian'
# Corinne Graff and Rebecca Winthrop discuss 'Busting Pakistan's Madrassa Myth' in 'Foreign Policy'
# War in Afghanistan belongs in hands of Afghans and Pakistanis, says William Dalrymple at 'The Guardian'
Russia
# Paul Schwartzman and Jerry Markon discuss what may happen to the Spy Suspects’ children in ‘The Washington Post’
# The Moscow Times reports on Spy Suspect Spilling Details
# Guy Faulconbridge reports that the family of murdered journalist Paul Klebnikov may sue Russia in Europe’s human rights court
Tajikistan
# Joshua Kucera reports that Tajikistan is developing its own UN peacekeepers
Ukraine
# Mary Sheridan of ‘The Washington Post’ details Secretary Clinton’s push for “freedom of the media” in Ukraine