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The Rundown - July 7


RFE In The Media
# "No Haven" - James Kirchick, "Tablet"
# The "Moscow Times" cites RFE reporting on the Sergei Magnitsky case
# Dana Abizaid cites RFE reporting on Islamic militancy in Kazakhstan
# "GlobalPost" cites RFE reporting on Iraq
# The "Warsaw Business Journal" cites RFE reporting on the crackdown in Belarus
# The Asian Human Rights Commission reprints Daud Khattak's blog post on women in Pakistan

International Press Review

Afghanistan
# "Calling The Taliban To Account" - Kate Clark, "Foreign Policy"
# "Taliban Sing A False Note" - Walid Phares, "Asia Times"
# The Taliban attacked multiple police posts in NE Afghanistan

Pakistan
# A.Q. Khan says North Korea paid Pakistani generals for nuclear know-how
# "Caliphate Dreaming" - Hannah Stuart, "Foreign Policy"

Russia
# A report casts blame with government officials for the death of Sergei Magnitsky
# An interview with Evgeny Lebedev
# "Russia's Evolving Leadership" - Lauren Goodrich, "Stratfor"
# Tensions are growing over resources in the Arctic

Iran
# "Iran's Execution Binge" - Mark Wallace, "LA Times"
# The head of the IRGC outlines the Guard's influence in Iranian politics
# Fears abound over the fate of Mohammadi Ashtiani's lawyer

Of Interest
# The U.S. may leave as many as 10,000 troops in Iraq
# "Mladic And Mayhem" - Ruth Wedgwood, "The American Interest"
# "The Washington Post" on the global race for drone technology
# "Confessions Of A Tabloid Hack"

U.S. Politics/Foreign Policy
# Josh Rogin on advisors to the 2012 GOP field
# "A War By Any Other Name" - Gvosdev & Stigler, "National Interest"
# "Stop Searching For An Obama Doctrine" - Fareed Zakaria, "The Washington Post"
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