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The Rundown - August 11


Afghanistan
# The "Telegraph" reports that talks between the U.S. and Taliban have broken down
# "The Guardian" reports on the IEC decision

Pakistan
# Muhammad Azam Khan on urban military installations

Russia
# "The Kremlin's Extremist Youth Camp" - Anna Nemtsova, "Newsweek"
# "Russian 'Reset' Malfunction" - Ariel Cohen, "Washington Times"
# "Breaking the Cold War Limbo" - Victoria Naselskaya, "Moscow Times"
# Yulia Latynina on three years since the Russia-Georgia War

Iran
# "Iran Sanctions E-Z Pass" - Editorial, "The Wall Street Journal"

Of Interest
# Middle class families are being evicted from flats in Baku
# "Sanctions for What?" - Paul Pillar, "National Interest"
# "The New European Far Right" - Malise Ruthven. "NY Review of Books"

U.S. Politics/Foreign Policy
# Helle Dale on the Security Assistance Act
# "Interventionism Run Amok" - Celeste Ward Gventer, "Foreign Policy"
# Meet the members of the deficit reduction panel
# "The Untransformational President" - Michael Tomasky, "Newsweek"
# "The New York Times" on the use of contractors in Somalia
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