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The Rundown - August 16


Russia
# Nikolai Petrov on primary elections in Russia
# "Why 'Liberal' Is Such a Bad Word" - Vladimir Ryzhkov, "Moscow Times"
# How two Chechen teens survived the massacre in Norway

Iran
# The "Telegraph" reports that Iranian snipers are active in Syria

Iraq
# Maria Fantappie on the alliance between Nuri al Maliki and Moqtada al Sadr
# Mutliple bombings rocked Iraq

Pakistan
# "Stealthy Stand-off In Pakistan" - Editorial, "Financial Times"
# Maheen Bashir Adamjee on the case of Sarfaraz Shah
# "Pakistan’s Water Crisis" - Akmal Hussain, "Express Tribune"

Afghanistan
# Jere Van Dyk on the Taliban
# New contracts in Afghanistan are targeting insurgent money
# Christian Bleuer on Governor Abdul Basir Salangi

Technology
# OpenLeaks is off to a rocky start
# "Does The Internet Make Us More Altruistic?" - Dominic Basulto, "Big Think"

Broadcast Region
# The AP on democracy in the former Soviet Union
# "Spiegel" on the Tymoshenko trial in Ukraine
# "Kazakhstan's Islamic Threat?" - Joshua Kucera, "The Diplomat"

Of Interest
# "Is Capitalism Doomed?" - Nouriel Roubini, "Project Syndicate"
# John Seo on the "density dynamic"

U.S. Politics/Foreign Policy
# "The West’s Crisis of Honest Leaders" - Max Hastings, "Financial Times"
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