Russia
# "The Myths of Russia" - Rodric Braithwaite, "Financial Times"
# Will Englund reports on science education in Russia
# "Voina Challenges Putin with Imagination" - Walter Mayr, "Spiegel"
Iran
# Emanuele Ottolenghi on the Iranian regime
# "Iran War? Iranians Aren't Worried" - Jason Rezaian, "Global Post"
Iraq
# Larry Diamond on the future of Kurdistan
# Nuri al Maliki warned of the end of the governing coalition
# "Iraq: What Remains" - Christopher de Bellaigue, "NY Review of Books"
# The MEK may move to a former U.S. military base
Of Interest
# "Imprisoned in Belarus" - Irina Bogdanova, "The Washington Post"
# Belarus is talking to a Chinese firm about surveillance equipment
# People want to follow other people on Twitter, not organizations
# "The Myths of Russia" - Rodric Braithwaite, "Financial Times"
# Will Englund reports on science education in Russia
# "Voina Challenges Putin with Imagination" - Walter Mayr, "Spiegel"
Iran
# Emanuele Ottolenghi on the Iranian regime
# "Iran War? Iranians Aren't Worried" - Jason Rezaian, "Global Post"
Iraq
# Larry Diamond on the future of Kurdistan
# Nuri al Maliki warned of the end of the governing coalition
# "Iraq: What Remains" - Christopher de Bellaigue, "NY Review of Books"
# The MEK may move to a former U.S. military base
Of Interest
# "Imprisoned in Belarus" - Irina Bogdanova, "The Washington Post"
# Belarus is talking to a Chinese firm about surveillance equipment
# People want to follow other people on Twitter, not organizations