RFE/RL In The Media
# "The Atlantic" links to an RFE/RL report about an Armenian couple naming its child "Sarkozy"
International Press Review
Iran
# "Global Post" on Iran's currency crisis
# Iran may turn off oil supplies to Europe
# "Iran's Miscalculation Over War" - Reza Kahlili, "Christian Science Monitor"
Russia
# "The Kremlin Strikes Back" - Amy Knight, "NY Review of Books"
# "Why Putin Is So Scared of Debates" - Michael Bohm, "Moscow Times"
Afghanistan/Pakistan
# "Taliban Folklore in Pakstani Media" - Abbas Daiyar, "Friday Times"
# "Finishing the Work of Afghan Peace" - Abdul Matin Bek, "The New York Times"
# "The Afghan Divide" - Sarah Chayes, "LA Times"
Technology
# Twitter is able to censor tweets in individual countries
# Facebook just hired a managing editor
Of Interest
# "Will There be a Central Asian Spring?" - Joanna Lillis, "Foreign Policy"
# Kazakhstan's foreign minister thinks the country's democracy is making strides
# "The Truth About Foreign Aid" - Bill Gates, "The New York Times"
U.S. Politics/Foreign Policy
# The State Dept. will start drawing down in Afghanistan
# "The Atlantic" links to an RFE/RL report about an Armenian couple naming its child "Sarkozy"
International Press Review
Iran
# "Global Post" on Iran's currency crisis
# Iran may turn off oil supplies to Europe
# "Iran's Miscalculation Over War" - Reza Kahlili, "Christian Science Monitor"
Russia
# "The Kremlin Strikes Back" - Amy Knight, "NY Review of Books"
# "Why Putin Is So Scared of Debates" - Michael Bohm, "Moscow Times"
Afghanistan/Pakistan
# "Taliban Folklore in Pakstani Media" - Abbas Daiyar, "Friday Times"
# "Finishing the Work of Afghan Peace" - Abdul Matin Bek, "The New York Times"
# "The Afghan Divide" - Sarah Chayes, "LA Times"
Technology
# Twitter is able to censor tweets in individual countries
# Facebook just hired a managing editor
Of Interest
# "Will There be a Central Asian Spring?" - Joanna Lillis, "Foreign Policy"
# Kazakhstan's foreign minister thinks the country's democracy is making strides
# "The Truth About Foreign Aid" - Bill Gates, "The New York Times"
U.S. Politics/Foreign Policy
# The State Dept. will start drawing down in Afghanistan