Russia
# "La Nausée Russe" - Andrei Piontkovsky, "Project Syndicate"
# "Russia's Syrian Power Play" - Beinglass & Brode, "The New York Times"
# "Politico" reports on Vladimir Putin's attacks on the U.S.
Iran
# Steve Coll on potential war with Iran
# "Al Qaeda in Iran" - Seth Jones, "Foreign Affairs"
Afghanistan/Pakistan
# Barack Obama acknowledged U.S. drone strikes in Pakistan
# "Terrorists in Love" - Lisa Curtis, "Foreign Policy"
Of Interest
# Andrew Kramer reports from Zhanaozen, Kazakhstan
# "'The Suffering Olympics'" - Roger Cohen, "The New York Times"
# Lucy Kellaway has a plan to help young job-seekers
# The "Financial Times" reports on Facebook's IPO
U.S. Politics/Foreign Policy
# "The Washington Post" on the suicide bombing that killed CIA agents in Afghanistan
# David Bell on drone warfare
# Richard Fontaine thinks foreign policy matters in U.S. elections
# "La Nausée Russe" - Andrei Piontkovsky, "Project Syndicate"
# "Russia's Syrian Power Play" - Beinglass & Brode, "The New York Times"
# "Politico" reports on Vladimir Putin's attacks on the U.S.
Iran
# Steve Coll on potential war with Iran
# "Al Qaeda in Iran" - Seth Jones, "Foreign Affairs"
Afghanistan/Pakistan
# Barack Obama acknowledged U.S. drone strikes in Pakistan
# "Terrorists in Love" - Lisa Curtis, "Foreign Policy"
Of Interest
# Andrew Kramer reports from Zhanaozen, Kazakhstan
# "'The Suffering Olympics'" - Roger Cohen, "The New York Times"
# Lucy Kellaway has a plan to help young job-seekers
# The "Financial Times" reports on Facebook's IPO
U.S. Politics/Foreign Policy
# "The Washington Post" on the suicide bombing that killed CIA agents in Afghanistan
# David Bell on drone warfare
# Richard Fontaine thinks foreign policy matters in U.S. elections