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The Rundown - March 13


RFE/RL In The Media
# Camilla Hawthorne's TedxTbilisi talk
# "The Express Tribune" on Radio Mashaal's mission in Northwest Pakistan

International Press Review

Russia
# "The Trials of Kozlov" - Masha Gessen, "International Herald Tribune"
# Opposition members want Jackson-Vanik repealed
# A Serbian election monitor invokes Milosevic

Iran
# "Spiegel" on Europe's role in negotiations with Iran
# Stephen Walt on the media's top errors in the Iran war debate
# "Obama's Iran Bluff" - Amitai Etzioni, "National Interest"

Afghanistan
# "A Deal With the Taliban is the Only Way Out" - Ahmed Rashid, "Financial Times"
# The U.S. says it will stick to its schedule in Afghanistan

Of Interest
# The "Enemies of the Internet" list is out
# Facebook and Google will stand trial in India over their lack of censorship
# Two citizen journalists discuss escaping from Syria
# Sarah Kendzior writes the only piece about Kony2012 that I will link to
# Ancient Eurasian nomads may have been more advanced than previously though

U.S. Politics/Foreign Policy
# "The Ice Man Leadeth" - David Rothkopf, "Foreign Policy"
# 17 Senators want a $900 million contract with a Russian arms broker to be cancelled
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