A first look at the news on RFE/RL's broadcast region
On the RFE/RL Website
# Iranian students return to school amid tension
# Spinning missile defense in Moscow
Int'l Press Review
Afghanistan
# Reidel & O'Hanlon on fully resourcing the war
# David Ignatius on British history in Afghanistan
# Michael Crowley on Joe Biden's Afghan opinion change
# Fred Kaplan thinks it's all about legitimacy
# The Taliban is widening attacks from Pakistan
U.N. General Assembly
# Ahmadinejad's speech to the GA (video)...as protesters chant
# Obama's speech (video)
Iran
# Newsweek interviews Ahmadinejad
# Timothy Garton Ash on who to support in Iran
# Russia may join economic sanctions against Iran
# The U.S. can meet with Iranian nuclear experts
Of Interest
# The Brazilian President on the coming G-20 meeting
# A gay pride parade was canceled in Serbia
# "Smile, You're on Iraqi TV"
# Martii Ahtisaari on Turkey's EU future
U.S. Politics/Foreign Policy
# Nikolas Gvosdev thinks Obama is "delusional"
# Al Kamen's "In the Loop"
# "Embassy Row" - The Washington Times
From the Blogs
# Laura Rozen on the McChrystal leak...
# ...George Packer weighs in as well
# Steve Coll on Afghanistan through India-Pakistan
# Larison on the dangers of democratization
# Will the Kalasha go extinct?
On the RFE/RL Website
# Iranian students return to school amid tension
# Spinning missile defense in Moscow
Int'l Press Review
Afghanistan
# Reidel & O'Hanlon on fully resourcing the war
# David Ignatius on British history in Afghanistan
# Michael Crowley on Joe Biden's Afghan opinion change
# Fred Kaplan thinks it's all about legitimacy
# The Taliban is widening attacks from Pakistan
U.N. General Assembly
# Ahmadinejad's speech to the GA (video)...as protesters chant
# Obama's speech (video)
Iran
# Newsweek interviews Ahmadinejad
# Timothy Garton Ash on who to support in Iran
# Russia may join economic sanctions against Iran
# The U.S. can meet with Iranian nuclear experts
Of Interest
# The Brazilian President on the coming G-20 meeting
# A gay pride parade was canceled in Serbia
# "Smile, You're on Iraqi TV"
# Martii Ahtisaari on Turkey's EU future
U.S. Politics/Foreign Policy
# Nikolas Gvosdev thinks Obama is "delusional"
# Al Kamen's "In the Loop"
# "Embassy Row" - The Washington Times
From the Blogs
# Laura Rozen on the McChrystal leak...
# ...George Packer weighs in as well
# Steve Coll on Afghanistan through India-Pakistan
# Larison on the dangers of democratization
# Will the Kalasha go extinct?