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The Rundown - October 5


A first look at the news on RFE/RL's broadcast region

RFE/RL in the Media
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Joshua Foust on U.S. int'l broadcasting
# RFE/Rl's Kazakh Svc wins an online journalism award

On the RFE/RL Website
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An interview with Eduard Shevardnadze
# A feature on Central Asia's armies
# An interview with Historian Tony Judt

Int'l Press Review

Sunday Morning Talk Shows
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The analysis of Shields & Brooks
# Face the Nation has a roundtable on Afghanistan
# Fareed Zakaria discusses the Iran talks
# Meet the Press has Susan Rice
# This Week discusses Afghanistan

Afghanistan/Pakistan
# Peter Galbraith on Afghan election fraud
# James Traub on Obama's difficult decision
# George Will on Obama's foreign policy minefield
# Karen Donfried on Europe's role as an armed ally
# 10 experts on how to win in Afghanistan
# U.S. aid to Pakistan is not making it to its intended recipients
# E.J. Dionne doesn't see Obama rushing to escalate in Afghanistan

Iran
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Fred Kaplan wonders if Iran is just playing its game
# John Bolton thinks Iran won in Geneva
# Jackson Diehl sees containment as an option

Russia
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Dmitry Trenin sees Iran as a test for Russia
# Fred Hiatt wonders if Russia will really help with Iran
# Iran is buying a lot of Russian missiles

Of Interest
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J.P. Schnapper-Casteras thinks the U.S. needs more Iraqi students
# Thomas Friedman on the "war on terror"
# Ireland has approved the Lisbon Treaty

U.S. Politics/Foreign Policy
# Simon Tisdall on Obama's Kennedy moment with Afghanistan
# Biden and Clinton may be coming to Europe
# Al Kamen's "In the Loop"
# "Embassy Row" - Washington Times
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