A first look at the news on RFE/RL's broadcast region
RFE/RL in the Media
# The Nation cites RFE/RL's interview with Dmitry Muratov
# Robert Amsterdam cites RFE/RL reporting on RSF's being denied entry into Russia
# Reuters reports on the BBG's attempts to circumvent censors
On the RFE/RL Website
# The political difficulties in Turkey-Armenia relations
# Why the US should engage Iran on human rights
Int'l Press Review
Afghanistan/Pakistan
# David Ignatius on the Obama doctrine
# Anna Husarska on violence in the SWAT Valley
# Norman Kurz on Biden's past opinions on Afghanistan
# Pakistan is 'insulted' by the new US aid bill ($7.5 billion)
# The Wash Post thinks Plan B doesn't look too good
# The FT thinks the west needs to commit
# Abolhassan Bani-Sadr on Islam as the problem in Afghanistan
Iran
# Geneive Abdo on Iran as a military dictatorship
# Former hostage John Limbert on how to talk to Iran
# Hans Blix thinks the nuclear issue goes beyond Iran
Russia
# Ronald Asmus says the EU lost the most in the August War report
# Hillary Clinton admonishes Russia over killings of activists and journalists
# Andrei Kortunov on instability in the Caucasus
# Yulia Latynina on the EU's Russia-Gerogia report
Of Interest
# Soner Cagaptay on the history of democracy in Muslim lands
# Timothy Garton Ash on a potential EU foreign policy
# Gordon Crovitz on the right to insult
U.S. Politics/Foreign Policy
# Al Kamen's "In the Loop"
# "Embassy Row" - the Washington Times
From the Blogs
# Would the US invade Afghanistan today?
# Peter Bergen's Senate testimony
RFE/RL in the Media
# The Nation cites RFE/RL's interview with Dmitry Muratov
# Robert Amsterdam cites RFE/RL reporting on RSF's being denied entry into Russia
# Reuters reports on the BBG's attempts to circumvent censors
On the RFE/RL Website
# The political difficulties in Turkey-Armenia relations
# Why the US should engage Iran on human rights
Int'l Press Review
Afghanistan/Pakistan
# David Ignatius on the Obama doctrine
# Anna Husarska on violence in the SWAT Valley
# Norman Kurz on Biden's past opinions on Afghanistan
# Pakistan is 'insulted' by the new US aid bill ($7.5 billion)
# The Wash Post thinks Plan B doesn't look too good
# The FT thinks the west needs to commit
# Abolhassan Bani-Sadr on Islam as the problem in Afghanistan
Iran
# Geneive Abdo on Iran as a military dictatorship
# Former hostage John Limbert on how to talk to Iran
# Hans Blix thinks the nuclear issue goes beyond Iran
Russia
# Ronald Asmus says the EU lost the most in the August War report
# Hillary Clinton admonishes Russia over killings of activists and journalists
# Andrei Kortunov on instability in the Caucasus
# Yulia Latynina on the EU's Russia-Gerogia report
Of Interest
# Soner Cagaptay on the history of democracy in Muslim lands
# Timothy Garton Ash on a potential EU foreign policy
# Gordon Crovitz on the right to insult
U.S. Politics/Foreign Policy
# Al Kamen's "In the Loop"
# "Embassy Row" - the Washington Times
From the Blogs
# Would the US invade Afghanistan today?
# Peter Bergen's Senate testimony