RFE/RL in the Media
# Al Kamen discusses the Broadcasting Board of Governors
# Andrew Sullivan reprints an RFE/RL report on the Afghan elections
# UPI reports on Azerbaijan's resource diplomacy
On the RFE/RL Website
# A Profile of the Jundallah extremist group
# Looming obstacles to elections in Afghanistan
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Int'l Press Review
Afghanistan
# The WSJ ed board on U.S. allies in Afghanistan
# The Newshour reports on the runoff elections
# Thane Rosenbaum on revenge as a motive
# The NYT ed board on the runoff elections
# Roger Cohen advocates endurance on Afghanistan
Iran
# Iran sentenced American academic Kian Tajbakhsh to 15 years
# Massoumeh Torfeh on why Iran always blames outsiders
# Jamsheed Choksy on the Jundallah group
Russia
# Fyodor Lukyanov on Russia's Georgia problem
U.S. Politics/Foreign Policy
# "Embassy Row" - the Washington Times
# Joe Biden is the "reassurer-in-chief"
From the Blogs
# Jean MacKenzie on Karzai's statesmanship...
# ...The New Yorker chimes in
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